The cottonwood leaves are golden.
They shimmer against an infinite blue
like reflections of the sun’s rays across
the surface of the river.
Most of the creatures described in this column are from insect orders like Diptera (flies) or Coleoptera (beetles) that have hundreds of thousands of species. This week’s subject is from a smaller order with around 11,000 species. It’s the bark louse.
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In the light of the tilting earth, the wind sweeps in rain and cool air, igniting the landscape in a warmth of colors and the plumage of fall spreads its wings in a dazzling display.
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There are some fascinating and peculiar insects under the big tent of wasps and the smaller umbrella called Symphyta, the sawflies and parasitic woodwasps. Today, you’ll meet a woodwasp in the genus Orussus.
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I was on the Arboretum bird walk this month and watched a couple of flickers performing their display used for courtship and territorial defense.
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