tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178303332024-03-19T01:47:20.207-04:00meeyauwLife in the Northeast Kingdom of VermontAndreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159511912645034019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17830333.post-91775619782561518602023-09-12T18:53:00.001-04:002023-09-12T18:53:50.665-04:00A Buggy Betrayal<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT4MvbwMF8XD7EsZW_y7TUG224XMxTY72H_pkaOsBXxX7GXxIdCqfN6hPz_23ghnM9yVNO6LgHaEzC1Cy0Kd2xO5DP6bqke6LQZq0KT_C3d-79FJlRO3ozlT8wjrLTUiyzwlESMgWcbzyxdxlHEoZk7vqG3xejjfLeeYIMUXysnMQitFaTSNc/s2830/20230904-IMG_2218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2830" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT4MvbwMF8XD7EsZW_y7TUG224XMxTY72H_pkaOsBXxX7GXxIdCqfN6hPz_23ghnM9yVNO6LgHaEzC1Cy0Kd2xO5DP6bqke6LQZq0KT_C3d-79FJlRO3ozlT8wjrLTUiyzwlESMgWcbzyxdxlHEoZk7vqG3xejjfLeeYIMUXysnMQitFaTSNc/w400-h259/20230904-IMG_2218.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Late season dogwood with rolled leaves.<br />The leaves look old, worn, and well-used by the wildlife,<br />but they are not done with it yet.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc-75MUW_oHJhYt6cb284SXKGeRQg5kUNlvBdLFagXhJNlT4nM8b8N_9HGlHpPpiDlFnV6fN2gPvlQX4DpPbgT0CDMPD16FCadEq32t8DqrLlfw4Wp3I_pYyeiK-Zw5HaAXIopozi0LNiyIXV7xhLVBhRIrZiM04wcJnfkU15yJGApBIk-zUZ/s1367/20230901-IMG_2094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1367" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc-75MUW_oHJhYt6cb284SXKGeRQg5kUNlvBdLFagXhJNlT4nM8b8N_9HGlHpPpiDlFnV6fN2gPvlQX4DpPbgT0CDMPD16FCadEq32t8DqrLlfw4Wp3I_pYyeiK-Zw5HaAXIopozi0LNiyIXV7xhLVBhRIrZiM04wcJnfkU15yJGApBIk-zUZ/w400-h304/20230901-IMG_2094.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peering into a rolled leaf, I found new life.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPpTCYebineAf7A8TsbvsS9HtHxD4cct4S9C94aDd2KqBF_d9QrWOFxFDifQU8k9uah0brUD2XBHA_4lOOnwK4JfK_lrNcGOm40iHUWMsEL9yCjcK9__xbp12E-pTKb68blUvgQxo34xXOcGZBtgQPDgyf69AlicbH6yy5F5MGCOtiYjFIaFh/s731/20230901-IMG_2097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="731" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPpTCYebineAf7A8TsbvsS9HtHxD4cct4S9C94aDd2KqBF_d9QrWOFxFDifQU8k9uah0brUD2XBHA_4lOOnwK4JfK_lrNcGOm40iHUWMsEL9yCjcK9__xbp12E-pTKb68blUvgQxo34xXOcGZBtgQPDgyf69AlicbH6yy5F5MGCOtiYjFIaFh/w400-h340/20230901-IMG_2097.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGikDjZqa0LmV7jfZQrkOAQz6_CtAPbIzSVUBtjoB4dR36VvKCGYvgVeZ6oYaYyOaUaQqPUzEKRIN1waFV1Y6E6-Vl6o9C7eHLHo1C9QZQbSYNGUuRDryrefTVIdZzFMYGl7so9T9PXuplYhIfH86Fj_IMo8kVIkLD1YPlHZb7jVQlTJ79twrc/s1397/20230901-IMG_2112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1397" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGikDjZqa0LmV7jfZQrkOAQz6_CtAPbIzSVUBtjoB4dR36VvKCGYvgVeZ6oYaYyOaUaQqPUzEKRIN1waFV1Y6E6-Vl6o9C7eHLHo1C9QZQbSYNGUuRDryrefTVIdZzFMYGl7so9T9PXuplYhIfH86Fj_IMo8kVIkLD1YPlHZb7jVQlTJ79twrc/w400-h215/20230901-IMG_2112.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An unidentified moth caterpillar was inside.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">September 2 was the day that <a href="https://meeyauw.blogspot.com/2023/09/from-bug-hunt-to-restaurant.html" target="_blank">Jody and I had a bug hunt</a> here at the house (and found the bear scat). I had found this larva inside a rolled dogwood leaf and thought it was a sawfly. Well, the little buggers confuse me still. It was a moth caterpillar. It could be one of two dogwood moths, both of whose caterpillars look just like this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you have identical caterpillars of different species, the only way you can tell which species it is is by isolating it until they pupate into a moth. (Sometimes it is the other way around and identical moths can only be identified, without dissection, by their caterpillars.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two days later, Lucy and I went out to sleeve dogwood branches with rolled leaves. The plan is I will regularly check on the creature's growth, hopefully find a newly eclosed moth inside the sleeve, and then be able to identify it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxKPAgqLePOZFjucfugkajfjGh65dBsqe9egSXkL1SiBN_5JWnF5NzT6dbwnR7tnKcz_ErgVeEbhKPipft2MzZUqTnuoZXL3ff5WGg_lqbljjIECDkgZznBoc_W2OMqzZHX-pgQPxToeLztFJiKF_Wo5Y35MyU3K-Sdcaa6Z3zZIFOnYugKA8/s5184/20230904-IMG_2187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxKPAgqLePOZFjucfugkajfjGh65dBsqe9egSXkL1SiBN_5JWnF5NzT6dbwnR7tnKcz_ErgVeEbhKPipft2MzZUqTnuoZXL3ff5WGg_lqbljjIECDkgZznBoc_W2OMqzZHX-pgQPxToeLztFJiKF_Wo5Y35MyU3K-Sdcaa6Z3zZIFOnYugKA8/w400-h300/20230904-IMG_2187.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sleeved dogwood branch with rolled leaves inside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I buy the sleeves at scientific supply places online. They can breath, drain water, and do not overheat. They keep predators and parasites out and give the animals inside the sleeve relative freedom and safety to feed. Unless you sleeved a predator in the sleeve with your larvae.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since I really enjoyed spying the larva inside the leaf, I looked inside another rolled leaf before I sleeved the branch and found this . . . </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYRVI_qWvoDgoC4rqjKgM1_qOJFvr-KZy9RMKiu6rvtOT5vMnbVZ-OwFHaZz9rQmeS4yTSPa7qYErmPbjUGh6WO16jkdLnw-7DxODR-WgwGBq4cEHWjqgjhfVxWCYqPLcjiHUJoEVS8hw-Et_1KQCSyNppk6zNAAkPPEh0lZ5rP00kR7AJxsm/s753/20230904-IMG_2182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYRVI_qWvoDgoC4rqjKgM1_qOJFvr-KZy9RMKiu6rvtOT5vMnbVZ-OwFHaZz9rQmeS4yTSPa7qYErmPbjUGh6WO16jkdLnw-7DxODR-WgwGBq4cEHWjqgjhfVxWCYqPLcjiHUJoEVS8hw-Et_1KQCSyNppk6zNAAkPPEh0lZ5rP00kR7AJxsm/w389-h400/20230904-IMG_2182.jpg" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't even understand what I saw.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgJlzRTuoRwaCuHiOyrt7P89F4V26N5xeZ3bT1NKZ8Uf75_EjaOHlinvk0lHLu_9u4gPbfAueUzyVZ2-PXdfxaRuO2G-5HWecK70BnntuNpa5UjXln3VQblOXDd44Z5pFSzEbM-LAeyxGoT3ba1U4bjN1BNl4NmGFLVvo2cT8L6QxvOQ3QY8L/s753/20230904-IMG_2182_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgJlzRTuoRwaCuHiOyrt7P89F4V26N5xeZ3bT1NKZ8Uf75_EjaOHlinvk0lHLu_9u4gPbfAueUzyVZ2-PXdfxaRuO2G-5HWecK70BnntuNpa5UjXln3VQblOXDd44Z5pFSzEbM-LAeyxGoT3ba1U4bjN1BNl4NmGFLVvo2cT8L6QxvOQ3QY8L/w389-h400/20230904-IMG_2182_edited.jpg" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So I flipped the photo in the computer.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After I turned the photo in the computer, I still did not know what I was looking at. It was sort of like a grasshopper, but those beefy legs hinted at this being a bug that caught and ate other bugs, much like assassin bugs and ambush bugs. Grasshoppers that I know here do not have spotted legs, either. This guy also has a beak, used to pierce the exoskeleton of other insects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I turned to Jody, who suggested damsel bug (Genus <i>Nabis</i>). I looked it up, and it looks like one to me. <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181752081" target="_blank">No one at iNaturalist</a> has offered any assistance yet, though. It could be winter until I learn what it is. When you have good weather, like we have had, no entomologist, professional or amateur, will be inside the house IDing photos. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If it is a damsel bug, it preys on small caterpillars. And what better place to find them then in their hiding place—a rolled up leaf?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was sort of pissed off that somebody was out there eating my little caterpillars. Hopefully no predators were on the branch or inside the rolls of my sleeved branch. I have never successfully sleeved a plant until insect maturation. It involves tricky timing and a perfect, predator-free world. We'll see.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>_/\_/\_<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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I picked her up after school and we came back to my house (one mile away) for more bug hunting. She got some magnificent photos on that iPhone of hers. She found these dragonflies hanging together under a branch of a pine tree. They allowed her to carry them down to where I was inspecting a leafroller larva. And as soon as Jody got to me, they flew away still coupled together. It was a memorable sight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmCHv1zqjrjDd6mGiL86C72JuyV9R8OjidMnaGdPHhyaV29ARR_N-Gw8x7F3ey544po4t3_tu52qWMClDJQrpWQvzLCiO9dEO_UuvENr-DnVCVR7SfAbnM4q6sq1aEA8oIhDJAx3JlhFvW8pMMHTykY0gIi-kvlC3tXf0gBPDnqzJFKy1cAhb/s1024/large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmCHv1zqjrjDd6mGiL86C72JuyV9R8OjidMnaGdPHhyaV29ARR_N-Gw8x7F3ey544po4t3_tu52qWMClDJQrpWQvzLCiO9dEO_UuvENr-DnVCVR7SfAbnM4q6sq1aEA8oIhDJAx3JlhFvW8pMMHTykY0gIi-kvlC3tXf0gBPDnqzJFKy1cAhb/w300-h400/large.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The darners in the tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I was not as fortunate yesterday. I found my leafroller larva, some type of moth, and unrolled it. When touched with a piece of grass, it wriggled very violently. I thought I had a video of that action but I didn't press the right button. I have found more of these larvae and will be sleeving the dogwood branch where they are maturing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pFfvOAARW5npY3UzfTTslFD_LdcdKujxzEfOGuNvgGiwk1CeQM4SpqjbCig_HJDWSJJFEBJ_YjMln2tk1GScKShjEa0MifoG6IYcgz6vXtL9sp9fAFgpKASYuao7kBrW4RWsXZykA3EOpvH5oMwuxzqPxBxTqpMIdENA8-wUwkCM6FOrD-EK/s731/20230901-IMG_2097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="731" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pFfvOAARW5npY3UzfTTslFD_LdcdKujxzEfOGuNvgGiwk1CeQM4SpqjbCig_HJDWSJJFEBJ_YjMln2tk1GScKShjEa0MifoG6IYcgz6vXtL9sp9fAFgpKASYuao7kBrW4RWsXZykA3EOpvH5oMwuxzqPxBxTqpMIdENA8-wUwkCM6FOrD-EK/w400-h340/20230901-IMG_2097.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tiny caterpillar inside the leaf that it had rolled up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCpdd4NdNWiivbkJZq6oIIs6mH3CNE-IkDX-CAtTgiEPrAi8-bqFRiEgUfN9RJCPHRJ-mK2Jab5owvkgL8612YerNFGu0_PZTCxq9XRT7El2eAQrjszna_yllCSXps1NpfCO5XmXmrMS8XesyZlyba4hL6ObB4L7DwbgCMvazGVBEKUDdsA2y/s1616/20230901-IMG_2111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1616" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCpdd4NdNWiivbkJZq6oIIs6mH3CNE-IkDX-CAtTgiEPrAi8-bqFRiEgUfN9RJCPHRJ-mK2Jab5owvkgL8612YerNFGu0_PZTCxq9XRT7El2eAQrjszna_yllCSXps1NpfCO5XmXmrMS8XesyZlyba4hL6ObB4L7DwbgCMvazGVBEKUDdsA2y/w400-h181/20230901-IMG_2111.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside of the leaf.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVljF-SCFDeZKJL7Ii3oSoSlODbNO3susYAcp4KdmYrzLKJ919onYDlwIzC3W5I8-PV7J4HS2QlAakLHG9WiH7EcVg4lnRRQq73rbONe9-CtCEvH6pDMgqVNIjQYXymip-10cagLAN4aT0LSmIsGlVfTTSr1dFw0b0GF6mYZaJqdPHhak9Tp7/s1397/20230901-IMG_2112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1397" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVljF-SCFDeZKJL7Ii3oSoSlODbNO3susYAcp4KdmYrzLKJ919onYDlwIzC3W5I8-PV7J4HS2QlAakLHG9WiH7EcVg4lnRRQq73rbONe9-CtCEvH6pDMgqVNIjQYXymip-10cagLAN4aT0LSmIsGlVfTTSr1dFw0b0GF6mYZaJqdPHhak9Tp7/w400-h215/20230901-IMG_2112.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other creatures that we found:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG7ERAv_IJY4Md_AAGmxUCczxap59HqRPpgqF43OqGH2K-pAI56HCdAwR63XyGOKRFQwauKHXpSfLk5cCPYXb5aJHbQRUHQwk1zTTNpYz_uaB6H9NssxuUeLcAqi2BEIn4aC2427ZnBBzAUgNljBpMlyMzubW8Jx35i3dlzo2zip7TEWEC-va/s1652/20230829-IMG_2073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1652" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG7ERAv_IJY4Md_AAGmxUCczxap59HqRPpgqF43OqGH2K-pAI56HCdAwR63XyGOKRFQwauKHXpSfLk5cCPYXb5aJHbQRUHQwk1zTTNpYz_uaB6H9NssxuUeLcAqi2BEIn4aC2427ZnBBzAUgNljBpMlyMzubW8Jx35i3dlzo2zip7TEWEC-va/w400-h283/20230829-IMG_2073.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (<i>Labidomera clivicollis</i>)</td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQ1VjnXpQegjWZXQBqwWNYD7SVtDs_oc-IZgfwcdOi-KRBtVAB0FyFSyc0I9PjMY2wiTzb25_z5zwZ3N-1fin5U37NKH26-PY5RkZwqefqSqsxuuqMlqnX3oqcxb8IyGptVw2ND4eh7PfJOFPFTknoasDmUigTugbb0i2EWUaFYXeZI_CBUzx/s863/20230901-IMG_2087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="863" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQ1VjnXpQegjWZXQBqwWNYD7SVtDs_oc-IZgfwcdOi-KRBtVAB0FyFSyc0I9PjMY2wiTzb25_z5zwZ3N-1fin5U37NKH26-PY5RkZwqefqSqsxuuqMlqnX3oqcxb8IyGptVw2ND4eh7PfJOFPFTknoasDmUigTugbb0i2EWUaFYXeZI_CBUzx/w400-h315/20230901-IMG_2087.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tricolored Bumble Bee (<i>Bombus ternarius</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFBUHaCg-y50JvF0Ck_w4MlL_YJr6ySv0WydzdoZa6z6TN6g2oUKXoOH8j14IKjpH3Qr9TGACdAOkccMhCciB4KnuWb7KxpU8zd4EeJHJVlBPsF8rhUvHv20D71fY91ccCBmE6eFWcCX5uZWXIr7nQO8kxnSw43gC2-ZmlhgNuK1lgtF7GyDi/s2048/Eastern%20Phantom%20Crane%20Fly%20(Bittacomorpha%20clavipes).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFBUHaCg-y50JvF0Ck_w4MlL_YJr6ySv0WydzdoZa6z6TN6g2oUKXoOH8j14IKjpH3Qr9TGACdAOkccMhCciB4KnuWb7KxpU8zd4EeJHJVlBPsF8rhUvHv20D71fY91ccCBmE6eFWcCX5uZWXIr7nQO8kxnSw43gC2-ZmlhgNuK1lgtF7GyDi/w300-h400/Eastern%20Phantom%20Crane%20Fly%20(Bittacomorpha%20clavipes).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone's favorite crane fly: Eastern Phantom Crane Fly (<i>Bittacomorpha clavipes</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eXI0Ga5qCvUEPyIRgwQmetfee4-_G5HpV8TDUvau1BJyNm-OO54LGkc9H_0sT84dptuVc5c1pU_JKnDg2_zpPBlBg4El3s7i_3VEdh_BIv1YnlAHbVx6R4dIc1nIq0HDIkBcMWyFIpOClNGfFAM65Wfmx5Ilnoj9cLvil5ng76O3gDH96bwG/s2048/Banded%20Garden%20Spider%20Argiope%20trifasciata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eXI0Ga5qCvUEPyIRgwQmetfee4-_G5HpV8TDUvau1BJyNm-OO54LGkc9H_0sT84dptuVc5c1pU_JKnDg2_zpPBlBg4El3s7i_3VEdh_BIv1YnlAHbVx6R4dIc1nIq0HDIkBcMWyFIpOClNGfFAM65Wfmx5Ilnoj9cLvil5ng76O3gDH96bwG/w300-h400/Banded%20Garden%20Spider%20Argiope%20trifasciata.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banded Garden Spider (<i>Argiope trifasciata</i>)<br />Its zig-zag web is barely visible at the bottom.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs24MfoaTtkZOLn--e1Srjs1kAoloiLw0vEgOH0LJQYIPlvrXXBBSq3areGYKZ2QY2CLb48keBD_GouZ_HI1fLYdrmF99kypGpFPiKV7c3lJtWQ1fj-iNE1_iHY7Il3NWRbGUsHBWWDk0kIV7FInF8y1a34pkiwngETN24ldFqJwd_6FqzWb0C/s2048/Banded%20Tussock%20Moth%20(Halysidota%20%20tessellaris).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs24MfoaTtkZOLn--e1Srjs1kAoloiLw0vEgOH0LJQYIPlvrXXBBSq3areGYKZ2QY2CLb48keBD_GouZ_HI1fLYdrmF99kypGpFPiKV7c3lJtWQ1fj-iNE1_iHY7Il3NWRbGUsHBWWDk0kIV7FInF8y1a34pkiwngETN24ldFqJwd_6FqzWb0C/w300-h400/Banded%20Tussock%20Moth%20(Halysidota%20%20tessellaris).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banded Tussock Moth (<i>Halysidota tessellaris</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGm5I5VzjvVG58Psj9-72WXLWzbTUHBGXG-LKSYyP_wldimR76rHvlv3712Lb_N3Gvw3bAM75hWNCJvNyIieSF0THkROA_ygbIWDrNz_sDja6WRXq4f89XvCfxf68JK9nPscsakg_jZ99YeFycuCiwvjiN1Mn-AQk6szAs6Gyydem1MmFuFV6/s2048/Genus%20Stictocephala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGm5I5VzjvVG58Psj9-72WXLWzbTUHBGXG-LKSYyP_wldimR76rHvlv3712Lb_N3Gvw3bAM75hWNCJvNyIieSF0THkROA_ygbIWDrNz_sDja6WRXq4f89XvCfxf68JK9nPscsakg_jZ99YeFycuCiwvjiN1Mn-AQk6szAs6Gyydem1MmFuFV6/w300-h400/Genus%20Stictocephala.