Blue Jay Barrens

About two weeks ago, while sitting on the front porch cleaning my boots, I heard the unmistakable buzz of a female Pipe Organ Mud Dauber,...

My Teasel removal activities took so little time this year that I can’t even describe the activity as an event.  I spent about four hours...

I recently had an interesting encounter with an Eastern Hognose Snake. The snake had gotten itself caught in the mesh of a rat trap that ...

Since I don’t actually count the butterflies or produce any type of tally, my annual observations of the Edwards’ Hairstreak Butterfly ca...

Another batch of Cycnia collaris , formerly Cycnia inopinatus , is munching its way through the clump of Common Milkweed beside my front ...

The Cycnia collaris larvae have disappeared, presumably to complete the next phase of their life cycle.  It was a lot of fun to have the ...

My first encounter with the Blue Jay Barrens population of the Ohio endangered Unexpected Tiger Moth, Cycnia collaris , formerly Cycnia i...