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“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,…

The western gray squirrel is a marvelous creature. Its defining feature is an amazingly bushy tail that is nearly as…

Given the common names marsh fly and snail-killing fly, you can guess the habitat and peculiar diet of this splay-legged,…

Owls will often spend consecutive days around the same perch from where they will roost during the day and hunt…

ada genus bees have a lot of unlovable qualities. They not only steal food stores from pollinating bees, but they…

Standing at the top of the zigzag trail, I could hear hammering resounding through the forest. I walked down the…

A rove beetle is proof that something you might first take for a nondescript creepy crawly creature has astounding capabilities.…

The Hermit Thrush blends well into the winter landscape. Its head and back are medium-brown and are accented by a…

Small winter stoneflies are an intrepid group built to emerge as adults in the winter. To survive the chill, they…