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August 16, 2007

Wildflowers, Insects, & Amphibians by the Lower Flat- August 16 2007

Filed under: Amphibians, Frogs, Insects, Main Camp, Wildflowers, invasive species — Camp Naturalist @ 4:07 pm

I’m not sure what plant this is. The purple plant in the back is the invasive plant, purple loosestrife.

HPIM3573, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Bumble bee on Goldenrod.

Wasp and another insect on goldenrod

Mayfly on Autumn Olive(Autumn Olive is an invasive species).

I think this might be an early phase of a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush leave(?). It looks like bird scat which is great camouflage. If this is a spicebush swallowtail then the silk that it’s sitting on will be used to seal up the leave as it transforms.

Here’s what it looks like with its antenae out:

Here’s a yellow jacket(upside down) eating a dead cicada(circle of life).

Here’s the after effects of a leaf miner on the shrubs by main beach at Camp Friedenswald

Here’s a spring peeper.

Colorful Milkweed Tussocks Moth caterpillar(Euchaetes egle) on a milkweed plant.

Female praying mantis.

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July 27, 2007

Purple Loosestrife - July 27, 2007

Filed under: Insects, Wetlands, Wildflowers, invasive species — Camp Naturalist @ 1:03 pm

IMG_1137, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

This beautiful invasive wildflower is growing on the roadway of our fen. A problem plant because it has such reproductive power, loosestrife is of special concern because it chokes out native waterplants. But all that aside, this butterfly seems to be enjoying this plant’s all the same.

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