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Genus <i>Stictocephala</i><br />(A buffalo treehopper)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkxIFgKX6TDsQ2owBlQxJIvyzJ_laLPg4osLzgtMVfCikdeRNmf5VxefL9NDtDQ3uxLrhNW6_hxyF_Ky0dvTSzoIkBN4hafzDMh2Pz5lklxjcZ-K0gL2-kdQxAjpEsRNza4yUCc1nIfZmjaRZ5vV-g3LrYldhs6-7ZacZb5ghwc8M6noQEXSy/s2048/Hanging-Thieves%20Genus%20Diogmites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkxIFgKX6TDsQ2owBlQxJIvyzJ_laLPg4osLzgtMVfCikdeRNmf5VxefL9NDtDQ3uxLrhNW6_hxyF_Ky0dvTSzoIkBN4hafzDMh2Pz5lklxjcZ-K0gL2-kdQxAjpEsRNza4yUCc1nIfZmjaRZ5vV-g3LrYldhs6-7ZacZb5ghwc8M6noQEXSy/w300-h400/Hanging-Thieves%20Genus%20Diogmites.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A robber fly for your nightmares:<br />A Hanging-Thief (Genus <i>Diogmites</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxijG5jOgqO81Qfda0lK3HAlmxquZyM7PZMn0HHGcysdogha3oByEczqaWyCKjW2zm6ihMHVl3ypKxcVYYnTxPRGkLtkp_u_lSts9vcnUr1gkksEQ2fJ0l3NCyn1Ra6gcy64SpInbTJcMFtrbBW7DzL7N_ZWXyIisxUrdbkeIsgV5f76gPcob/s1024/jody.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxijG5jOgqO81Qfda0lK3HAlmxquZyM7PZMn0HHGcysdogha3oByEczqaWyCKjW2zm6ihMHVl3ypKxcVYYnTxPRGkLtkp_u_lSts9vcnUr1gkksEQ2fJ0l3NCyn1Ra6gcy64SpInbTJcMFtrbBW7DzL7N_ZWXyIisxUrdbkeIsgV5f76gPcob/w300-h400/jody.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone's favorite caterpillar:<br />Brown-hooded Owlet (<i>Cucullia convexipennis</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIuoi-6s_HYw9RWirGq4CL0cYd4sYi6VDMGCeuK7YP1Sr-Jxiu7IR-oaFlbOtd8CBRy7qHRSjVycZDapcoWOpZpM_J0iEN-rHVU3e7ol8uEdG8pjJzqvHZHFcD6MNZ4rvE4OQ9G1-XTSR9ErZ5iGWckbOfSrRt6WBNIzZGTFN9nwDOFRoppCj/s1024/Jagged%20Ambush%20Bugs%20Genus%20Phymata%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIuoi-6s_HYw9RWirGq4CL0cYd4sYi6VDMGCeuK7YP1Sr-Jxiu7IR-oaFlbOtd8CBRy7qHRSjVycZDapcoWOpZpM_J0iEN-rHVU3e7ol8uEdG8pjJzqvHZHFcD6MNZ4rvE4OQ9G1-XTSR9ErZ5iGWckbOfSrRt6WBNIzZGTFN9nwDOFRoppCj/w300-h400/Jagged%20Ambush%20Bugs%20Genus%20Phymata%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revisiting our jagged ambush bugs at the end of the season.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv4inrJQhp3DzvVAoB69fOLVxKdCDoY8ARegGpqH7LQNvBflnHDOt3z9YE6S3hZVZskt9Klu571P0hdPtOzbOWTzfvCxuxRBV4MejJOovjDazezABzCRONF5O5faOVzZ3eGfbtOl5FT1cvGyobdzWFIovdc_YuPpxo0scFXEdZ12S-SXcanpl/s2048/Jagged%20Ambush%20Bugs%20Genus%20Phymata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv4inrJQhp3DzvVAoB69fOLVxKdCDoY8ARegGpqH7LQNvBflnHDOt3z9YE6S3hZVZskt9Klu571P0hdPtOzbOWTzfvCxuxRBV4MejJOovjDazezABzCRONF5O5faOVzZ3eGfbtOl5FT1cvGyobdzWFIovdc_YuPpxo0scFXEdZ12S-SXcanpl/w300-h400/Jagged%20Ambush%20Bugs%20Genus%20Phymata.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They wear different colors now.<br />Here, the male has the brown face and the female has a yellow face.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But then . . .</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">😱😱😱 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX3TjVGsaPzMSvsYWd7sjHerTSUaSjT6Ml7THOgNusOCh-VJW9015NZD5o9TGAEPyim7lE2xY2JI3Ye2XpuaQ44nimfcgj1OYIEqtoEcXrFTYeVDsYO-UJ8s6tZUwQjSMY7WoMM98-CYC4eCG9NF73mlmhU7RWm9zT_NuQ7rPzekcOWOzmpmE/s1000/371788659_975503480333631_8207252022774000624_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX3TjVGsaPzMSvsYWd7sjHerTSUaSjT6Ml7THOgNusOCh-VJW9015NZD5o9TGAEPyim7lE2xY2JI3Ye2XpuaQ44nimfcgj1OYIEqtoEcXrFTYeVDsYO-UJ8s6tZUwQjSMY7WoMM98-CYC4eCG9NF73mlmhU7RWm9zT_NuQ7rPzekcOWOzmpmE/w300-h400/371788659_975503480333631_8207252022774000624_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jody found bear scat full of cherry pits not 20 feet from my back door. Lucy was calm so we knew that the bear was not close by, but our wanderings were now at an end. Bears scarf down so many cherries it is totally ridiculous. And at this time of year, it seems that all my trees are cherries. They are everywhere. In fact, I have read that my Black cherry trees (<i>Prunus serotina</i>) are the most populous tree in New England forests. Cherry picking time is when Jody and I stay out of the woods.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We retired to Orleans to a restaurant for supper and swapped photos and stories of our day. It was a wonderful day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Even though I had no idea what it may have been, I shot it. I was thrilled when I found the cutest little bug ever in the computer. Who ever sees a purely black and yellow bug anywhere? It was a hopper <i>and </i>a spittlebug . . . my favorite insect group. What a find!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You have probably seen frothy foam on spots on plants. There are spittlebug larvae living inside that foam. They are called spittlebugs because the foam looks like spit. I have spent hours finding the tiny larvae and photographing them. Of course, I can't find the photos today. Spittlebugs are hoppers like plant and tree hoppers. They can jump like fleas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since this dogwood spittlebug's host is dogwood, I wanted to compile the other insects who use dogwood exclusively. I have at least three native species of dogwood on my land and I can never tell them apart. </div><div><br /></div><div>Two species of my dogwoods have been confirmed:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLrPSVu43tJ9t1Mx8t9O1gM22-S0xeZBDnRAdOctK5CgqCcPqvBo4jGHreRKlkp4OTpieGxPA3bCwFlQXV-BEZmkW3LAaotqxcE_yWJ4e0xdOHt5kDICecZ3-Evp9Wlm_bgOeGirDqJpFThzq4qYed2HIKemhcfb3WMriOdRP2Huv64d82hvP/s1024/Alternate-leaved%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20alternifolia).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLrPSVu43tJ9t1Mx8t9O1gM22-S0xeZBDnRAdOctK5CgqCcPqvBo4jGHreRKlkp4OTpieGxPA3bCwFlQXV-BEZmkW3LAaotqxcE_yWJ4e0xdOHt5kDICecZ3-Evp9Wlm_bgOeGirDqJpFThzq4qYed2HIKemhcfb3WMriOdRP2Huv64d82hvP/w400-h266/Alternate-leaved%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20alternifolia).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternate-leaved Dogwood (<i>Cornus alternifolia</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUNrrS41YFksPX_A_ZhNkI8BoEW7Fu0QEw571j1qB2muQqBLff2eUer4QvP-x7QXf4TEqB_l184vQ924RjmpTVQsOXYLvVoGNSSw3tw7fO6o3VPwYhQ-FelV0GX1aHum2R2kVvtan62GsL6X_pAx9SFcM2zX7rBOOTJnwPuxOIS41rjqUN3fZ/s1000/Red%20Osier%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20sericea).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUNrrS41YFksPX_A_ZhNkI8BoEW7Fu0QEw571j1qB2muQqBLff2eUer4QvP-x7QXf4TEqB_l184vQ924RjmpTVQsOXYLvVoGNSSw3tw7fO6o3VPwYhQ-FelV0GX1aHum2R2kVvtan62GsL6X_pAx9SFcM2zX7rBOOTJnwPuxOIS41rjqUN3fZ/w400-h225/Red%20Osier%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20sericea).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Osier Dogwood (<i>Cornus sericea</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>But this one that I think is red osier may be Gray Dogwood:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ8E8zlL4EXGRk2cymSX3r84bCHqcEITrjHUqcYin15S67eih4p217r876F_2ERYdyD8ttgBsM1vRWB8NnqLZ__zg5rUofaRG0vkrHxdFXndYjnw0amZM8ExCykLpKv1FeFUvC_WFpmOxVoq0PLDY-JQq4WeV7ovohqvs0qWnDjC-79-gATd1/s1024/perhaps%20Gray%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20racemosa).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ8E8zlL4EXGRk2cymSX3r84bCHqcEITrjHUqcYin15S67eih4p217r876F_2ERYdyD8ttgBsM1vRWB8NnqLZ__zg5rUofaRG0vkrHxdFXndYjnw0amZM8ExCykLpKv1FeFUvC_WFpmOxVoq0PLDY-JQq4WeV7ovohqvs0qWnDjC-79-gATd1/s320/perhaps%20Gray%20Dogwood%20(Cornus%20racemosa).jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps Gray Dogwood (<i>Cornus racemosa</i>).<br />Perhaps not.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dogwood-loving insects, however, don't care which is which. Other insects that rely on dogwood are the dogwood sawfly and the dogwood leaf beetle, a calligrapher beetle, and a species of aphid.</div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC-2inObQbcmyCNnmxrMoKD-aFOgqJk0YsJZFpBDq-pswC5xs3NceKmRwH89EWIwXZYK-qwXVjChnvRxaiT-9qfFp-irYCpsUO7lHs_CHIBricCCxovXe6HJ_nGgqRQ5HOc1OoL3El_Fbu_JlrV_oiRsdtYz2wMFViqPPz33hGSXmfzw0s82_/s892/Dogwood%20Sawfly%20(Macremphytus%20testaceus).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC-2inObQbcmyCNnmxrMoKD-aFOgqJk0YsJZFpBDq-pswC5xs3NceKmRwH89EWIwXZYK-qwXVjChnvRxaiT-9qfFp-irYCpsUO7lHs_CHIBricCCxovXe6HJ_nGgqRQ5HOc1OoL3El_Fbu_JlrV_oiRsdtYz2wMFViqPPz33hGSXmfzw0s82_/w384-h400/Dogwood%20Sawfly%20(Macremphytus%20testaceus).jpg" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwood Sawfly (<i>Macremphytus testaceus</i>) larva</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36041097" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlEOKNAtYsx1nqhgfzWCGbQ3vW0s4zoV1N5KyvwRRSkAMzCj7ZZbYEEq4YXluxiZNg5bpQBlmdStruLfNO9-K5ubt1gmOlzD6145F0mnziRFyhUJlQOlnRFuknJtRmQlQj1V2Kz8CtpVkPJUL7zpOvFPSaQRCE3apRUelSr5XmJYop-_aYPmu/s320/large%20(1).jpg" width="288" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36041097" target="_blank">Adult dogwood sawfly<br />Robert Webster</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sawflies have bad reputations for being pesky and the dogwood sawfly is no different. But I have no problem with them because my land is so diverse. I love sawflies because of their life cycle. The larvae are not caterpillars even though they look like caterpillars. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg_WDvy19LCUcLOgKJvrzjooR9w9XtoZAlSizZpCvN8oodKPcO8capbpTr8VLxmUcZSHDu96mysS02kfq4DYDt0HHKACn_ozqFyqhdgggWZ_Ynlo35ofgEhP2lH3BHiOcSPC7o4QgY869yXX39UbL4jT2obrMDjXAcpMGSOOeOgxJiNbho-M2/s686/Dogwood%20Leaf%20Beetle%20(Calligrapha%20philadelphica)_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="686" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg_WDvy19LCUcLOgKJvrzjooR9w9XtoZAlSizZpCvN8oodKPcO8capbpTr8VLxmUcZSHDu96mysS02kfq4DYDt0HHKACn_ozqFyqhdgggWZ_Ynlo35ofgEhP2lH3BHiOcSPC7o4QgY869yXX39UbL4jT2obrMDjXAcpMGSOOeOgxJiNbho-M2/w400-h351/Dogwood%20Leaf%20Beetle%20(Calligrapha%20philadelphica)_edited.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwood Leaf Beetle (<i>Calligrapha philadelphica</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The dogwood calligrapher is related to lady beetles. They are all leaf beetles. This one eats dogwood leaves. There are many calligraphers with different and stunning "etchings" on their abdomen. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I always find groups of Red-osier dogwood aphids (<i style="text-align: center;">Aphis neogillettei)</i> and their ants somewhere on a dogwood. The aphid colonies appear and disappear very quickly; seemingly overnight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8heNBAZQRrRrph1NuHOrXnAkpi2Z5itYaAt2SEzrDpFrPfsQRaD9AHXo2RVTf53zdbEeAzgcQL2i-1eFkM9YqyKS8o-LH-8T1AhpBYVEo4GzQU_7m74cTZg3gEr-QFjBp0rFO95LnHgpHK0PqXI9DgdAe3qLLNGiC_SxVUVgYTNwd4_tUkDK/s2048/Aphis%20neogillettei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8heNBAZQRrRrph1NuHOrXnAkpi2Z5itYaAt2SEzrDpFrPfsQRaD9AHXo2RVTf53zdbEeAzgcQL2i-1eFkM9YqyKS8o-LH-8T1AhpBYVEo4GzQU_7m74cTZg3gEr-QFjBp0rFO95LnHgpHK0PqXI9DgdAe3qLLNGiC_SxVUVgYTNwd4_tUkDK/w400-h226/Aphis%20neogillettei.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aphis neogillettei</i> tended by ants</td></tr></tbody></table><br />All of my dogwood life has moved away now. The dogwood leaves look blighted and worn on my special bush. It's no wonder they are: they have nurtured so many lives this summer.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>_/\_/\_</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The first creature I highlighted was the Beautiful Wood-Nymph (<i>Eudryas grata</i>). But it wasn't.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kathryn got in touch with me last night about a caterpillar she had from her property and could identify to genus but not to species. It was a <i>Eudryas. </i>Without looking closely, I told her it was <i>E. grata</i>, the Beautiful. But she had comparison photos from the Internet and wanted to know how I was sure because she thought it might be a Pearly, <i>E. unio</i>. Now, Kathryn has always had an excellent eye for the small details in insect identification. I remembered how she would keep me honest and see what was in front of us, not what I wanted to see. So I looked up the details.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I submitted my caterpillar to iNaturalist, the AI said it was <i>E. grata. </i>Jody had named it that, also. And then two other people quickly confirmed it. Without ever looking (but I remember wondering) at the two other <i>Eudryas </i>species caterpillars, I accepted the IDs and moved on. But if Kathryn had doubts, I knew I had to look again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Bugguide, there are no photos of the third <i>Eudryas </i>species caterpillar (<i>Eudryas brevipennis</i>), and I could safely ignore that one because it lives west of the Rockies. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are only two differences between the Beautiful Wood-Nymph caterpillar and the Pearly Wood-Nymph caterpillar: dots on the prolegs (1 dot on the Beautiful and 2 dots on the Pearly on each proleg) and the color of the pro-thoracic shield (orange on the Beautiful and white(ish) on the Pearly), both of which I marked on the photo above. I had to reacquaint myself of the meaning of pro-thoracic and how the heck you find it on a caterpillar, but I did. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kathryn and I agreed that all the caterpillars that she, Jody, and I had were Pearly and not Beautiful. Which meant I had to update the IDs on iNat, tell Jody, and update my post of August 8.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The moth I posted on August 8 was the Beautiful, and did not belong there with that Pearly caterpillar. Below are my Beautiful moth and Joanne Russo's Pearly moth. The inner brown band is smooth on the Beautiful and scalloped on the Pearly. And that's about it for the difference between the two species. It gets a person to wondering why Nature does this. It must be out of perverse pleasure to making humans nuts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXLOaO9l2_mgvY0Zzd8wy_UR5Ph94d-DXhm1InL3V-47gNqNnkdI7MR8Y9-ZamIW9InG21xPXgAVuiWWQ_G8U_SsG5NRZDEn2IL-MPhhM9M4-rt1WkDAQjFdv1Ru9PMy8R-ugTZ_nexIkPu4ASG2tuxBg__DawGw2u6hqMjdx3wE9SkZ4gaoj/s1500/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXLOaO9l2_mgvY0Zzd8wy_UR5Ph94d-DXhm1InL3V-47gNqNnkdI7MR8Y9-ZamIW9InG21xPXgAVuiWWQ_G8U_SsG5NRZDEn2IL-MPhhM9M4-rt1WkDAQjFdv1Ru9PMy8R-ugTZ_nexIkPu4ASG2tuxBg__DawGw2u6hqMjdx3wE9SkZ4gaoj/w266-h400/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(2).jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9301 (<i>Eudryas grata</i>) </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKE_Xbl-sLMNM1LGBsotmngTRyifApYlOjiLW4znRNQqTJUSu6mlZ8s-10d9WWrCe-yM35TDzktHznU8c2aCVzOZfJCcQs2qicafEgPm-UuhP62hsvNLDndbsJ0vobTdS-Jba2bYRbN7fh735nebbLI7BFlluMccxOKGuVTrQRLc8zT8eWBRX/s1024/large.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1024" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKE_Xbl-sLMNM1LGBsotmngTRyifApYlOjiLW4znRNQqTJUSu6mlZ8s-10d9WWrCe-yM35TDzktHznU8c2aCVzOZfJCcQs2qicafEgPm-UuhP62hsvNLDndbsJ0vobTdS-Jba2bYRbN7fh735nebbLI7BFlluMccxOKGuVTrQRLc8zT8eWBRX/w400-h284/large.