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March 28, 2007

Fungus weevil?

Here's proof that you can find something interesting wherever you might be... I found this insect on my office wall last Friday. As you can tell from the pictures, it has a very interesting coloration on its back. Malinda & I looked through the Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity book, and we think it's a fungus weevil. Positive ID can be difficult when you're working with a live subject!

Photos were taken with one of our rugged Brock scopes and a point-and-shoot digital camera, proof that you can do a lot with what you have at hand.

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March 22, 2007

Spring has Sprung!

The prairie plants are resprouting after an exciting burn on March 9th, the turkeys are gobbling and strutting, the spring beauties and spicebushes are flowering, the trillium, bluebells, jacob's ladder, and celandine poppies are flowering! It's spring!!!

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Phenology for Fun!

On this website you can report the blooming of flowers and trees in your neighborhood and will soon be able to see what it's like in other people's backyards!

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March 21, 2007

Damselfly larva

A Columbus Elementary School third grade student found this damselfly larva in Deer Creek at LREC.

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