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I have been seeing this beautiful creature on dead snags, stumps, the bases of oak trees, and the small wooden…

The common name for this fantastic beast is the Douglas-fir glowworm. I know, it doesn’t look like a worm. But,…

Walking along the river path, I hear the high-pitched, trilling whistle of the cedar waxwings, and see them as they…

The first thing you notice about fairy moths are the white, waving, and impossibly long antennae.

The Western Screech-Owl is a beautiful bird that lives year-round at Mount Pisgah.

I was lucky to spy this gorgeous, large wasp on a cool cloudy day—low temperatures slowed it down. Normally, these…

One of the most beautiful animals in North America lives among us here at the Arboretum—the coyote. The color of…

Soft-winged flower beetles are colorful little critters often found on spring blossoms. Beetles in the family are usually about the…

“A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

I featured a more common green lacewing on this blog back in September, 2020. Last week, I found a rarer,…