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299 (Eudryas unio)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85085242" target="_blank">© Joanne Russo</a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8yRBH8EONIvm--Kg2IUn0_cX7ApKtS95MvPzmL-h2TdaTI_pujVr4LZ2VvtikHAeLyqYqytAgdDGM3bK_LexeBx5ArhJYc7XqTatXTguGIpYDo40bNhtztvX8K5Txo2vxaZ-reTRGuq3qLvVtOeWbfljTIrAQv80c-JTnBoeg3ovrYRtQGaD/s80/CC-BY-NC_small-10fbaadff7dddf7e3b7eae257b2fc07cecf8de794f35fc1f8c1202a6fccab58d.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="15" data-original-width="80" height="15" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8yRBH8EONIvm--Kg2IUn0_cX7ApKtS95MvPzmL-h2TdaTI_pujVr4LZ2VvtikHAeLyqYqytAgdDGM3bK_LexeBx5ArhJYc7XqTatXTguGIpYDo40bNhtztvX8K5Txo2vxaZ-reTRGuq3qLvVtOeWbfljTIrAQv80c-JTnBoeg3ovrYRtQGaD/s1600/CC-BY-NC_small-10fbaadff7dddf7e3b7eae257b2fc07cecf8de794f35fc1f8c1202a6fccab58d.png" width="80" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND . . . the biggest news! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kathryn says she is doing bug photos again!</div><div><br /></div>_/\_/\_<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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These are special photos that are not simple insect portraits. So I made a slideshow of them. She only uses her iPhone for insect photos and I am always stunned at the quality of her work. Her iPhone videos are also awesome. She also <i>never </i>edits her shots!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jagged ambush bugs are fairly plentiful this time of year. Every season we have an informal contest to see who can find the first one. They are very small (less than 1/2 inch long) and well camouflaged so it is a competition of our bug eyes. This is the first year that I have won, with my shot of the ambush bug hiding in yarrow that I posted for <a href="https://meeyauw.blogspot.com/2023/08/wordless-wednesday-crown-of-yarrow.html" target="_blank">Wordless Wednesday</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sC7aPi7DGsCrLUqkH59t7_jr-tLfa8ibwcBbduj2-qBT_xqQMF302OuOIw7gmSbsfRPAX-8vxdJZuT6zHc9JS-h_ZuGp5ayUwcU_k9PO97E1qjMZhEWB4OCkDQcBYSRHdXU5kV2qCeTmeZV5cObGFVxIyhoKlveIb_hgKByB9MsC6QTDUn6x/s994/364547067_838220647707216_2707206077656112023_n_edited_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="994" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sC7aPi7DGsCrLUqkH59t7_jr-tLfa8ibwcBbduj2-qBT_xqQMF302OuOIw7gmSbsfRPAX-8vxdJZuT6zHc9JS-h_ZuGp5ayUwcU_k9PO97E1qjMZhEWB4OCkDQcBYSRHdXU5kV2qCeTmeZV5cObGFVxIyhoKlveIb_hgKByB9MsC6QTDUn6x/w400-h279/364547067_838220647707216_2707206077656112023_n_edited_edited.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ambush bugs lie in ambush in flowers. Their huge front legs enable them to snatch an insect out of the air as it flies by, or to grab it as it walks or crawls by. The ambush bug has piercing and sucking mouth parts, so it injects a paralyzing agent through its beak and into the other insect. I can't find information on whether this paralyzing agent also anesthetizes the insect. Because after the prey is paralyzed, the ambush bug uses that beak to slurp up the insides of the insect prey. And that knowledge made it difficult for me to look at Jody's photos the first time. But like we tell each other, everything has to eat. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jody identifies as a gardener and she maintains the gardens not only at her home but at church and the library. We are all enriched by her insights with insects. I am especially enriched that her knowledge of botany enhances my knowledge of insect behaviors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttbranVm0aHadLEg2Nezhhiy2hTuiVagrPyXmuKx2RTR9e-WhTdCgRdvVMa9kBw7ixhhNcG41lMVgXcOEbMMHnGjxjUuvEdmd-aMeNI9IMAnpCcddc22NycTRjxMiXvZ6Gh3S6Lysxm_PjMFm_q_fQvp-2JzTocS47M9H7cBs8Nmk46-hXawn/s1316/20230808-IMG_0786.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1316" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttbranVm0aHadLEg2Nezhhiy2hTuiVagrPyXmuKx2RTR9e-WhTdCgRdvVMa9kBw7ixhhNcG41lMVgXcOEbMMHnGjxjUuvEdmd-aMeNI9IMAnpCcddc22NycTRjxMiXvZ6Gh3S6Lysxm_PjMFm_q_fQvp-2JzTocS47M9H7cBs8Nmk46-hXawn/w400-h294/20230808-IMG_0786.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another JAB I found on August 8</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">University of Minnesota: <a href="https://entomology.umn.edu/jagged-ambush-bugs" target="_blank">Small Wonders: Jagged Ambush Bugs</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Missouri Department of Conservation: <a href="https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ambush-bugs" target="_blank">Ambush Bugs</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Video: Bug of the Week: <a href="https://youtu.be/_GX7_qIubiM" target="_blank">Ambush Bug Catches a Bee</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Piyushi Dhir: <a href="https://www.whatsthatbug.com/ambush-bugs-all-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank">What's That Bug? Ambush Bugs: All You Need to Know for a Bug-Savvy Backyard</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Michael J. Raupp, Ph.D.: <a href="https://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2013/1/9/ambush-ambush-bugs-iphymatinaei-and-crab-spiders-ithomisidaei" target="_blank">Bug of the Week: Ambush - Ambush Bugs, Phymatinae and Crab Spiders, Thomisidae</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">_/\_/\_</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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I use three recipes that I have adapted for what I like. I have used hamburger as a topping, and here, thin slices of fresh tomato lightly dusted with dry basil. The crust is thick and soft, the sauce is tangy and thick, and it takes an entire two cups of shredded mozzarella. The recipes makes enough pizza for three or four meals with leftovers for breakfast, which is very important. It takes perhaps an hour to make and bake, which is also important. The sauce is no-cook. <a href="https://meeyauw.blogspot.com/2023/07/more-rain-more-baking-and-more-bad-bugs.html" target="_blank">I overcame the salt and crust problem that I have posted about before.</a> This took years of finding the perfect ingredients, seasonings, recipes, and a pan the perfect size for the crust. It is just the way that I love pizza. 👼</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdj16i0u0OqmyGw5MuEZ-43dsQspP0n_KR2I5y3Jrri1sbRLuD0yFgxrZu3TjfTzfsoOnBtxDeXeggWQZ8-q8pYyequW4icdD-B8GdjCQFdgC5nNviJpa-AAwY3d5QU8gqW4wzfoPrMg1Kt-QNnKYFPm_X553Jk8Jbs4sp4glLqsUbkaERrwYG/s1120/365982442_3173182732983848_1476156828914020271_n_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1120" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdj16i0u0OqmyGw5MuEZ-43dsQspP0n_KR2I5y3Jrri1sbRLuD0yFgxrZu3TjfTzfsoOnBtxDeXeggWQZ8-q8pYyequW4icdD-B8GdjCQFdgC5nNviJpa-AAwY3d5QU8gqW4wzfoPrMg1Kt-QNnKYFPm_X553Jk8Jbs4sp4glLqsUbkaERrwYG/w400-h319/365982442_3173182732983848_1476156828914020271_n_edited.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Sauce</h4><div>In blender or food processor:</div><div>14.5-ounce can <i><u>no-salt</u></i> diced tomatoes, undrained</div><div>6-ounce can tomato paste</div><div>¼ of a small onion but the more the better</div><div>2 large garlic cloves (I use a spoon from the drawer and just scoop out a lot of chopped garlic from a jar)</div><div>1 heaping tablespoon King Arthur Flour pizza seasoning</div><div>1 teaspoon granulated sugar</div><div><br /></div><div>Blend, or use food processor, until this is thick and smooth.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Crust</h4><div>1 cup warm water (110°F/45°C)</div><div>1 tablespoon white sugar</div><div>2 1/4 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast (which is one envelope)</div><div>3 tablespoons olive oil</div><div>1 teaspoon non-iodized table salt</div><div>2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</div><div><br /></div><div>Directions</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stir water, sugar and yeast together until dissolved. Add the olive oil and the salt. Stir in the flour until well blended. Let dough rest for 10 minutes. But if you use instant yeast, just toss everything in a stand mixer and, using dough hook, let it run.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mist the pan lightly with olive oil. Gently flatten the dough in the pan and turn it over so both sides are coated with the oil. Pat dough into pan using fingers dipped in olive oil. If the dough doesn't retain its shape, let it rest 15 or more minutes. If desired sprinkle basil, thyme or other seasonings on crust. Top with your favorite pizza toppings and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a preheated 425°F (220°C) oven, turning 180° halfway through the bake. Check the bottom of your crust before taking out of oven.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do not put KAF seasoning on top of the pizza: it is too salty.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Special stuff</h4></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way, I didn't qualify for Amazon Associates, so none of these products are affiliated with anybody except me.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XZZXVJR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="522" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0Z8x0n8mRhvjKbUbCfNsDDdqIVGbl4_9qZmU2KyVoVgmcMWnc64AiAbDGaHH3FSVxbvu71jXndJ1PjTSxscXeFGk-kwGdzJggycjRgYt_O_XlbQelptwobPIUTrZIx_Fwkbqp2COwGbdsJjpliYvV_S29LgLxxMsP-M6KDR9oDH3XYO91PQJ/s320/81qVy5dyeNL._AC_SX522_.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XZZXVJR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1" target="_blank">USA Pan jelly roll pan 14.25 x 9.37 x 0.5 inches</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/pizza-seasoning" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-N5UIj854pPt1xtSbDOc3QAQ1FMNPyqsH0MNpZVml6QWHV87KdKofNu90v1CVwm9U6xCeeKFthxSRTMI2s9NDvF08RGqCOsu8tc8C3w8INMrrfXc7Ngl5I8k075pYTtIYyMIy4V6Wg0546magE8MIHUkY1GmErHuhAtraDn_2SZzJfnKl4qG/s320/101098_pizzaseasoning__83183.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/pizza-seasoning" target="_blank">Awesomely good but be careful with salt levels!</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNWdIZvZ_yJKlrPXOTa0vk-KLgdEG96F6HLftLdRcbR2Ij7ywxiF8TCsTIyCcmXJYgizPISOHyKvaFnkYdRSQ1pxWp8okJvDnc-tkgYmvaqWEEqbZGe9ycuRLFZuwj4_JCE0B5h_gSogG2uTk1StGN4gd9uLyxz7vX5O0sql3IU6ddOm3yK5P/s500/0007457483520.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNWdIZvZ_yJKlrPXOTa0vk-KLgdEG96F6HLftLdRcbR2Ij7ywxiF8TCsTIyCcmXJYgizPISOHyKvaFnkYdRSQ1pxWp8okJvDnc-tkgYmvaqWEEqbZGe9ycuRLFZuwj4_JCE0B5h_gSogG2uTk1StGN4gd9uLyxz7vX5O0sql3IU6ddOm3yK5P/s320/0007457483520.webp" width="165" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because of my hands, I don't chop garlic anymore.<br />This brand is simply what our village store carries.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Original recipes</h4><div><a href="https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/5-minute-pizza-sauce/" target="_blank">Bigger Bolder Baking 5 Minute Pizza Sauce</a></div><div><a href="https://www.melskitchencafe.com/homemade-pizza-sauce/" target="_blank">Mel's Kitchen Homemade No Cook Pizza Sauce</a></div><div><a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6814/valentinos-pizza-crust/" target="_blank">Valentino's Pizza Crust</a></div><div><a href="https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/pizza-seasoning" target="_blank">KAF Pizza Seasoning<br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday is always pizza night now! 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I have only found one. 😧 They are gorgeous but the prize is that they are one of the creatures that look like bird droppings. You can't tell that from the caterpillar stage; perhaps you can't even tell from the adult moth. But when you see the moth live and in person, they look like bird droppings and you are tempted to move on and search for other insects. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_9PvU-5LTD1YLzEJMcSLzcdQ4z7vdCfDKQq0ucDV_g_FO3tJ8wg6xzrnRsecQ02_2nSgwsUmjSIF3vyqD1S4fS6AX-p9MUcaUQtKfMbOY_nzTYIOW1e9t-3lAjDXZRT87djWt4wNbzP0NCTJewKos-uC2bks6_6C9KTzoULo1Ypasi9gLxW9/s1500/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_9PvU-5LTD1YLzEJMcSLzcdQ4z7vdCfDKQq0ucDV_g_FO3tJ8wg6xzrnRsecQ02_2nSgwsUmjSIF3vyqD1S4fS6AX-p9MUcaUQtKfMbOY_nzTYIOW1e9t-3lAjDXZRT87djWt4wNbzP0NCTJewKos-uC2bks6_6C9KTzoULo1Ypasi9gLxW9/w266-h400/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(1).jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorsal view of a Beautiful Wood-Nymph adult on house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhilMEYero0kOV0apj17J9lV7zTO1BMDZqxPHNotBL1Yic_dxoesO0UqYImanz-f-BR1cLCrZgQhWZ9qOQ3LVtuudJswu18vptmwFcQYV2crzPu9LN_eoenNtEUo5Qsw2n2YVhXdP1diBJgtMp7APJoKQL3j8BgtkZZORxAk3IdIgNX0cRoZ0/s1500/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhilMEYero0kOV0apj17J9lV7zTO1BMDZqxPHNotBL1Yic_dxoesO0UqYImanz-f-BR1cLCrZgQhWZ9qOQ3LVtuudJswu18vptmwFcQYV2crzPu9LN_eoenNtEUo5Qsw2n2YVhXdP1diBJgtMp7APJoKQL3j8BgtkZZORxAk3IdIgNX0cRoZ0/w266-h400/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(2).jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side view</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">There are only three species in the genus <i style="text-align: center;">Eudryas</i><span style="text-align: center;">. They all pretty much look the same except for the pattern and shape of the edge of the wings. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">The problem with </span><i style="text-align: center;">Eudryas</i><span style="text-align: center;"> (not for me, but for Jody, when she found that caterpillar at her garden) is that they can skeletonize your grape vines. You can see that in the photo below. Jody lets the grapes go in order to let the moths live and because she is not going to use chemicals in her garden. <a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/3060" target="_blank">Bugguide</a> says that "[l]</span>arvae feed on leaves of several shrubs, vines: <i>Ampelopsis </i>(a genus of climbing shrubs, in the grape family Vitaceae), Buttonbush, grape, hops, Virginia Creeper. Adults do not feed?" I am very surprised that nobody knows if the adults feed or not. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlexRqsVulyUFVd3iUzx7S4Dr9Aqtq7FSaZ-4HijEMBn_pr2g23I_TZJwbyoGrPHKGReq8RdOVxjl_bhGIP6DK6kD-wex6dgab62p2jDeY5HUd5MXixNOiuv3wlBl6N0X6THyeFZgII-yRxwJv56Xz93873lgwjwQFBdRqoyy5w6wWVTgerCDh/s1155/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1155" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlexRqsVulyUFVd3iUzx7S4Dr9Aqtq7FSaZ-4HijEMBn_pr2g23I_TZJwbyoGrPHKGReq8RdOVxjl_bhGIP6DK6kD-wex6dgab62p2jDeY5HUd5MXixNOiuv3wlBl6N0X6THyeFZgII-yRxwJv56Xz93873lgwjwQFBdRqoyy5w6wWVTgerCDh/w400-h254/Beautiful%20Wood-Nymph%20-%20Hodges%239301%20(Eudryas%20grata)%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our caterpillar devouring Jody's grape vines.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">Beautiful wood-nymphs are only one of bird dropping camouflage animals. Another, also difficult to find, is:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvnZLN24q-lE8MI0_qpEr3bL6bnWKz48Rw_gzzANAIIf2QuA6fYoA05-fEGxnSpFoPz1pbJUnnhCk4C8AYWJGTZhQGxw84JSPdYEeAvbnJcFffjy0ZxTZLI9UQqJRsCRUw2h5oohNBbUNoLZtNQPyQO_Niu9DXNanJDftVnjsGpJDQ7WDG5qp/s1000/Small%20Bird%20Dropping%20Moth%20-%20Hodges%239095%20(Ponometia%20erastrioides).