Things are definately happening inside the cecropia moth cocoons!
Most of them are strapped on to the lilac bush outside (held in place with plastic wire ties around the branches NOT the cocoons) but a few are still left in my inside cage. I took a good look at the outside ones today and they are looking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Insect’
Ch-ch-ch-changes! (Cecropia Moth Update)
Posted in Insect, tagged almost, cecropia moth, cocoons, Insect on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Enemy Number 1: Yellow Jackets!
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, ick, Insect, yellow jackets on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Something has been chomping on my outdoor (recently freed) cecropia caterpillars. At first, I thought it must be the marauding packs of house sparrows, which seem to pick the yard clean of anything that moves. Yesterday, however, I discovered the true fiend: yellow jacket wasps (insert dramatic music crescendo here).
They will search out the feeding [...]
Leaf Eating Machines Part II: Cecropia Moth Caterpillars, Again
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, frass, Insect on September 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Just so you know: caterpillars are high maintenance pets! When they were little, all I had to do was put in some fresh branches and change the paper towels every few days. Now, I am lucky if I don’t have to put in MORE branches 12 hours later in the day. (The caterpillars are up to [...]
Leaf Eating Machines: Cecropia Moth Caterpillars
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, frass, Insect, lots and lots of frass on August 12, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Here’s a picture of my latest house guests:
Last month, a presenter we had at the library brought in some cecropia moths she has been rearing. They had mated and the female laid eggs all over the cage. The woman insisted I take some eggs home with me (I think she just wanted to thin out [...]
An Actual Nature Related Post! I Could Go For Frogs…
Posted in Amphibians, Insect, Library, tagged amphibian, bugs, children's books, endangered, frogs, gopher frog, Insect, Mo Willems, toys on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I happened to look at the Yahoo article on the endangered Mississippi gopher frog… and then did some more searching and found this interesting article from the Georgia area Nature Conservancy.
Check out what a gopher frog sounds like here. Hmmm…are we sure they didn’t just tape my husband sleeping? ;-p
Best of all: they glow!
“Before they [...]
“We’re all gonna die!” BYD Books
Posted in Bird, Daily Life, Insect, Library, tagged Bird, books, cicada, Insect, Library, life list, louvre, north rim, sandhill crane, seychelles, travel, zion on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So…what’s up with this recent trend in “before you die” literature?! (Let’s call them BYD books).
I see these books at the front of bookstores, mentioned in magazine articles and, most recently, featured in the new books section of my library. January’s issue of the Smithsonian has an article talking about all of this. Can we [...]
Wee Beastie: The Scottish Midge
Posted in Insect, Scottish, tagged Insect, Midge, Scotland, song on November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
(Picture from Scotsman.com)
Occasionally this blog mentions things about midges (phantom midges) and then things of a Scottish nature (kilts, flying ants in Scotland…). So now, I bring to you: Scottish Midges!
Apparently, they are quite a problem and not something the tourism bureau often mentions. Well, one in particular called the Highland Midge or Culicoides impunctatus (which just begs for [...]
Spider Bread! (does whatever a Spiderbread does…)
Posted in Insect, tagged bread, Insect, spider on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How cool is this!? This was my present for Sweetest Day (don’t even get me started on what a sham “holiday” this is!) from my husband who knows me so well. I love it! Thanks to Wixey Bakery for another wonderful creation.
It is, however, definitely not for eating as it is a bit, uh, firm. [...]
Shiny, Black & Squished: Blister Beetle Time
Posted in Insect, tagged beetle, blister, Insect on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photo from Bruce Marlin, black blister beetle, Epicauta pannsylvanica shown on Goldenrod, Solidago sp.
When the goldenrod starts to bloom, I know it’s time for the rise of the blister beetle at a local park. Every year in the fall, the females and males meet up for a little beetle lovin’ at this one particular place [...]
Weeding for Wasps
Posted in Bad plants, Insect, tagged Insect, wasp, weeds on September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A few weekends ago, I was out mucking about in what I loosely call a garden and noticed an odd thing. I had let the weeding go for quite a while and then we had buckets of rain, so the weeds were towering over my sad, rabbit eaten hostas. It was a bit overwhelming, so I just tucked in and [...]
