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For a long time, ladybugs intimidated me. That’s because I knew there were lots of species, and I was hesitant…

As I head up the Zigzag Trail, I find myself shuffling through a colorful mosaic of bigleaf maple leaves.

The other day, I saw what I thought was a moth flutter past and land on a tree. What I…

The other evening I watched a Barred Owl zigzagging down the Creek Trail corridor hunting for food. It would sit…

At Mount Pisgah, Phyciodes mylitta have a fairly long adult season, flying into late summer and at least into mid-October. They spend…

Bushtits are busily moving about the landscape in small foraging flocks. It is common to see around 20 in a…

The first time I saw one of these flashy orange flies, I thought it looked like a cowboy with bow-legged…

While the Steller’s Jay is busily exploring the oak tree canopy collecting acorns, the Black-capped Chickadee is investigating the speckled…

I love finding something that flummoxes me. So I was intrigued to spot this three- to four-millimeter long insect parading…

Acorns are a sturdy nut with some gravity as they fall. As they drop through the tree, I can hear…