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvnZLN24q-lE8MI0_qpEr3bL6bnWKz48Rw_gzzANAIIf2QuA6fYoA05-fEGxnSpFoPz1pbJUnnhCk4C8AYWJGTZhQGxw84JSPdYEeAvbnJcFffjy0ZxTZLI9UQqJRsCRUw2h5oohNBbUNoLZtNQPyQO_Niu9DXNanJDftVnjsGpJDQ7WDG5qp/w266-h400/Small%20Bird%20Dropping%20Moth%20-%20Hodges%239095%20(Ponometia%20erastrioides).jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9095 (Ponometia <i>erastrioides</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">Whenever I see something that looks like bird droppings, I never assume it's a bird dropping. I gently poke with a soft blade of grass to see if it is alive. I'm glad I did that when I found another bird dropping on the bark of a gray birch tree one day and found . . . </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkCdVv66qB5yWNflafwi-UyCSUvFFP3_rMFyLMcdSxCfRlElsi9U_NJhUm9RTpYEADCjmdnz7Keyvn1oQPl0hVK7ndike4SUYFbmpBmatN6ZcRKKnopDfuEAvdcWCrzLegS8rhctir3RhtHZH8nTGNmeEV_1xMpjA-lxJiN4D6FpZKrdN9UrP/s1000/Canadian%20Tiger%20Swallowtail%20(Papilio%20canadensis)%20larva,%201st%20instar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1000" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkCdVv66qB5yWNflafwi-UyCSUvFFP3_rMFyLMcdSxCfRlElsi9U_NJhUm9RTpYEADCjmdnz7Keyvn1oQPl0hVK7ndike4SUYFbmpBmatN6ZcRKKnopDfuEAvdcWCrzLegS8rhctir3RhtHZH8nTGNmeEV_1xMpjA-lxJiN4D6FpZKrdN9UrP/w400-h295/Canadian%20Tiger%20Swallowtail%20(Papilio%20canadensis)%20larva,%201st%20instar.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (<i>Papilio canadensis</i>) larva, 1st instar </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">That caterpillar goes through 4 or 5 more instars until it pupates and metamorphoses into</span><span style="text-align: center;"> . . . </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='471' height='391' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9mUdLhWXRXmzvD_LuNK04Qur1UMSLBDNb_HobYjAiYgsQgVcQkf-bBeUnGtXMJmfbUcr8zG4XkIA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">00:34</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no audio</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Be careful out there with bird droppings!</div></div>_/\_/\_<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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No.). But Jody reminded me that snail eyes are at the end of the tentacles, not on their head. I still had no idea what I was seeing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUsmv1FobCFbIPgFbwOGaBomuLU_qdXvT_DHKAJWtLxA3r0C3adF6gMSnslKB6sb3ZRoCI4QVb0M6exobyJobC2XsvqHZha-cCIxljJ_IfRbkX8gY8zZoLLCgHCngRPIHvLeoPFFS11T9ftVddksiDKGEO5tM_zw1v-mEI9CV9o9aQnfJTD9d/s2048/Leucochloridium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUsmv1FobCFbIPgFbwOGaBomuLU_qdXvT_DHKAJWtLxA3r0C3adF6gMSnslKB6sb3ZRoCI4QVb0M6exobyJobC2XsvqHZha-cCIxljJ_IfRbkX8gY8zZoLLCgHCngRPIHvLeoPFFS11T9ftVddksiDKGEO5tM_zw1v-mEI9CV9o9aQnfJTD9d/w300-h400/Leucochloridium.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Leucochloridium </i>infected amber snail (<a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174957649" target="_blank">Jody's photo</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jody told me I was watching the action of a parasitic worm, <i style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123952-Leucochloridium" target="_blank">Leucochloridium</a>, </i>that was residing in the eyestalks of the snail. The worm dances in order to imitate caterpillar behavior. The worm wants to be eaten by birds, but the dancing eyestalks need to be seen by the birds, so the worm manipulates the snail's behavior and coerces it to climb as high as possible in daylight (the snails are nocturnal in order to avoid drying out in the sun). A bird will see this faux caterpillar and peck out the snail eyes in order to eat it. Inside the bird's guts, the worm reproduces, the bird defecates the worm eggs, the eggs are eaten by another snail, and the entire cycle repeats.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This isn't the end of the snail, however. The bird only eats the eyestalks, which regenerate and the snail lives on to see another day. It will again reproduce and create more little hosts for more little worms. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4VTSoicSWlSG_Gcx6ZSETdCi5tV9qQrQmcWK_0ohuG90jKTDHcM3GjdmNpe0-wJ8S80wGQ4OZ9i3P0YhZU5go7z0aOxaGw_xYbnVudGzQ8CYMztXStVcrRV1V5-fYCGbSI5dY4Kg5nPsyh4CMcOwtCewRU4p4iRAx7A78NGE1b8sHGENLU_r/s2048/Amber%20Snails%20Family%20Succineidae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4VTSoicSWlSG_Gcx6ZSETdCi5tV9qQrQmcWK_0ohuG90jKTDHcM3GjdmNpe0-wJ8S80wGQ4OZ9i3P0YhZU5go7z0aOxaGw_xYbnVudGzQ8CYMztXStVcrRV1V5-fYCGbSI5dY4Kg5nPsyh4CMcOwtCewRU4p4iRAx7A78NGE1b8sHGENLU_r/w266-h400/Amber%20Snails%20Family%20Succineidae.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amber snail (Genus <i>Succinea</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The only type of snail I see is the amber snail, an entire family (Family Succineidae) of many species of snails worldwide. All of ours here seem to be of the same species but nobody seems to know (or care) which species. Since <i style="text-align: center;">Leucochloridium</i> only preys on amber snails, I am in a perfect position to find an infected snail.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below is a photo of what could be snail eggs. Or slug eggs. I find them under rotting wood where it is damp. They are like little jewels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aXeWtmVW-bIY5u-i025TzOF3uwkYWRJ1RNhra7RVglUoNhWo5Q5DhwTAA3DclY1zAEW7R2Mqoe4_GEILgnoAwU5ZyyqOBXovCJ01aMjTacrIVLAtpotnTKiegIT7gO1jC4gzBp77qd9fXFyDDk7NVrv619-WwhIZpSVrFmVRSLyfnYhV4nzm/s1000/Common%20Land%20Snails%20and%20Slugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aXeWtmVW-bIY5u-i025TzOF3uwkYWRJ1RNhra7RVglUoNhWo5Q5DhwTAA3DclY1zAEW7R2Mqoe4_GEILgnoAwU5ZyyqOBXovCJ01aMjTacrIVLAtpotnTKiegIT7gO1jC4gzBp77qd9fXFyDDk7NVrv619-WwhIZpSVrFmVRSLyfnYhV4nzm/w266-h400/Common%20Land%20Snails%20and%20Slugs.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also find these infected snails and observe their behavior. Look on the vegetation, not down near the ground. Remember, the worm forces the snail to climb as high as it can. Good luck!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Wired: "<a href="https://www.wired.com/2014/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-disco-worm/#:~:text=This%20is%20Leucochloridium%2C%20a%20parasitic,to%20pluck%20its%20eyes%20out." target="_blank">The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies</a>"</div>W. Wesołowska, T. Wesołowski: "<a href="https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.12094" target="_blank">Do <i>Leucochloridium </i>sporocysts manipulate the behaviour of their snail hosts?</a>"</div>_/\_/\_<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Usually I think of adult flies as nectar eaters simply because that is what I see them eating. But tiger fly adults, I learned, are predatory. While taking the above photo, I had no idea that the fly was eating another insect. In the computer, with a lot of manipulation, I think it was a green carpenter bee (Genus <i>Ceratina</i>). I do not like that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGCDkmRAKTbbbxJZDHWqvNLsGrckEVHKWSc7CqTdyH9sxMyTg6ypPoNmLgoefU0oiA2GBEhXTFLnmrXFSvCCjf1tVcVTdP5p_XMZ8qrNz6GIBBlOuQwZH-jGNXoKmy__UbKmC_GTi2HKltaotxPKLaGe1d1oBksmbvOYaNXkyd6Yq0f7m0RNb/s1389/Eastern%20Calligrapher%20(Toxomerus%20geminatus)%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1389" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGCDkmRAKTbbbxJZDHWqvNLsGrckEVHKWSc7CqTdyH9sxMyTg6ypPoNmLgoefU0oiA2GBEhXTFLnmrXFSvCCjf1tVcVTdP5p_XMZ8qrNz6GIBBlOuQwZH-jGNXoKmy__UbKmC_GTi2HKltaotxPKLaGe1d1oBksmbvOYaNXkyd6Yq0f7m0RNb/w400-h221/Eastern%20Calligrapher%20(Toxomerus%20geminatus)%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eastern calligrapher fly with non-fatal Trombidiform mites.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">My beautiful calligrapher Syrphid flies have been very rare this summer, and not just because of the weather. They flock to black-eyed susans, which bloom every other year. I have very few blossoms this year; less than 100, actually. On their blooming years, I will have thousands. Fewer flowers, so fewer flies. I managed to find the above Eastern calligrapher this week, but it was infested with mites. It has been very difficult for me to find much information on red mites on insects, but I have been told that they do not harm the insect. But having a bunch of mites hanging on your mouth parts does not seem pleasant.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKqEmYp5mLS7SNO3kztj596YcqifP9_LTgJPcfb1lJzmbx64nNZhyqKOm8Ax9O7c_y8Xyzjsm9wHtirRbXWNiIakbiVcXudvdfH5quEq00qOFQqxU3JntTuujf7X1_rLMgATSPnjykF0QpvghkHa5xa7XWx1zFr8SXCUFvNfASYeXnpUvkFaX/s1156/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1156" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKqEmYp5mLS7SNO3kztj596YcqifP9_LTgJPcfb1lJzmbx64nNZhyqKOm8Ax9O7c_y8Xyzjsm9wHtirRbXWNiIakbiVcXudvdfH5quEq00qOFQqxU3JntTuujf7X1_rLMgATSPnjykF0QpvghkHa5xa7XWx1zFr8SXCUFvNfASYeXnpUvkFaX/w400-h286/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asian lady beetle probably infected with non-fatal <br />Laboulbeniales fungus.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above invasive Asian lady beetle, <i>Harmonia axyridis</i>, is infected with a fungus. It contracted the fungus by exoskeleton to exoskeleton contact with another lady beetle that was infected. The fungus drills down through the exoskeleton and sips the haemolymph (insect blood). The fungus can spread over the exoskeleton until the insect is covered with it (<a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/278155" target="_blank">see photo here</a>). Surprisingly, the fungus does not kill the insect, simply because the lady beetle life span is so short that there is not time enough to kill it. A fun article to read about this life cycle is "<a href="https://nhm.org/stories/birds-and-bees-ladybug-stds" target="_blank">The Birds and the Bees of Ladybug STDs</a>." </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Laboulbeniales fungus is also called "beetle hangers." There is an entire project at iNaturalist, called <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/beetle-hangers" target="_blank">Beetle Hangers</a>, collecting sightings of it. It is a project of <a href="BEETLEHANGERS A Haelewaters Project" target="_blank">Beetlehangers: A Haelewaters Project</a>. There are, at this moment, over 2,000 species of this fungus.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DtAfMSAqnvWD0j7FwGMxh6w8xnicqR42rZi2j8p6uLxwHgxiWBkAeih-dba0ZqoXWu4KO6tc2kBsLMIfObndOo1sDoZfOpIgG_GWhXIaRd2rcalSK17Cy6kiBc7t28ESfzEkXhFwRGfhttFyecoDp7eYBjEDScDwxWxxmomT1pGdtfA1y9BC/s242/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2)_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="242" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DtAfMSAqnvWD0j7FwGMxh6w8xnicqR42rZi2j8p6uLxwHgxiWBkAeih-dba0ZqoXWu4KO6tc2kBsLMIfObndOo1sDoZfOpIgG_GWhXIaRd2rcalSK17Cy6kiBc7t28ESfzEkXhFwRGfhttFyecoDp7eYBjEDScDwxWxxmomT1pGdtfA1y9BC/s1600/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2)_edited.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of <i>Hesperomyces harmoniae</i> fungus<br style="text-align: start;" /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Jody found a more ominous, grimmer, even nauseating find in Nature this week. 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And finding longhorn beetles is even more satisfying. I have managed to find five different species here over the years. Some I have only found once, but the flower beetles seem to be easiest to find. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Longhorn beetles, like longhorn bees, have antennae lengths that meet or exceed the length of the body of the insect. Some of the longhorns are considered pests, but the flower longhorn beetles are beneficial. Knowing which is a flower longhorn and which is not can be very tricky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The larvae of flower longhorn beetles live in dead trees in the forests. They bore through the wood and eat it, helping to speed up decomposition. The adult flower longhorns eat pollen from usually species specific flowers, thus helping to pollinate our world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In fact, all longhorn beetle larvae, flower longhorns or not, bore through wood. It is the non-flower longhorns that can cause problems because they may bore through live trees and perhaps kill them.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The flower longhorn beetle at the top of this post, <i>Trigonarthris </i><i style="text-align: center;">subpubescens, </i><span style="text-align: center;">has two scientific names and no common name. "</span>Larvae develop in decaying branches of conifers and hardwoods. Adults found on flowers and leaves of shrubs in summer. Maritime Provinces and Québec to Florida, west to Manitoba, Minnesota, and Missouri." (Evans, Arthur V.. <i>Beetles of Eastern North America</i> (Page 400). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.) I found it on a daylily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohFU9oJCoW_5JHO9zzyyOZD-kKa0oCQCHcjR8EW0WdbxFLzkQwUSjwn2P36d1QM9py75Npu6zPI4OW5HdwUMZNUfSEzg1Q5Vtk-PmDv3KKkEwPZWdoqNKbr48jyR841m3Lp5FKRVxy5IN_vlWfBC8Wx8in_SOh_qG9IWzdu4-qB-Ac5BlLlNu/s1000/Mottled%20Longhorned%20Beetle%20(Anthophylax%20attenuatus).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1000" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohFU9oJCoW_5JHO9zzyyOZD-kKa0oCQCHcjR8EW0WdbxFLzkQwUSjwn2P36d1QM9py75Npu6zPI4OW5HdwUMZNUfSEzg1Q5Vtk-PmDv3KKkEwPZWdoqNKbr48jyR841m3Lp5FKRVxy5IN_vlWfBC8Wx8in_SOh_qG9IWzdu4-qB-Ac5BlLlNu/w400-h246/Mottled%20Longhorned%20Beetle%20(Anthophylax%20attenuatus).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mottled Longhorned Beetle (<i>Anthophylax attenuatus</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The mottled longhorned beetle "[l]arva develops in wet, decaying logs of maple (<i>Acer</i>), beech (<i>Fagus</i>), and cottonwood (<i>Populus</i>), also in living branches of spruce (<i>Picea</i>); pupates in soil. Adults active late spring through summer, found on male pine (<i>Pinus</i>) strobili (cones). Maritime Provinces to northern Virginia, west to Ontario and Wisconsin." (Evans, Arthur V.. <i>Beetles of Eastern North America</i> (Page 392). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwLkGayP4YVFIYOpmtSSmmlNz35MHppliy4tTRnbPnU_UPJRVYzhqVdom4rG42Mx3SjWxYVS7H_rxRw4Hjvrl5pjsmOCAIhr3LGTISpQ4i3x1qHFyL0wXNgzKc_WtM1Nisos4WbVr2zEFxgEF9GvJJ_uHrxVBAQ2F41JwCqWu-xVY1hJKYM-d/s1391/Banded%20Longhorn%20Beetle%20(Typocerus%20velutinus).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1391" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwLkGayP4YVFIYOpmtSSmmlNz35MHppliy4tTRnbPnU_UPJRVYzhqVdom4rG42Mx3SjWxYVS7H_rxRw4Hjvrl5pjsmOCAIhr3LGTISpQ4i3x1qHFyL0wXNgzKc_WtM1Nisos4WbVr2zEFxgEF9GvJJ_uHrxVBAQ2F41JwCqWu-xVY1hJKYM-d/w400-h286/Banded%20Longhorn%20Beetle%20(Typocerus%20velutinus).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banded Longhorn Beetle (<i>Typocerus velutinus</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The lovely banded longhorn beetle above "visit[s] flowers in late spring and summer. Larvae develop in deciduous hardwoods, including oak (<i>Quercus</i>), hickory (<i>Carya</i>), beech (<i>Fagus</i>), and cottonwood (<i>Populus</i>). Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Saskatchewan, Minnesota, Kansas, and Mississippi." (Evans, Arthur V.. <i>Beetles of Eastern North America</i> (Page 400). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.) I find them most often on goldenrod. It is my second most common longhorn beetle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc93bJ7wzCWFQW54mC7ggKW3SH3J9d5zrtopyR-m-egon4hmXOy_aPZ5iO7vxNlKWOfGIBmqxPDaYfliAhL1fyswP5GXBCsO5-Megw0x4nMsPv_029oeVcTXKCm5dqVupHTHl5eenUlPHj0a8zh08DkANieDV11kC52OIAVAvxC8a_D34sxugF/s1000/Red%20Milkweed%20Beetle%20(Tetraopes%20tetrophthalmus).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1000" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc93bJ7wzCWFQW54mC7ggKW3SH3J9d5zrtopyR-m-egon4hmXOy_aPZ5iO7vxNlKWOfGIBmqxPDaYfliAhL1fyswP5GXBCsO5-Megw0x4nMsPv_029oeVcTXKCm5dqVupHTHl5eenUlPHj0a8zh08DkANieDV11kC52OIAVAvxC8a_D34sxugF/w400-h285/Red%20Milkweed%20Beetle%20(Tetraopes%20tetrophthalmus).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Milkweed Beetle (<i>Tetraopes tetrophthalmus</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The cute, vivid, and most common of my longhorn beetles is not a flower longhorn. Red milkweed beetle "[l]arvae develop in roots of milkweeds (<i>Asclepias</i>) and dogbane (<i>Apocynum</i>). Adults active late spring and summer, found on host plants. Québec and Ontario to Georgia, west to North Dakota, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas." (Evans, Arthur V.. <i>Beetles of Eastern North America</i> (Page 428). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.)</div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArQtc9j-6DYA86HaB1DDagtHZC8vL7UgD_jVHSgc5IgCan5U4S0rnRnlN_qyaXx28fb72vN8hMbzpKuH6pgYAosQ3jO85Anp7B84HPDyQHypQ2SezJmGMISwaPfAs-nD0GZ6Q0HMfkUBnWuOZrDN_MqKWqbLtUDHm317o1oFOk_5KfizOnX5V/s1000/Round-necked%20Longhorn%20Beetle%20(Clytus%20ruricola).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1000" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArQtc9j-6DYA86HaB1DDagtHZC8vL7UgD_jVHSgc5IgCan5U4S0rnRnlN_qyaXx28fb72vN8hMbzpKuH6pgYAosQ3jO85Anp7B84HPDyQHypQ2SezJmGMISwaPfAs-nD0GZ6Q0HMfkUBnWuOZrDN_MqKWqbLtUDHm317o1oFOk_5KfizOnX5V/w400-h290/Round-necked%20Longhorn%20Beetle%20(Clytus%20ruricola).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Round-necked Longhorn Beetle (<i>Clytus ruricola</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The round-necked longhorn beetle also is not a flower longhorn. "Adults are found resting on vegetation in late spring and early summer. Legless larvae develop in decaying hardwoods, especially maple (<i>Acer</i>). Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to South Carolina, west to Manitoba, Wisconsin, and Tennessee." (Evans, Arthur V.. <i>Beetles of Eastern North America</i> (Page 406). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition.) I have never been able to find information on what else these adults may enjoy. We found this beetle inside a leaf that had aphids inside, seen in the photo. It seemed disoriented (from honeydew?) so we were able to move it from the leaf for photos until it recovered its senses and flew away. The other little bug inside the leaf besides the longhorn and the aphids is the larva of a lady beetle, which was eating the aphids.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorLN5JeHZquI26dFqNFJHgtL-PGAu0FjKGAfc5WSbdU2LK0bN40Jcwc8dLWTZU9-Y9UXZsCdXd07mFIXR4B5yp1ECrnMkh0yrE4bsdds0RPp54dUiPq1rih-VqYOfuAPYrvNS1MEjGgpCYmLMIcL6yQEZV8n4PLiP9kT-17vPQL37njWDY07c/s1000/large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1000" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorLN5JeHZquI26dFqNFJHgtL-PGAu0FjKGAfc5WSbdU2LK0bN40Jcwc8dLWTZU9-Y9UXZsCdXd07mFIXR4B5yp1ECrnMkh0yrE4bsdds0RPp54dUiPq1rih-VqYOfuAPYrvNS1MEjGgpCYmLMIcL6yQEZV8n4PLiP9kT-17vPQL37njWDY07c/w400-h319/large.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Round-necked longhorn beetle dangling out of <br />rolled leaf of aphids, presumably imbibing honeydew.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I hope many of you are fortunate enough to find a longhorn beetle and observe its behavior. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">_/\_/\_</span></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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And whenever I make pizza, I make brownies or cookie bars for dessert. My arthritis now affects my baking, so I am taste testing prepared mixes. I got a bunch of Ghirardelli mixes and tried the chocolate chip cookie mix but baked it in a skillet (which relieves me of much standing time on the knees). It was such a success! I love the mix and I can't do better from scratch. There is no boxed mix taste, either. <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I baked Saturday even though the weather was great. I got psyched out by bad bugs on Friday—by ticks again. I hate ticks and this year the tick problem is unbelievable. Lucy, despite her flea and tick treatments, brings in one live tick a day. In the past, it has only been one live tick per season. I need to photograph each one in order to identify the species. Fortunately, Lucy has only had one embedded in her skin and she was fantastic when I took it off under the new guidelines. Thankfully, all of the ticks have been American dog ticks; not the deer ticks with Lyme disease.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday night, after our short bug walk in the gorgeous weather, I found a tick crawling up my leg. That was the final straw for me. Short of Lucy and I dressing in hazmat suits, I decided to never go outside again. Ticks give me bad dreams for nights and creepy crawly skin for days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon after I found the tick, Lucy came in with another deer fly riding on her muzzle. Every year, the time after black flies is deer fly time and they love Lucy's muzzle. She seldom notices them until they bite and leave her with a muzzle dotted with red splotches of blood. One deer fly bite gives me real itches for days.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQQMeAiHAGVMHc4NFkjMFKX6A5kxZiyaCtyv8Cz4NvLLee9frz3uduPRWL_aIoeAVALHwRXi3PY4qb6mK25YUT3guGHyjhxdCT-lK59B7EwiPCRg3GyMi8CXl7wcZ9JCbY1VNBg6nig04_2GkfcQD9R46hNzd59p33QNe9Aeii-rAiXYVK7lY/s1371/20230714-IMG_9399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1371" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQQMeAiHAGVMHc4NFkjMFKX6A5kxZiyaCtyv8Cz4NvLLee9frz3uduPRWL_aIoeAVALHwRXi3PY4qb6mK25YUT3guGHyjhxdCT-lK59B7EwiPCRg3GyMi8CXl7wcZ9JCbY1VNBg6nig04_2GkfcQD9R46hNzd59p33QNe9Aeii-rAiXYVK7lY/w400-h286/20230714-IMG_9399.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American dog tick</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjMDK_33CXpUn89agdKcMbj0rPbVloPp4Om2a2uHB7UzgZOaJEhxEWcFasKM_hDozAxBQeTdkyvF0_zlO-4AAirteLv5W9GtGf-qjH5Iv3C2VfwQcijkKosUqCBTN3g-AenRDx5DDHkpfOyZyO7pteLvmJjTplFUoAWs4Q5AXZMglaQiFBbby/s3640/20230714-IMG_9403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3640" data-original-width="2600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjMDK_33CXpUn89agdKcMbj0rPbVloPp4Om2a2uHB7UzgZOaJEhxEWcFasKM_hDozAxBQeTdkyvF0_zlO-4AAirteLv5W9GtGf-qjH5Iv3C2VfwQcijkKosUqCBTN3g-AenRDx5DDHkpfOyZyO7pteLvmJjTplFUoAWs4Q5AXZMglaQiFBbby/w286-h400/20230714-IMG_9403.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deer fly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And that is why I stayed in and baked instead of bug hunting.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next was the pizza. I decided to try <a href="https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/about-gemma/" target="_blank">Gemma Stafford</a>'s <a href="https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/best-ever-pizza-dough/" target="_blank">dough</a> and <a href="https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/5-minute-pizza-sauce/" target="_blank">sauce</a>. The dough was easy to do but somehow resulted in a leathery crust. It was such a disappointment. I don't know what I did wrong. The sauce had the exact taste that I wanted, but was much too salty. I can easily adjust that next time. I tossed out the pizza, and it is expensive to make. It was supposed to be at least two days of meals, including breakfast. I love pizza for breakfast. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While setting my Google Nest hub display to time the rising for the pizza dough, I found you can do this . . . </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKQNPmQnoj3guc-oV3s3MOWL8zRynOFKRbuNzKUsGaNGSwWJRRTaoanbqZ7Q8CmdfJnFfJrkrg4CM' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">00:17</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You get a different show for each different item you ask it to time. "OK, Google, set the bread timer for 2 hours" gives you a fun bread display. I smiled when the timer ended:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9Sr-Sv0cFrCwEGAhsZqAKIOezfBzb-Iz8gjdbiKPbwYUeycnPkFRXb2Xtz14LQMIdpDnCD3cIHyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">00:06</div><div><br /></div><div>Now it is Sunday.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiilKVw_c4UiTUQhVWV3FSgYvsw4oAISOOa3hRsM5GWnki_BFJKd2omwWU87NU2FrHWOlj-SQNNlH2n47cXZBdoq0OgB_bBVEEXYQPutBAN8Hl14vra9LHXCU9uaZ_eBy1-n85B5qkNIPK6pfaYEYPmi53ZmtuTFmRwelmjeUFdOnetgY7NwV/s1073/361572592_290984280129820_5111566263586683398_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1073" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiilKVw_c4UiTUQhVWV3FSgYvsw4oAISOOa3hRsM5GWnki_BFJKd2omwWU87NU2FrHWOlj-SQNNlH2n47cXZBdoq0OgB_bBVEEXYQPutBAN8Hl14vra9LHXCU9uaZ_eBy1-n85B5qkNIPK6pfaYEYPmi53ZmtuTFmRwelmjeUFdOnetgY7NwV/w400-h239/361572592_290984280129820_5111566263586683398_n.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flash flood warnings, flash flood watches, hazardous weather alerts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The expected rainfall today only is four inches. That is not good. Amy and I are so bored at this point with our indoor lives that we are sending each other rain videos. This is her slow-motion rain drop video.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='364' height='303' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyDKSo-x8g3EvlNYXok6xW5Qaq6OhEvGcwn2YNxKMdY7Hg1Lf1ihv_BS7IJlcu_aeTeB6m5NR3pvNY' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">00:35</div><div><br /></div>I made six videos of the rain from the garage. Lucy won't go out in the rain from the back door but she will from the garage. All of the noise you hear is pure rainfall. It was very, very heavy. I combined all six videos to one video. <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='417' height='347' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyOtHc-JviS3zmbTfYG158zVKxAKvuR0nDl8hAlccB55guYGB9u7gf01Wp9qAoNp3pTFLSsYV362io' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1:28</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Being an accomplished and talented obsessive worrier, I am now more concerned about my fairly new and very expensive leach field flooding than I am about flash floods or washed out roads. Perhaps life never will be normal again.</div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Fires in Quebec kept me indoors for two weeks because of smoke. I checked our AQI nearly every hour during those days. At one point, my Andrew had the dirtiest air in the world in Washington, DC. On another day, it was Anna living in the dirtiest air in New Haven. I kept seeing these alerts on my phone.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzVcGfrLgcqMFONTjFG9nCIiKSNiUMT3Q3ZelWXJeBrV1t0Po-O5FImM6eMvx7LBw1Vnrtk6Kqh4ojaYd2Bp_b1a3eClbuFXsV8AXLWcRQIJ0-jzQdezVvPB2Cag3YBKXUKKNZr_E7wlhDufZ73IHTeXZm36QjF6Jzm2GZaKjP-CBe1cU0Ufk/s1478/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1478" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzVcGfrLgcqMFONTjFG9nCIiKSNiUMT3Q3ZelWXJeBrV1t0Po-O5FImM6eMvx7LBw1Vnrtk6Kqh4ojaYd2Bp_b1a3eClbuFXsV8AXLWcRQIJ0-jzQdezVvPB2Cag3YBKXUKKNZr_E7wlhDufZ73IHTeXZm36QjF6Jzm2GZaKjP-CBe1cU0Ufk/w400-h195/3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBaVwPnXrMnFc44vOreNUQn_uS9i6ZN4MUFc2VdF2S7R8La5X7-BGQVYKiNF6YpxnMeHjp-kv2O-tXFFZ4UIBLFomHhNiLw6wvC1CyTLVAeYu2jiEQd8hqnN5RCTCMGAWGDOl_zWi39BNmdyTsyBIvIK0O6TH25xHw6HJO_4uaQCSg7Z-Ehod/s2048/354205695_129871130129383_5031284019654286086_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBaVwPnXrMnFc44vOreNUQn_uS9i6ZN4MUFc2VdF2S7R8La5X7-BGQVYKiNF6YpxnMeHjp-kv2O-tXFFZ4UIBLFomHhNiLw6wvC1CyTLVAeYu2jiEQd8hqnN5RCTCMGAWGDOl_zWi39BNmdyTsyBIvIK0O6TH25xHw6HJO_4uaQCSg7Z-Ehod/w185-h400/354205695_129871130129383_5031284019654286086_n.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo7G_vu4ZqjBD0hAML-0ORXBBdX5tgUHWLbR1QOG4ztPDq769lh0lgMOazgoe9xfJueW34H6-KsTSTRN0Tzgp7XDhiWJGbqDIKtynQnaQo7QvHKmz0fmtb_zgnB_hr8odYFWQVv_FuM4IVEBeuxc3pPMZMJpm4iQcAKEDGdcBE1_qz1P52AHN/s1465/356687124_2485920594898095_8482422429641564391_n_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo7G_vu4ZqjBD0hAML-0ORXBBdX5tgUHWLbR1QOG4ztPDq769lh0lgMOazgoe9xfJueW34H6-KsTSTRN0Tzgp7XDhiWJGbqDIKtynQnaQo7QvHKmz0fmtb_zgnB_hr8odYFWQVv_FuM4IVEBeuxc3pPMZMJpm4iQcAKEDGdcBE1_qz1P52AHN/w308-h400/356687124_2485920594898095_8482422429641564391_n_edited.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A smokey sunset in June.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then there was heat. Up to 90°F (32°C); extremely difficult for Vermonters to deal with. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the smoke came back; it was not as bad, though, but I did finally get an air conditioner because of it. You can't live in a house closed off from smoke in heat like that without air circulating.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, the rain. It started on Sunday night and continued until Wednesday. You may have heard about the floods in Vermont. Everything closed up on Sunday night because of the forecasts. Our capitol city, Montpelier, an hour south of me, is still under water. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The worst that happened here was the Barton River, an ancient ox-bow river that quickly floods roads. For two days Amy and I were cut off from everything because Route 5 was flooded from Barton Village to Orleans Village, about 8 miles. There has been no traffic by my house because nobody is out. Business and schools were closed all week.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Gwa7mZJEBe6DPbzAuornLSJUxJ9OMK1WbtsT_sfupmHHjzBVFYQg78jEvKNCt1kMTKMGa_hPWvxO2Ttd-Q9Vlb2Dkdx2dJeflONTsOWpHAzMlQ5RWbTADl-9Xk5R5B6RCQLY-_G8X-_JTaxsCxHxNQROc_W8jRZTkRU9VU-8ArIxR6Phy7wm/s1920/355052190_3492738881039822_4523186517387434940_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Gwa7mZJEBe6DPbzAuornLSJUxJ9OMK1WbtsT_sfupmHHjzBVFYQg78jEvKNCt1kMTKMGa_hPWvxO2Ttd-Q9Vlb2Dkdx2dJeflONTsOWpHAzMlQ5RWbTADl-9Xk5R5B6RCQLY-_G8X-_JTaxsCxHxNQROc_W8jRZTkRU9VU-8ArIxR6Phy7wm/w225-h400/355052190_3492738881039822_4523186517387434940_n.