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My daughter and I were exploring our yard the other day, which presented the perfect opportunity to introduce her to one of the coolest, cuddliest caterpillars of all… The wonderful Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella) is a common sight once October rolls around in temperate regions of the United States east of the Mississippi. The [...]

Although we have not had any rain for quite some time now and the overnight temperatures have dropped to about 17c we have still got a lot of water lying around. The day time temperature is still in the low 30′s and this really does not vary during the year, but when the humidity is [...]

As I mentioned in my breakdown of the Birds of Chicken Inferno 2009, such as they were, moths were where the real action was. A number of lovely species appeared both night and day in great numbers, enough that eventually I had to put my beer down long enough to snap some shots. Apparently my [...]