When we left work on Friday there was a little plastic cup on the front counter with a coffee filter on top. Hanging from the top of the coffee filter were three chrysalis. In a former life they were … more →
Back in the DayAllison Frost wrote 4 days ago: At least, I’m pretty sure it was dead and not playing possum. The Dead Grasshopper 02 Septembe … more →
Allison Frost wrote 5 days ago: The Skipper on the Flower 15 September 2009 Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Quogue, NY … more →
Allison Frost wrote 1 week ago: Part I – Part II The Monarch (Part III) 31 August 2009 Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Quogue, NY … more →
Allison Frost wrote 2 weeks ago: Vacations Past: The Butterfly on the Purple Daisy 28 March 2009 Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia, CA … more →
Allison Frost wrote 3 weeks ago: Note the spots on either side of its lower wings — that’s the monarch’s androconiu … more →
Allison Frost wrote 3 weeks ago: At least I think it’s a wasp. This was a very large insect, one that in some ways reminded me … more →
Allison Frost wrote 4 weeks ago: This is Atalopedes campestris, or Sachem, or Field Skipper. In trying to identify it, I stumbled acr … more →
bookmoochjournals wrote 1 month ago: “Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails, that’s what little boys are made of.” My younger son, Kieren, … more →
Allison Frost wrote 1 month ago: The Dragonfly on the Leaf 15 September 2009 Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Quogue … more →
Laurie wrote 1 month ago: I’m working today. One the one hand, you may say “Damn! How rotten to be working on a S … more →
Allison Frost wrote 1 month ago: Part I The Monarch (Part II) 31 August 2009 Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Quogue, NY … more →
Ali wrote 1 month ago: So here’s what my days look like in Motot: Awake to singing and the smell of wood smoke. Respond to … more →
Abbie wrote 2 months ago: It’s 10:22 pm. I’m sitting here, about to close out my internet windows and put this big … more →
Ali wrote 2 months ago: Giant flying beetle things keep falling out of the roof of my tukul. One nearly hit me on the head. … more →
chaoskitten82 wrote 2 months ago: I must have a fascination with bugs and insects. I sure have a lot of pics of them lately. Reality c … more →
Allison Frost wrote 2 months ago: I love watching bees at work. Something about the dim drone that surrounds me in the middle of a flo … more →
Allison Frost wrote 2 months ago: In case you’ve ever wanted to see old German illustrations of bees… visit BibliOdyssey … more →
Allison Frost wrote 2 months ago: The Bug on the Bench 31 August 2009 Cranberry Marsh, Westhampton Beach, NY … more →
Dancing Aspens Farm wrote 2 months ago: We’ve had a bunch of different ugly bugs around here. Here are the latest ones… One big … more →