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain clouds across from Amy's house in Orleans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The flood times can be scary for me. I am on the side of Barton Mountain with at least 3 brooks on my property draining into a state mapped wetlands across the road. I am nowhere close to the river. Usually all things are in balance. But in 2011, during the devastating rain of Tropical Storm Irene, my brooks flooded my road. The flash flood took out my driveway. I was anticipating a repeat of those bad days, but it did not happen. I did get some washout of the driveway, but it isn't bad. The worst part of the week was being cooped inside. And last night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJmHvYRHAp7SqAaKZl-IGLGpwp9TQOkG-CAADiwHYqZf8TqecTMxKg5egUE3KknyhAMjuBfRA46YzKdqgHezX8_9a6XTbJY7aK93Vbw7Jt37iW2mBpZQOAHWqNfYbSE3sfhfog3B6KrL--PPaFnoM1txVJMpq3cV-rauIe-I8vDTQwt0E6_4U/s4153/20230714-IMG_9392.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4153" data-original-width="3115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJmHvYRHAp7SqAaKZl-IGLGpwp9TQOkG-CAADiwHYqZf8TqecTMxKg5egUE3KknyhAMjuBfRA46YzKdqgHezX8_9a6XTbJY7aK93Vbw7Jt37iW2mBpZQOAHWqNfYbSE3sfhfog3B6KrL--PPaFnoM1txVJMpq3cV-rauIe-I8vDTQwt0E6_4U/w300-h400/20230714-IMG_9392.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of a washed out driveway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday, the entire state watched for incoming thunderstorms from New York that could trigger more devastating floods. The governor even told us to stay home from 4PM to 8PM. And we all did. The storms got to my house around 8PM and they were bad. Lightning struck on the mountain and across the road. The noise was painful and scary. But no fires started from the strikes and the wind did not bring down trees here. The first photo of this post was of radar five minutes before the storm hit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='377' height='313' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDyEbsVTLQ9K_V-3vEy7DCEDdSzzW-3VxdABB8c43HyhOFc_3cNIUuLbZcDzLmUeyGOxz-snPbXDU' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">00:26</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy caught video of the storm at her house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She watched the wrong direction, though.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I got out of the house so infrequently this past month, because of heat and smoke, that two swallowtail caterpillars that Jody was saving for me (a male and a female) eclosed without me. 😢 I am really looking forward to a normal life now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eiNsZTfYxpM3ciylGCY9VSXEivdF6d2JBRlcGAa7jAITcH2SrKaXhbxrjC-RCsUgRIONfXT7-1bTCIO1xOaa6pKZs0pWOJfGlQa1fJAZx7UzeKe7daZerv3u8OJ77MS9K8mv2Bx0VgbBVDm1QHIz8M5BfTCb1JE5jwcuKWPfsKUHRidL0kCl/s1000/358683985_942838943685762_3286058070031003561_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eiNsZTfYxpM3ciylGCY9VSXEivdF6d2JBRlcGAa7jAITcH2SrKaXhbxrjC-RCsUgRIONfXT7-1bTCIO1xOaa6pKZs0pWOJfGlQa1fJAZx7UzeKe7daZerv3u8OJ77MS9K8mv2Bx0VgbBVDm1QHIz8M5BfTCb1JE5jwcuKWPfsKUHRidL0kCl/w300-h400/358683985_942838943685762_3286058070031003561_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jody's swallowtails</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lucy and I finally got outside today. It is a perfect summer day, 75°F, sunny, and low humidity. This is what we are used to in summer. It was a long wait for a day like today. We only were able to photograph one bug and one Cessna flying overhead violating my airspace. Today, I'm going to make a skillet cookie and pizza. I should have no power outages—I lost power six times this past week. I hope the worst is over.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18UlQrSA_qTcBdhiJKs7LVXJM8TkLzG18vz84au5MnxDcTIst-LDxDTGoWQQgZ2_vxV90qDMH8GqYFyFigbsCI3_qh1gr9rTQVss5IuAd-vtNz7xSaEO3eX3_34oQWpIQzD_Y5spnnj3hJu5l54rBgefKDr_V8AlnC1rHMuExYKOUNrvVl_Aa/s1126/Tarnished%20Plant%20Bug%20(Lygus%20lineolaris).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1126" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18UlQrSA_qTcBdhiJKs7LVXJM8TkLzG18vz84au5MnxDcTIst-LDxDTGoWQQgZ2_vxV90qDMH8GqYFyFigbsCI3_qh1gr9rTQVss5IuAd-vtNz7xSaEO3eX3_34oQWpIQzD_Y5spnnj3hJu5l54rBgefKDr_V8AlnC1rHMuExYKOUNrvVl_Aa/w400-h285/Tarnished%20Plant%20Bug%20(Lygus%20lineolaris).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tarnished Plant Bug (<i>Lygus lineolaris</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1498" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7x5TIZ7XXgtLuAfycfigJazCYUwNf4A3qaeX_hQqAcHPLPjWxR7W7C-6dT0kRejWN_rFTgYSYp8F2W-n83RPyc65X1M-X7d-BxiotormvzoCxvrYVRxh8zFS64Nb6s8Lx18pcI90g7ZpuDTLX_Xae9r_Jo_sx00shVbJzM8FOqurmuhRn3b9/w400-h255/20230714-IMG_9379.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plane.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div>Here is an interesting article from the Washington Post on Vermont's rain. </div><div><div><i><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/13/vermont-flooding-rainfall-warming-climate/" target="_blank">The exceedingly low odds of Vermont’s flooding disaster, visualized</a></i></div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/13/vermont-flooding-rainfall-warming-climate/" target="_blank">By John Muyskens, Scott Dance and Simon Ducroquet</a>. There may be a paywall for you if you read the Post often.</div><div><br /></div><div>I found this Tik Tok video of the Barton River. My thanks to Cheryl Garcia for making it. I can tell exactly where the shot was taken on High Bridge Hill.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@cherylgarcia76/video/7254574543895858475" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7254574543895858475" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@cherylgarcia76?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@cherylgarcia76">@cherylgarcia76</a> Rte 5, north of Barton, VT. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/vermont?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="vermont">#vermont</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/flooding?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="flooding">#flooding</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7254574601013922602?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Cheryl Garcia">♬ original sound - Cheryl Garcia</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>_/\_/\_</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59364148" target="_blank">Drowning</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21152218" target="_blank">T.J. Newman</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5669396215" target="_blank">3 of 5 stars</a>
<br /><br />From the book's publicity:<blockquote><div><div></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent—Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife—who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>There’s not much time.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>There’s even less air.</i></div></blockquote><div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Have you ever seen <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/" target="_blank"><i>The Poseidon Adventure</i></a> (1972)? If you have, there is no need for you to read this book. The same characters are here, updated, and the same plot unfolds deep in the ocean. The dialogue is just as predictable (even derivative) and the ending is the same. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">I was so disappointed in this book. The reviews and promotions are outrageously good, so I quickly grabbed a Kindle copy for my "summer read." That read took less than one day. Now I need a new summer read. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">I never fell in love with the characters because they were not fully developed. But the writing disappointed me the most. I like complicated prose that makes me pause and re-read and appreciate the beauty of a phrase. None of that was here. The book is a straightforward narrative that requires no thought by the reader—which is why it is such a fast read. The repetition and cliches also accelerated my reading. I didn't need to finish the novel because I knew how it ended. I did finish it, though, because I was hoping against hope that something original would happen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I will give Ms. Newman credit for her research, though. It must have required months of study to learn the physics of the ocean, aircraft, and ships. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am absolutely sure this book will become a movie. Ms. Newman's first book, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56614951-falling" target="_blank"><i>Falling</i></a>, will be. So bide your time for the movie when it streams. Perhaps they will title it <i>Poseidon 2024</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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I'm waiting for them to become adults. And I accidentally raised one last summer after finding a cocoon on some grasses. I brought it in and next thing I knew, I had . . .</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PB7F3yi-HX3CMW7vbysrb7zkl8v7Srbm08baHdeSVrVzzPvbUnIV8WNgvwt_pGcy-1v_zGkhQIaljXsZy8cZ1EUUJC5e0kKSl1U5sBHS0Kox0iRwaxI97XlVsPU91iilz0yBQiBwwR-Wq_jtulCnZaEYoYCkmzMYUNYCTB2Ku32HS1QXfkdW/s1000/raised%20last%20year.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PB7F3yi-HX3CMW7vbysrb7zkl8v7Srbm08baHdeSVrVzzPvbUnIV8WNgvwt_pGcy-1v_zGkhQIaljXsZy8cZ1EUUJC5e0kKSl1U5sBHS0Kox0iRwaxI97XlVsPU91iilz0yBQiBwwR-Wq_jtulCnZaEYoYCkmzMYUNYCTB2Ku32HS1QXfkdW/w300-h400/raised%20last%20year.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">female</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">The Name</h4><div style="text-align: justify;">First off, I'll pronounce this correctly: "ten-OOCH-ah." I've spent too many years playing this name as a funny word joke, with my moth-er friends, like we all play with Worcestershire sauce. It is time for me to respect the name. As for the Virginia part of the name . . . it is not named after the state. According to <a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/7773" target="_blank">bugguide.net</a>, "the type specimen was collected in Nova Scotia and named <i>Ctenucha latreillana</i> by Kirby in 1837, but an earlier specimen named <i>Sphinx virginica</i> by Charpentier in 1830 may have been collected in Virginia." The state of Virginia is the southern boundary of the range of this moth. "The genus name Ctenucha was coined by William Kirby from the Greek meaning 'having a comb', a reference to the showy antennae of some species." (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenucha" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) I'll talk about those combs in the next section.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I learned today that the <span style="text-align: center;">Virginia Ctenucha is considered a wasp moth. Yet, it does not look like a wasp to me and my other wasp moths actually do look like wasps. This took a lot of digging to discover, but I found (only found today because I had not paid attention to the taxonomy of the moth), that this species is one species in the subtribe </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ctenuchina.</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the subtribe Ctenuchina belongs to the tribe Arctiini. Those are the tiger moths, yet our moth here does not have the underwings of tiger moths. so I became more curious. And then I fell down the rabbit hole of taxonomy and entomology history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The name Arctiini is "From the type genus Arctia, from Greek meaning 'bear', for the appearance of the hairy larvae." (<a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/39181" target="_blank">bugguide.net</a>) We all know woolly bears (the larvae of Isabella tiger moths). And many of us know yellow bears, the Virginia tiger moth larvae. (And we're back to Virginia!)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So my common and widespread Virginia Ctenucha moth is both a wasp moth that does not look like a wasp and a tiger moth that does not look like a tiger moth. And it should have bear larvae . . . but I'll talk about that in a third section.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I found the answer. This is a tough paragraph to wade through, and I had to read it three times . . . slower and slower each time . . . to begin to grasp it all. But by studying taxonomy and wading through history, you can learn more supplemental information on a species than you can see outdoors. It is enrichment. I get a deeper understanding of the insect, our insect lore and fables, and our human culture that has interacted with these creatures for thousands of years.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, from <a href="http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/ctenuchinae.htm" target="_blank">Moths of Belize</a>, is the paragraph that tells us about wasp moths, <span style="text-align: justify;">Ctenuchinae</span>, and bears (I added emphasis):</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ctenuchinae ('Wasp Moths') have long been suspected to be an 'unnatural' group, made up of unrelated species which have evolved to appear similar due to similar evolutionary selection pressures - in this case to <b>mimic various species of wasps and other noxious insects</b>. Recent cladistic work by Jacobson & Weller (2002) has concluded that the former 'Ctenuchinae' consist of two closely related new world tribes of the subfamily Arctiinae - the Ctenuchini and the Euchromiini - and that the mostly tropical old world 'Ctenuchines' are members of the tribe Syntomini of another Arctiid subfamily, the Syntominae. The vast majority of the former 'Ctenuchinae' (ie Ctenuchini and Euchromiini) are confined to the new world tropics, with about a dozen species ranging into North America. Most are between 20 and 40 mm in wingspan: their wings are characteristically long and thin and often possess large transparent patches in mimicry of various species of wasps and bees. <b>Larvae are difficult to distinguish from those of other Arctiids</b>, but feed upon grasses, lichens, mosses and various members of the plant family Apocynaceae (Scoble 1992). This group has not been catalogued or revised in detail since the major work by Hampson (1898, 1914) but the recent work by Jacobson & Weller (2002) has revised the higher classification of the Arctiidae including the former 'Ctenuchinae'. </div></blockquote><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNVzYSfvFk5qyaDboqoANbBjD_dn_DFcMZZezGPCnZVy3voHehR7Tqsgbwc5UVww6BGugwH0Tkc-Dpfg2GUYjBsKzRinVVr8Zafuqr6OlRvPcslb9g7I66z5llYS7wg86JnlK-t9_VEN4AhfzdnNcdIIkypbFiGdFalXu2zft5iFcvgbmc2mL/s918/map.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="918" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNVzYSfvFk5qyaDboqoANbBjD_dn_DFcMZZezGPCnZVy3voHehR7Tqsgbwc5UVww6BGugwH0Tkc-Dpfg2GUYjBsKzRinVVr8Zafuqr6OlRvPcslb9g7I66z5llYS7wg86JnlK-t9_VEN4AhfzdnNcdIIkypbFiGdFalXu2zft5iFcvgbmc2mL/w471-h345/map.JPG" width="471" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <a href="https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Ctenucha-virginica" target="_blank">Butterflies and Moths of North America</a> (BaMoNA)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Comb</h4><div style="text-align: justify;">Males have beautiful comb antennae (called unipectinate), as you can see in the two photos I took below. The first was taken last season as it nectared on milkweed. The second had a tragic fate. When I let Lucy out the other night, it flew in the house before Lucy could get her nose out the door. I turned around and found Poppy the Cat bouncing up to the bathroom sink to catch the moth. I got my photos but was unable to capture the moth because Poppy aggressively got it before I could. