Spring Wildflowers- April 11 2008

Spring wildflowers at the base of turtle hill.

Here is a dutchman’s breeches.

Skunk Cabbage - April 11 2008

I find these on my walk the bog jog. I just love there shapes.

Wildflower Remains on This First Day of Spring - March 20 , 2008

As I’m walking along Massasauga trail I spot these wildflower remains from last year.

This is Queen Anne’s lace or also called bird’s nest.  It’s in the wild carrot family.

I think this is goldenrod?

Our First Spring Wildflower - March 16, 2008

Skunk Cabbage is back. A sure sign of spring. This one has been eaten. I’m not sure what is eating them…deer???

 

Here are the tops of some skunk cabbage sprouts that have also been browsed.

This is what a “normal” skunk cabbage looks like, but there is a lot of variation.

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

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.

Interesting insect on Queen Anne’s Lace - July 27 2007

IMG_1160, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

I don’t know what insect this is but I think its beak is interesting.

Purple Loosestrife - July 27, 2007

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.

Butterfly Weed in driveway -June 13th 2007

IMG_0216, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Wetland Wildflower- June 6th 2007

IMG_0077, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Three Yellow Lady Slippers - May 12 2007

Three Yellow Lady Slippers, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.