Green Darner Dragonfly - April 23, 2008
As I’m walking back to work from lunch, I spy these green darner dragonflies mating. They are strikingly beautiful! They are quite fierce in their aquatic stage nymph stage.
April 23, 2008
April 9, 2008
Glow worms under a log - April 9 2008
Glow worms under a log - April 9 2008, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
My assistant finds these two glow worms(lighting bug larva) under a log outside the nature center.
April 7, 2008
Miner Bees Mating - April 6, 2008
Miner Bees Mating - April 6, 2008, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
As I’m walking by the base of Turtle Hill to check out the wetland burn at main camp I spy these miner bees in what I guess to be a mating ball.
The hole to the right is a miner bee’s burrow.
April 6, 2008
March 17, 2008
Scud - March 17 2008
Scud, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
This is a scud found by a camp staff in one of the vernal ponds at camp. These creatures are an health indicator. If the water is too polluted then these guys just can’t survive.
March 16, 2008
Wood Louse - March 16, 2008
IMG_2330_trim, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Here are what I think are wood louse. They are very small. There dark color makes them hard to see on this dark wood. I’m imagining that being so dark helps them to soak up more of the sun’s warmth on such a cold day.
September 29, 2007
Garden Spider - September 29 2007
Garden Spider, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
While I’m attending the Merry Lea conference on Sacred Soils, I take a walk and see this garden spider. I’m told that the white zip zag may be made to keep birds from flying into the web and destorying it. I don’t know what insect this one has found.
August 31, 2007
Insect digging a hole - August 31, 2007
Insect digging a hole - August 31, 2007, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
This little guy(or gal) is along Massasauga trail behind the Tamarack Lodge. It amazes me to see this creature digging, because it’s like using chopsticks instead of of shovel.
August 24, 2007
Crayfish in the parking lot - August 24 2007
crayfish in the parking lot, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
I’m riding on a golf cart when I spot this 2 inch long crayfish crawing in the sand in the main parking lot of camp. This is quite a surpise. I guess these creatures are able to get oxygen from the air? I thought they got it via gills? I’ll have to check this out.