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Males have the bigger antennae in order to detect female pheromones. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ih9ZRzu-VbMbHMU0Hw99dZuBtuTVrO31Ayn59KQg8bDFvWnkwogEHw5NCnmJmZNA3DwboXGpGRDJhTibBaE16MUwctsxXyR1wG6xiYclbaVjSPPr7Infxb7YB8PEDiRL3A2_BOtAIWq3H8P4Z26U8_rzqgsEE__vRuWRINCTQGlA-zhcKkDJ/s1000/8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="666" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ih9ZRzu-VbMbHMU0Hw99dZuBtuTVrO31Ayn59KQg8bDFvWnkwogEHw5NCnmJmZNA3DwboXGpGRDJhTibBaE16MUwctsxXyR1wG6xiYclbaVjSPPr7Infxb7YB8PEDiRL3A2_BOtAIWq3H8P4Z26U8_rzqgsEE__vRuWRINCTQGlA-zhcKkDJ/w266-h400/8.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">male</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1tqtsSi4c7qdxT6YVyM8Fmt0C0fDh1BP0UoPspoFr3KywJBNbRyhH0-QhWKWJFuWHy_8h0mun1nNbmYzLzdSEdCvvnCG_suou-oWKc1KdTyIY3svXfRRBvS45GXWnH90hZUxOUvhh48y5j1h7TXhYxmd6BmyGbpK0EBUdVanbRqw7hs2ioaz/s1082/20230627-IMG_9350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1082" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1tqtsSi4c7qdxT6YVyM8Fmt0C0fDh1BP0UoPspoFr3KywJBNbRyhH0-QhWKWJFuWHy_8h0mun1nNbmYzLzdSEdCvvnCG_suou-oWKc1KdTyIY3svXfRRBvS45GXWnH90hZUxOUvhh48y5j1h7TXhYxmd6BmyGbpK0EBUdVanbRqw7hs2ioaz/w400-h281/20230627-IMG_9350.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">male</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Bears</h4><div>Last year when I found my first Ctenucha cocoon, I thought it was a ball of spider eggs.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6JPha_oLj224-_AXAi1gqcjcW6vIesue9aE46g4cDmLcIkPW040V81qDxKHU6KCgGOGLO90djIuhXY9bjZ62Sd0F6aEn1XZPMGNiNAQEt2NlDcOcia0QQ84ek_n6pPKDhD4Tx1cHZhlkXnB5kv_hfJGwYGj06HAMD-OQTrHq4uVbewWVCltL/s1000/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6JPha_oLj224-_AXAi1gqcjcW6vIesue9aE46g4cDmLcIkPW040V81qDxKHU6KCgGOGLO90djIuhXY9bjZ62Sd0F6aEn1XZPMGNiNAQEt2NlDcOcia0QQ84ek_n6pPKDhD4Tx1cHZhlkXnB5kv_hfJGwYGj06HAMD-OQTrHq4uVbewWVCltL/w400-h210/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first Ctenucha cocoon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc-XXu00HzqJ2VOWz9N-td39nPqA8f8pTMRUCI_JCzEJs0_suB1nsx5wXsx8V6_LmpmM6xGLCjWvv_TfRt95MAX-Z8yJA556Ngq775U_GEisZxKs71srpWTT_q51pvexksICPCaxtkTjUSU1jn1am1gKaS2B4ooMIsuyDCcyw5-RoAE69dOEm/s1000/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1000" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc-XXu00HzqJ2VOWz9N-td39nPqA8f8pTMRUCI_JCzEJs0_suB1nsx5wXsx8V6_LmpmM6xGLCjWvv_TfRt95MAX-Z8yJA556Ngq775U_GEisZxKs71srpWTT_q51pvexksICPCaxtkTjUSU1jn1am1gKaS2B4ooMIsuyDCcyw5-RoAE69dOEm/w400-h258/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ctenucha caterpillar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm74lQQMQTw4XSOVZPoggGJON9Y0lhhXVqCP9VbiwZFapADzxKCC4tABDnGPt7A--pl4pMK6IhHDDE6FUrM0KVKU6nZ25yXw45geZzKU1jb2wkNLnckwn3obRzhpE-CmrSPdyse6yr68Y2stViEVaRaOxVFxy5MOb9o20COW2Rxm3ZxUAmUMOh/s1000/10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm74lQQMQTw4XSOVZPoggGJON9Y0lhhXVqCP9VbiwZFapADzxKCC4tABDnGPt7A--pl4pMK6IhHDDE6FUrM0KVKU6nZ25yXw45geZzKU1jb2wkNLnckwn3obRzhpE-CmrSPdyse6yr68Y2stViEVaRaOxVFxy5MOb9o20COW2Rxm3ZxUAmUMOh/w400-h266/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Ctenucha caterpillar<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHHx7QKutl-VslwAJSE5dVto4UmeDKj4CSygmY6YdVwkQlewzcW9jFcDCruaq9wUUZTVFg69hhLkY5qrozXIsO_5N0WBZZbvz5g5RzOq1IULmc1eFtKCP1HL-iysbrUF-QCyxKl6ehRNjokyWMTm8-qjuerstCkrovCLPJNTyDA7m7jj5zBsz/s1492/20230620-IMG_9249.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="1492" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHHx7QKutl-VslwAJSE5dVto4UmeDKj4CSygmY6YdVwkQlewzcW9jFcDCruaq9wUUZTVFg69hhLkY5qrozXIsO_5N0WBZZbvz5g5RzOq1IULmc1eFtKCP1HL-iysbrUF-QCyxKl6ehRNjokyWMTm8-qjuerstCkrovCLPJNTyDA7m7jj5zBsz/w400-h394/20230620-IMG_9249.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the 2 caterpillars this year.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGEqA1zhGlZRGfvz_Uaer0AWR1mH9SrKFT0RXdhZYH-s9MlAJMPw9_4ZebJaqVMAc01T-8b31JhUbr6USsDHfPU32YqjwzHTeDzSTckcSk3Y-CB3JtcKYVNx5zKG7rpIUWOjHltF_TXSLbNu2CKXzIeiZsAmLedINLjDqRRye6Y5B1qNF2vWB/s1309/20230620-IMG_9258.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1309" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGEqA1zhGlZRGfvz_Uaer0AWR1mH9SrKFT0RXdhZYH-s9MlAJMPw9_4ZebJaqVMAc01T-8b31JhUbr6USsDHfPU32YqjwzHTeDzSTckcSk3Y-CB3JtcKYVNx5zKG7rpIUWOjHltF_TXSLbNu2CKXzIeiZsAmLedINLjDqRRye6Y5B1qNF2vWB/w400-h261/20230620-IMG_9258.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the two cocooned</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHYuROpSATM6QeY3XcWpw1vDoXen6QMpq1b0BEIXEmtUc7G_8fYyMJxEaKy0xVaWlNg1EQ3PeWSI1zG391NKv0Q6ULb2XDxW9_L1YU-aEU1Sel49UmUplxY9Zu088BC5NrHWxG7QjR0C1wGafteFOgUTzIKDA5NeYCBsGsUotX70eCODhy2fg/s1514/20230621-IMG_9290.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1514" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHYuROpSATM6QeY3XcWpw1vDoXen6QMpq1b0BEIXEmtUc7G_8fYyMJxEaKy0xVaWlNg1EQ3PeWSI1zG391NKv0Q6ULb2XDxW9_L1YU-aEU1Sel49UmUplxY9Zu088BC5NrHWxG7QjR0C1wGafteFOgUTzIKDA5NeYCBsGsUotX70eCODhy2fg/w400-h191/20230621-IMG_9290.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cocoon broke and the pupa fell out</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our answer about the Tiger moth bear larvae is that yes, these do look like bears. Ctenucha moth larvae have two colors depending on the time: spring and early summer caterpillars are yellow and mid summer ones are dark. But they all have red feet. All of the identifications of my caterpillar photographs are confirmed. </div><div><br /></div><div>I became so confused when the dark pupa was visible. I had no idea where it came from. Today I learned that it came from inside the cocoon. </div><div><br /></div><div>The cocoon itself is made of the hair from the caterpillar. It pulls the hairs out of itself and weaves the cocoon. Sharon Perrault, of Ottawa, documented this in a series of four photos over 30 hours. It is a series that you cannot miss, so click <a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/111634" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The End</h4><div style="text-align: justify;">Those were my burning Ctenucha questions for this year. It took the better part of a rainy summer day to read, write, collect my photos and link and format them all. I'm glad I did it. Humans saw fuzzy caterpillars and called them bears. Scientists later used that, in Latin, to name the tribe. It's amazing. My two pupae should eclose within a week or two.</div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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For some reason, they had all quickly, perhaps instantaneously, retained information on the jumping spiders. Perhaps it is because of their tiny flea-size, or their jumping about like fleas, or their comical, endearing faces. But the boys spot them quickly and have learned how to safely capture and hold them. In these photos, the spider is on the student's hand.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnHdn7ikUvm-AcbmTlnMOiCNclIL5DbA3hrlCSbcKeLVEDhBUliFl0qP0lreu8_vdicVnDKposFPgdaGqwskmBitCbXvR_sSyShuiihttqPl2rTYy_d2EyuoCsvYnkTtgHqqAKafdX7wJJPynPyaVSXYXU9L6yvzwi3LFExDRKjpDXsf760Y7/s1002/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnHdn7ikUvm-AcbmTlnMOiCNclIL5DbA3hrlCSbcKeLVEDhBUliFl0qP0lreu8_vdicVnDKposFPgdaGqwskmBitCbXvR_sSyShuiihttqPl2rTYy_d2EyuoCsvYnkTtgHqqAKafdX7wJJPynPyaVSXYXU9L6yvzwi3LFExDRKjpDXsf760Y7/s1002/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI16Aq4_7RfFWS6gMUIA3jA_1XvOAaQeIbMqmTP_xBiecRtcEGXkWiwb93AmRNlW4QqJ52esUwwAhECALsB_VqK--Hx95--XSAyyueJTQHHEqJ7EY2D-dtYf5GidJOz5UwsrZwZt9OZW2_Oq4vfbBGsDTSYInqrfW8lEFGE92IwJqTgAbjCSTW/s812/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="812" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI16Aq4_7RfFWS6gMUIA3jA_1XvOAaQeIbMqmTP_xBiecRtcEGXkWiwb93AmRNlW4QqJ52esUwwAhECALsB_VqK--Hx95--XSAyyueJTQHHEqJ7EY2D-dtYf5GidJOz5UwsrZwZt9OZW2_Oq4vfbBGsDTSYInqrfW8lEFGE92IwJqTgAbjCSTW/w400-h241/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">male</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have never documented this species before, making him a lifer for me. The species is common, though. Nobody in Vermont had reported finding them at <a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/29544" target="_blank">bugguide.net</a>, so I did. Many Vermonters have documented them at <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82338-Habronattus-decorus" target="_blank">iNaturalist</a>, though.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Benllj76uaDKImvll_H4chkDt7ufjxIzDha1uJ4tIZqH0KO-tfvhP-zzcHkTKn6zhmWjqX_wDWUMuxQrg50_mJnguZXsnFFupPxP0Qq46vN8ra6w3uvtBzwBXwPBogrIoaYiS2TY5MV6oEGHCHreN4VxCkv8-_6utSnxQ3CD2aQa3Fpz2g-/s621/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="621" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Benllj76uaDKImvll_H4chkDt7ufjxIzDha1uJ4tIZqH0KO-tfvhP-zzcHkTKn6zhmWjqX_wDWUMuxQrg50_mJnguZXsnFFupPxP0Qq46vN8ra6w3uvtBzwBXwPBogrIoaYiS2TY5MV6oEGHCHreN4VxCkv8-_6utSnxQ3CD2aQa3Fpz2g-/w400-h296/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They are affectionately called salties because jumping spiders are in the Family Salticidae. <i>H. decorus</i> is everywhere from Nova Scotia to Florida and west to British Columbia and Oregon. They don't show up in dry places like deserts or in the dry parts of the west. </div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFomQYuvI39PcZj4z7V9hRVGa1_MBq2gd_lemS2y9hqMcv6o1mVlad3dwv-eTBbcyNAL3JZSa-qVoRe7RdI_Qx-v0KmB0UDJLu5e1Y483qqChtU02HPIDdd0Y88zTviHzRGSswq0sgas2UcPfShR5nGekGp9B8iT_VwlSvGV4eI2XJ2apVM_Ja/s1527/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1527" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFomQYuvI39PcZj4z7V9hRVGa1_MBq2gd_lemS2y9hqMcv6o1mVlad3dwv-eTBbcyNAL3JZSa-qVoRe7RdI_Qx-v0KmB0UDJLu5e1Y483qqChtU02HPIDdd0Y88zTviHzRGSswq0sgas2UcPfShR5nGekGp9B8iT_VwlSvGV4eI2XJ2apVM_Ja/w400-h264/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(6).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His ruby-colored abdomen tells us he's male.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There isn't much information to be found on the internet about this species. <a href="https://www.rkwalton.com/salticids/Habronattus_decorus.php" target="_blank">But there is a marvelous one and a half minute video made by Dick Walton here</a>. I really urge you to watch it. There is a female <i>H. decorus</i> in the video, also. This spider has no common name.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMsyDogyeFuVaedvNYsaUe48gpNyDpySWpNuHiHXgiyuxostg8dOcURGsq7QH7O3cW2yUuEFfUIIbzdHEYpbMLUoGFM8BK1PdFbo6jL2KOfHDxQ4AXtn_JtT3M8SNTb9xNfy5TBR1TXRFTFCgRA5qyKqvlpK5uALmCjIQyv0mRBBrcqUzIa4R/s1110/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1110" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMsyDogyeFuVaedvNYsaUe48gpNyDpySWpNuHiHXgiyuxostg8dOcURGsq7QH7O3cW2yUuEFfUIIbzdHEYpbMLUoGFM8BK1PdFbo6jL2KOfHDxQ4AXtn_JtT3M8SNTb9xNfy5TBR1TXRFTFCgRA5qyKqvlpK5uALmCjIQyv0mRBBrcqUzIa4R/w400-h253/Habronattus%20decorus%20male%20(7).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The air quality index rose throughout the day to a high of 219 around 3 AM this morning. The forecast said that it would improve at 9 AM today, but it has not been as quick a scouring as I had hoped. The air alert is now extended to 12 noon today. The AQI at 9:30 AM today is still at 169. I have opened one door and one window because it has been suffocating inside the house, even with a fan upstairs and down. Sleep was fitful and interrupted often. Lucy panted in the heat, but she and the cats remained in bed throughout the night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_MH5tk77j4BuUh8YM0ZnNn2ZTuvaKtUyADMExjrtEYwyRxUKwEN2qk9oLIzznvob4K8xYpXYTAy1MzMU-WIuYB_gN-Yum8aFew84fAILSmpvRwQkV326dC0FXKgf0MZEWnSkjv_lhaJVgv5ptmFTAwQAFExGa9JkdBG4zHw4ry3kyzglQ_S9/s4032/353671961_1064729514496413_1347183965296110844_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_MH5tk77j4BuUh8YM0ZnNn2ZTuvaKtUyADMExjrtEYwyRxUKwEN2qk9oLIzznvob4K8xYpXYTAy1MzMU-WIuYB_gN-Yum8aFew84fAILSmpvRwQkV326dC0FXKgf0MZEWnSkjv_lhaJVgv5ptmFTAwQAFExGa9JkdBG4zHw4ry3kyzglQ_S9/w300-h400/353671961_1064729514496413_1347183965296110844_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road to Lyndonville about 4 PM</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This outbreak of smoke is not as bad as it was for Connecticut and Washington, DC in May, when their AQI went over 300 for days. But this doesn't happen here, and it was scary. I also have my end-of-school cold, so I was anxious and coughing and miserable.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU2s2YMQYnFYoe1XJ-xuv7xq_PMuNI1_rRtiEdFYCy0nyFWII15EpL5KRHzc-cXaddOynL9hKyDSjxHcZi5aXAkfUy7lFVk_RVP-ou_3YWF8RL5n119fYfUcxVFymTR-4lC5Jbth9x7fcYL8BmF8zT3Gh2tSQXXGc6lDGiBo5JecpOb498HD0/s4032/353672609_805679614403378_6683433109377028591_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU2s2YMQYnFYoe1XJ-xuv7xq_PMuNI1_rRtiEdFYCy0nyFWII15EpL5KRHzc-cXaddOynL9hKyDSjxHcZi5aXAkfUy7lFVk_RVP-ou_3YWF8RL5n119fYfUcxVFymTR-4lC5Jbth9x7fcYL8BmF8zT3Gh2tSQXXGc6lDGiBo5JecpOb498HD0/w400-h300/353672609_805679614403378_6683433109377028591_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern Vermont State University, Lyndonville</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hqX5B66rLzYRrPbJr54WXhMjhWb2vIvldyfkkFL5X8rpVXlUuiORBOKddrvlsSvDcoPUTCGs954yxLXzEXXBnBl-FM_4SW3BV2hJJvWSJLvxRn_O_jEbyvb938nXAwD-KnjzJX2FJ0lBy-3R1tVLB2HhZCneYc6Cm0xy0PFDVn_sSIYNtRNw/s4032/353678403_660745519237326_9043907545609627631_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hqX5B66rLzYRrPbJr54WXhMjhWb2vIvldyfkkFL5X8rpVXlUuiORBOKddrvlsSvDcoPUTCGs954yxLXzEXXBnBl-FM_4SW3BV2hJJvWSJLvxRn_O_jEbyvb938nXAwD-KnjzJX2FJ0lBy-3R1tVLB2HhZCneYc6Cm0xy0PFDVn_sSIYNtRNw/w300-h400/353678403_660745519237326_9043907545609627631_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Orleans County to Caledonia County</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTuGjNTBxHGFzxdYLGGlflyT2YSwZh1hRp6RAKqdqzQRLAuHt8IJGM99i-ROePMo-xUpC5x_0wVQgug01B6nLvyLoYGj0EGnBmVy5R9NsyPDtqkfopXxnxAttckuXzCVg3xckPt6s0FBzMfb0yliVSazuXyDEUfiULj7VD7kU98U1cO5MAsVX/s4032/353686549_823088402505640_4181779108120945865_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTuGjNTBxHGFzxdYLGGlflyT2YSwZh1hRp6RAKqdqzQRLAuHt8IJGM99i-ROePMo-xUpC5x_0wVQgug01B6nLvyLoYGj0EGnBmVy5R9NsyPDtqkfopXxnxAttckuXzCVg3xckPt6s0FBzMfb0yliVSazuXyDEUfiULj7VD7kU98U1cO5MAsVX/w300-h400/353686549_823088402505640_4181779108120945865_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy's neighborhood about 6 PM</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I am, though, counting my blessings and more aware of the danger of forest fires. There almost was one here in the 1990s but it was doused before it was big. It could happen, and we have to be aware of our actions to avoid any fires. I also don't have to live in a fire area like the Canadians. I can't imagine what it is like to live close to it and see the land and wildlife that you love destroyed. </div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrhA4Yjfr5WhNkEa4Ips6MDDDPbnitoiQQCiIM7Kv10FMRCU2Z_9X9DXRGdGIlZFy52Lk_ishPPwt7vMrQcUboWgS4eLDBmpk2dxV51rldl8rB6S0p5aK88Iwi0vz78yQF5EKTcKC5oYXD8g327ZQ9LLlOsdlCHlSvj42pVRGih8S2JiIEHgF/s1465/356687124_2485920594898095_8482422429641564391_n_edited.