Black Raspberries (Nature Camp) - June 2005

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Wild black raspberries are the favorite trail treat of the nature adventure campers. Daylily flower petals come in a close second.

Leafhoppers on main trail (Nature Camp)- June 23, 2006

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Found these two leafhoppers on a plant on Camp Friedenswald’s Main Trail. They are only about 1/4 of an inch long.

White-Marked Tussock Moth (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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This White-Marked Tussock Moth is found on main by the waterslide.

Beatle holding on (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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Salamander on Journal (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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This red-backed salamander moves across a nature camper’s journal.

Stinkpot Turtle (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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On one of our adventures on lake shavehead this stinkpot(musk) turtle takes a short ride in a canoe.

Damselfly Nymph (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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Butterflyweed (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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Milksnake on Canoe (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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When the campers return from canoeing this milk snake comes out of the bow. 

Cottonwood Insect Gall (Nature Camp)- June 2006

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 One of the nature campers shows me this gall on the leaf of a cottonwood leaf.  Are these Pemphigus aphids?