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Last night, after working in the vegetable garden, I came in and sat down with my laptop to check email. A short time later, I found this tiny green weevil — I’m quite sure it’s a Pale Green Weevil (Polydrusus impressifrons) - wandering around the keyboard. It’s very minute - about the length […]
What on earth is going on around here? Two posts in one day? Well, all I can say is that this sighting was just too nice to keep hanging around waiting to be written about.
Yesterday, I packed a lunch and Don, Sabrina and I tripped on over to Mill Pond Conservation Area to […]
This week, I decided to splurge on something that is (for me) a bit of an extravagance — one of those objects often referred to as a “bug zapper”. I know what you’re probably thinking, “Why would someone who loves insects buy a bug zapper?” Good question — and I’ll get to that […]
more photos from my October trip to California and Oregon
One of the items on my trip wish list was to spend some time at tide pools along the Oregon Coast. Unfortunately, the cold, rainy weather of October played havoc with our plans. However, in the final days of our trip, my friend and […]
Late Friday afternoon, Don, Sabrina and I stopped for a walk along the shoreline at the Baxter Conservation Center near Kars. We soon noticed that there were small red dragonflies flying a couple of feet above the trail, occasionally landing on sticks and leaves to bask in the warmth of the waning sunlight. […]