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrhA4Yjfr5WhNkEa4Ips6MDDDPbnitoiQQCiIM7Kv10FMRCU2Z_9X9DXRGdGIlZFy52Lk_ishPPwt7vMrQcUboWgS4eLDBmpk2dxV51rldl8rB6S0p5aK88Iwi0vz78yQF5EKTcKC5oYXD8g327ZQ9LLlOsdlCHlSvj42pVRGih8S2JiIEHgF/w308-h400/356687124_2485920594898095_8482422429641564391_n_edited.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in Barton</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSRvOX7SEA31e9gDl0CrfdoU-hMM1Vf1glMS2YTsSN_QTikTby58px_t7eM_Oy4U6PNa-atCoHMLiUyP62QBWFkTTJ5bRsys_NkRLT47Q-uFi9cAAW5GUvObsOyq5s-yS-Fvy286lOx4mjRDDqcf2JVMIB7eDKFMRsH7eT0xgnfP809Rv7FJw/s2048/354205695_129871130129383_5031284019654286086_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSRvOX7SEA31e9gDl0CrfdoU-hMM1Vf1glMS2YTsSN_QTikTby58px_t7eM_Oy4U6PNa-atCoHMLiUyP62QBWFkTTJ5bRsys_NkRLT47Q-uFi9cAAW5GUvObsOyq5s-yS-Fvy286lOx4mjRDDqcf2JVMIB7eDKFMRsH7eT0xgnfP809Rv7FJw/w185-h400/354205695_129871130129383_5031284019654286086_n.jpg" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a high AQI at 9:30 PM but it only got worse</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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I had sort of run out of lessons for the kids, so we went outside. I thought it would be to play, but they grabbed their bug containers and hunted. And they found some beauties!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I finally did my sphinx moth photos properly, with finger and head shots. I wish I had audio taped the student reactions when they saw me lift the moth on my finger the first time. The gasps were just huge. The little kids barely moved. When the moth began to shake as it warmed its wings, they warned me. Those little pre-K and K kids learn!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had time to have other children hold the moth and they passed it finger to finger and quietly gasped and "aww-ed" as the moth walked on their hands. They had never experienced such a sensation before. I quickly took as many shots as possible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9w3bKJ-IAepuTTWMDavlqMAjK3kIzzpRBzMhyzBNNK_Tn5a8OJP7Nu70SMgCOv4OAkmfd8_Y0udQBAGcmDqcBlrWuBec90S5YuHitqG9t3cii3Oa5pATC5gzPPEGQItsI0Q3vsobFRiZehAhqXqxjjEQO_LDCxWi_7ejC02Tt818EHqUq24lV/s1645/20230620-IMG_9118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1645" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9w3bKJ-IAepuTTWMDavlqMAjK3kIzzpRBzMhyzBNNK_Tn5a8OJP7Nu70SMgCOv4OAkmfd8_Y0udQBAGcmDqcBlrWuBec90S5YuHitqG9t3cii3Oa5pATC5gzPPEGQItsI0Q3vsobFRiZehAhqXqxjjEQO_LDCxWi_7ejC02Tt818EHqUq24lV/w400-h286/20230620-IMG_9118.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next moth they found was a hickory tussock moth. This is a fuzzy caterpillar moth that you do not want to touch. But the adult is gorgeous. Once again, we held it and passed it from child to child. By this time they had become old hands at moth handling. The boys were enchanted by the green eyes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_U1un-H2PE9xdCMRISSk5oV317DOcVcECGPI_1C1ZAvhCSq8qMJCajyb4BkCrMPEmzq2OOiKdHtA3SbSIWmgcg7bxIOyAf3QagbkG_JZRMzqEZBGy1_jBSwUT9xHW6mKVGaeRUgr_2mcn9Z-bhBEOMhqwrjbeUZV0dvwwnyYlqOMkk5mWGZ7/s1301/20230620-IMG_9128.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_U1un-H2PE9xdCMRISSk5oV317DOcVcECGPI_1C1ZAvhCSq8qMJCajyb4BkCrMPEmzq2OOiKdHtA3SbSIWmgcg7bxIOyAf3QagbkG_JZRMzqEZBGy1_jBSwUT9xHW6mKVGaeRUgr_2mcn9Z-bhBEOMhqwrjbeUZV0dvwwnyYlqOMkk5mWGZ7/w335-h400/20230620-IMG_9128.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hickory Tussock Moth (<i>Lophocampa caryae</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZu-gaqtEEaItWjuBnZMMmPkPgVhgV5Wn-XvrJqLUyXWVTwfS_CF0zSFKNQDYBYgk60LvxVfeLfE_QuKANd1_NUlAkv26bpRYl788sgf_BILfKzI-WMc_fwIUoMaBYq3NasxrNn4V44faJ1fzJeF1Lipijhv-SQfLZ1XJfwsbzr2ptLWGchyA/s1147/20230620-IMG_9159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZu-gaqtEEaItWjuBnZMMmPkPgVhgV5Wn-XvrJqLUyXWVTwfS_CF0zSFKNQDYBYgk60LvxVfeLfE_QuKANd1_NUlAkv26bpRYl788sgf_BILfKzI-WMc_fwIUoMaBYq3NasxrNn4V44faJ1fzJeF1Lipijhv-SQfLZ1XJfwsbzr2ptLWGchyA/w373-h400/20230620-IMG_9159.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZUFKqWi2GX3bA0BPgI6LCpCe6QngzIDoExWhfmevBmh0pnnezKoPE7Jv3kutFt37Rqv_MlI8U6e0SFB2ZUTYXgQV-Q-NMbBDoeg6rUgnli2fDT47T71OE8xo1zHoqIqW0n-1rJaE-jTFSWIgHvdllgzLJkYgvb3U2pn0zYwZ1LRp997aWJNe/s1550/20230620-IMG_9164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1550" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZUFKqWi2GX3bA0BPgI6LCpCe6QngzIDoExWhfmevBmh0pnnezKoPE7Jv3kutFt37Rqv_MlI8U6e0SFB2ZUTYXgQV-Q-NMbBDoeg6rUgnli2fDT47T71OE8xo1zHoqIqW0n-1rJaE-jTFSWIgHvdllgzLJkYgvb3U2pn0zYwZ1LRp997aWJNe/w400-h311/20230620-IMG_9164.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Another moth, though, was my favorite of the day: the Splendid Dagger. I had never seen this one before, so it was a lifer for me. I have a fondness for black and white moths, just as I do for black and white cats. 😉</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uo8EWg-li1OUlq0yxtmPwqatwDkEBWKkoyxwjqPyvq45aKeCmCLwIOG5MqV680p3bPp9y4JHqpHPyJ2ImPcyZqpw3oQivx0Q63AuT1xo7uFrph4fJkOxyHUAJFqYhMO2m7JVy4_Syz6i3d2QJDO4RhOFNWCpWwedAOAHRDfQTczwdG3OijmJ/s1286/20230620-IMG_9198.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uo8EWg-li1OUlq0yxtmPwqatwDkEBWKkoyxwjqPyvq45aKeCmCLwIOG5MqV680p3bPp9y4JHqpHPyJ2ImPcyZqpw3oQivx0Q63AuT1xo7uFrph4fJkOxyHUAJFqYhMO2m7JVy4_Syz6i3d2QJDO4RhOFNWCpWwedAOAHRDfQTczwdG3OijmJ/w330-h400/20230620-IMG_9198.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Splendid Dagger (<i>Acronicta superans</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One boy, our youngest, has a passion for spiders. He even uses "arachnid" properly at his young age. He wants spider movies all the time, not insect videos. On the last day of school, I granted his wish and we watched the PBS Nature "The Spider Hunter" video. This sheet-weaver spider was his find. They actually do make webs that look like messy sheets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnEpdix2iyYrRZVGB9_zUEttsJQ4A_ilxMEJKJfk71lcinKxDHU8L32pVoVUirGyhbermYwM4GtwxA2NrYtmfGx76q3I7jLp5iSum-DlLuLOQGPAyXZZIkXsNCvpQgWKtrB7dcY254XM0szFQzEuBcDB9yLDPDqh8gWBoiKt8j9DHJk08XAk/s651/20230620-IMG_9194.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnEpdix2iyYrRZVGB9_zUEttsJQ4A_ilxMEJKJfk71lcinKxDHU8L32pVoVUirGyhbermYwM4GtwxA2NrYtmfGx76q3I7jLp5iSum-DlLuLOQGPAyXZZIkXsNCvpQgWKtrB7dcY254XM0szFQzEuBcDB9yLDPDqh8gWBoiKt8j9DHJk08XAk/w400-h336/20230620-IMG_9194.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sheet-Weaver Spider (Subfamily Linyphiinae)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrzFyKNcjYO_QRAmytMUi1Xbu2-5q5IZYz0DWgToFBujPEvsT_iod77e-QnzC6DRrNx5C1LpPhUHBeM2hAWRTDZBaQO7b6jt3tW5fC4B61DZ2m6OAhIh3CfWLL5A5j4AR-55SA6gzgcRepulRktO4CheDGQYfMLgrT14Fi5T3xb1t_t60gEwp/s1199/20230620-IMG_9183.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrzFyKNcjYO_QRAmytMUi1Xbu2-5q5IZYz0DWgToFBujPEvsT_iod77e-QnzC6DRrNx5C1LpPhUHBeM2hAWRTDZBaQO7b6jt3tW5fC4B61DZ2m6OAhIh3CfWLL5A5j4AR-55SA6gzgcRepulRktO4CheDGQYfMLgrT14Fi5T3xb1t_t60gEwp/w334-h400/20230620-IMG_9183.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blackclock Ground Beetle (Genus <i>Pterostichus</i>)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There seem to be a lot of ground beetles at school. Actually, there are a lot of ground beetles everywhere, but the kids at school always find them. In the fall, when the days and nights are warm, I will teach them how to make pitfall traps to capture them overnight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaCCSqpuD1AVfkz6SDP_M57IO2P7rAcadx2Q2ZTac60uotMwBdZcBkp7BkLYvzRi3aDu22Szdxq5CEliXdMa3EHcU52A9VqxIkUzYp-C_3cocfMswVLUD16-une--LARrcxSlh42yS90-RTHnPcBaWRdvOzIANbnwhOCS9br8KMVjfC4h15Oo/s2669/20230620-IMG_9208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="2669" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaCCSqpuD1AVfkz6SDP_M57IO2P7rAcadx2Q2ZTac60uotMwBdZcBkp7BkLYvzRi3aDu22Szdxq5CEliXdMa3EHcU52A9VqxIkUzYp-C_3cocfMswVLUD16-une--LARrcxSlh42yS90-RTHnPcBaWRdvOzIANbnwhOCS9br8KMVjfC4h15Oo/w400-h266/20230620-IMG_9208.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we released our bugs, the moths went straight for the shirt of Steve, the classroom counselor. That was fun for the kids and great for the camera.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LdrOuwEQpaEEkd-VUawuUtTF3462tvJ3i5hA3tTPSe0opbDnQjxxrfyxQPPX5bi5D29RvBdjMl1vKGuW6s3LEYF09LtTM4Tdt21tqoAJXXbrtg0CPP38ESoEu2uA--wsDEIiwvy3YJwr4xtXJD32qzWI8M8NxWpte05fXXOOHrDVhzPo1ckG/s1125/20230620-IMG_9204.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1009" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LdrOuwEQpaEEkd-VUawuUtTF3462tvJ3i5hA3tTPSe0opbDnQjxxrfyxQPPX5bi5D29RvBdjMl1vKGuW6s3LEYF09LtTM4Tdt21tqoAJXXbrtg0CPP38ESoEu2uA--wsDEIiwvy3YJwr4xtXJD32qzWI8M8NxWpte05fXXOOHrDVhzPo1ckG/w359-h400/20230620-IMG_9204.jpg" width="359" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4HcUjDi9fy2MqOX18ARmKVNzMtsrKzwNLV7nm8XLv3FGBp3-jGUx78hTX73p5EPUNxypEuqkHGLaMmNpTqjDVnMaH0vE4v04lSYuQ-fT7kyrS2ecr3u3DRGNVpDqF-t8d9HcAoVPIl2oQ8i-zkOLGqPgcM2AEaBTPMxWcqCi6MVseuqWxASN/s1221/20230620-IMG_9217.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4HcUjDi9fy2MqOX18ARmKVNzMtsrKzwNLV7nm8XLv3FGBp3-jGUx78hTX73p5EPUNxypEuqkHGLaMmNpTqjDVnMaH0vE4v04lSYuQ-fT7kyrS2ecr3u3DRGNVpDqF-t8d9HcAoVPIl2oQ8i-zkOLGqPgcM2AEaBTPMxWcqCi6MVseuqWxASN/w400-h293/20230620-IMG_9217.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">American Dog Tick (<i>Dermacentor variabilis</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alas, when we came inside again, my little spider boy spied a tick on his sneaker. How he saw it baffles me. I could barely, barely see the dot on his shoe. I love my bug camera that zooms in so well. I now carry my tick kit (tweezers, identifying card and alcohol wipe) with me all the time because of Lucy and ticks this year. We carefully disposed of the tick properly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love my summers. But oh, I am going to miss those little boys. We did sneak one more hunt in on the last day of school after the spider video. That hunt was stupendous! Stay tuned.</div>_/\_/\_<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The kids found some interesting things in just a few minutes. Each photo is labeled.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am so proud of what good caretakers of bugs the kids have become. They are not scared. They handle them correctly. They report quickly what they find. Finally, they release properly to the same spot that they found the creature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2MEbPs3UVaTyIu6TKufedVthBBuzO0lZhhs2LhRff2qzN_6De44ysNfXBt0HII2wc8Mk1fsgMz_88F_LfQUlU1j02_JScOiVzIIAIp_AV8UkTygK58NFySwoiwqF7S8Ndv4kO0L0IY3CaKg1q8MxFuqiC7RawWuq6wiQJUhpTRQfFcXUMRdl/s928/20230614-IMG_8936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2MEbPs3UVaTyIu6TKufedVthBBuzO0lZhhs2LhRff2qzN_6De44ysNfXBt0HII2wc8Mk1fsgMz_88F_LfQUlU1j02_JScOiVzIIAIp_AV8UkTygK58NFySwoiwqF7S8Ndv4kO0L0IY3CaKg1q8MxFuqiC7RawWuq6wiQJUhpTRQfFcXUMRdl/w290-h400/20230614-IMG_8936.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Steve's arm with a happy face.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We have a lot of fun with the kids and the bugs. I never expected Steve, the classroom counselor, to allow a soldier beetle on his arm, but he did and was very careful. There were a lot of jokes and laughter about man-eating bugs! In the end, though, the beetle threw Steve back, probably because he didn't taste good enough. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jMZrntLxb9m6mPMLcJvcUBH_NuBIUZbaKrohDWc6ECQDspupBIocfSKdy_4Xni7pGbz7dO6OrnhrII3_uu3ZnwsOejN4Xet5YOvd0P3MLmVjF5QW7Auf_IaEFF7O8mXr-FrV2teVnJQ-KzgFbXVlzh8pOv-OQ345zUCzVDdefCbvXygbsENH/s1016/20230614-IMG_8929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="739" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jMZrntLxb9m6mPMLcJvcUBH_NuBIUZbaKrohDWc6ECQDspupBIocfSKdy_4Xni7pGbz7dO6OrnhrII3_uu3ZnwsOejN4Xet5YOvd0P3MLmVjF5QW7Auf_IaEFF7O8mXr-FrV2teVnJQ-KzgFbXVlzh8pOv-OQ345zUCzVDdefCbvXygbsENH/w291-h400/20230614-IMG_8929.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying away</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UBve84pnDR_INCCICm_Oq5HP4xtnFwXLswUliceuuoVHAUrI2zbNOy71Yuyn58scQp8C-56fOTxKHnSqOe6MBz5pSeb4iXRlKjsoGDrdcfzZkWl9v6-N64Jmo8vALoBnhdNZptw-tZ9Eo-yi-OYu6gqkp7yiZTfgFp6-0wVonwxkUxJAQfkb/s1060/20230614-IMG_8981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1060" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UBve84pnDR_INCCICm_Oq5HP4xtnFwXLswUliceuuoVHAUrI2zbNOy71Yuyn58scQp8C-56fOTxKHnSqOe6MBz5pSeb4iXRlKjsoGDrdcfzZkWl9v6-N64Jmo8vALoBnhdNZptw-tZ9Eo-yi-OYu6gqkp7yiZTfgFp6-0wVonwxkUxJAQfkb/w400-h263/20230614-IMG_8981.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A slug. I have to do my slug and snail unit next year.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5z-GAWdc0psH9Ld9In6WnKueDfg6fMPMU970hceaetMpiArgB0Y_m-Ec0Co0y6P5G-0J9Yi3aUp9jUHaQ7jq4aRI_o3-TcQ_ntN9Yb7FC_nP_AbihnKLQcIS8ix782yaou6EaxBmF7ND8wCe44WbBWJmDKBYIG0FlR9sK2qN0Qc5CWTeXzd8/s1337/20230614-IMG_8991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1337" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5z-GAWdc0psH9Ld9In6WnKueDfg6fMPMU970hceaetMpiArgB0Y_m-Ec0Co0y6P5G-0J9Yi3aUp9jUHaQ7jq4aRI_o3-TcQ_ntN9Yb7FC_nP_AbihnKLQcIS8ix782yaou6EaxBmF7ND8wCe44WbBWJmDKBYIG0FlR9sK2qN0Qc5CWTeXzd8/w400-h251/20230614-IMG_8991.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A crane fly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhS8LbVZx2ddck1QAyMrV8qqxYLXGXdMkHIX-vSxJRuIvf3igWECaieoqAHlPoIhYTh_jbj0aJYr8vNI64h28wnCX0pI9ud-qPQxRj1ZjKBxFo2Iapb6cvOVEXVgwNT1ACWl9_L0DbeAYHNIublh0IeHgTHdHPZBqJkBRCyslHOozGk-ROuNk/s687/20230614-IMG_9009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="687" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhS8LbVZx2ddck1QAyMrV8qqxYLXGXdMkHIX-vSxJRuIvf3igWECaieoqAHlPoIhYTh_jbj0aJYr8vNI64h28wnCX0pI9ud-qPQxRj1ZjKBxFo2Iapb6cvOVEXVgwNT1ACWl9_L0DbeAYHNIublh0IeHgTHdHPZBqJkBRCyslHOozGk-ROuNk/w400-h395/20230614-IMG_9009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown spider on student's finger</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">I still won't handle a spider in my hand, but this child did! I know of only one other student (in the high school) who will also hold spiders. In Vermont, there are no dangerous spiders, so there are no worries.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZjfP1jnR-PBzNpWSMHAS4kNGI41M8OzK9EE8m08kNg3qQhjUtle_u7nO523od4C90geuHRdRi9rLfsrXnXu7guMYuJeyacJPgtZXWaYWGJhjRrNHLJ9pE9nouZcjForKd3Xi3abPTKX7KidiqbotZdPLyE0lCOrReHTEYOoW_rX3mQ8bYLFR/s687/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="687" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZjfP1jnR-PBzNpWSMHAS4kNGI41M8OzK9EE8m08kNg3qQhjUtle_u7nO523od4C90geuHRdRi9rLfsrXnXu7guMYuJeyacJPgtZXWaYWGJhjRrNHLJ9pE9nouZcjForKd3Xi3abPTKX7KidiqbotZdPLyE0lCOrReHTEYOoW_rX3mQ8bYLFR/w400-h388/Asian%20Lady%20Beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asian Lady Beetle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I will miss having my little bug hunters gathering wonderful bugs and learning and constantly asking questions. I'm looking forward to next year.</div><div><br /></div>_/\_/\_</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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