Blogs about: Insects Other
Featured Blog
Mayslake Animal Update
by Carl Strang Every season contains the seeds of the next, and this was very true at Mayslake Forest Preserve last week. The migration season is well under way, though mainly it still features specie… more →
Nature Inquiries
Mayslake Animal Update
wrote 3 weeks ago: by Carl Strang Every season contains the seeds of the next, and this was very true at Mayslake Fores … more →
Scoured
— 1 comment
wrote 3 weeks ago: by Carl Strang With water levels returning to their usual lower levels in the wake of last week’s fl … more →
Specialist Predators
wrote 1 month ago: by Carl Strang Yesterday I mentioned one hazard that limits the number of katydids that achieve repr … more →
Literature Review: Invertebrate Biology
wrote 3 months ago: by Carl Strang This week’s literature focus is on insects. Dragonflies today are tiny compared to th … more →
Phenological Comparisons at a Site
wrote 3 months ago: by Carl Strang Today I am sharing the first of two presentations I made on Saturday at the biennial … more →
Literature Review: Leaf Mine Diversity
wrote 4 months ago: by Carl Strang This week’s literature focus is on a paper that provided information suggesting why l … more →
In the Pink
wrote 7 months ago: by Carl Strang One day last week as I walked the trail that passes the eastern parking lot at Maysla … more →
Mayslake Insect Update
wrote 8 months ago: by Carl Strang The past couple of months have provided new insects to add to the site list at Maysla … more →
Return to Illinois Beach
wrote 8 months ago: by Carl Strang A return to Illinois Beach State Park was called for last week, as my first visit was … more →
Forsythe Woods
— 3 comments
wrote 8 months ago: by Carl Strang Last week I provided a field training on singing insects for interpretive naturalists … more →
July Insect Phenology
— 2 comments
wrote 9 months ago: by Carl Strang As detailed in the previous post, first flower dates were ahead of previous years by … more →
Recent Maylake Insects
— 2 comments
wrote 9 months ago: by Carl Strang Today’s post accomplishes some catch-up on insect observations at Mayslake Forest Pre … more →
Two Helper Wasps
wrote 10 months ago: by Carl Strang Recently two new wasps appeared at flowers in the south stream corridor prairie at Ma … more →
Insect First Appearances in April
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang In the previous post I shared data from Mayslake Forest Preserve showing that plants … more →
Recent Insect News
— 2 comments
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang Red admiral butterflies have attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks. We are see … more →
Bug Bioblitz!
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang (This is a cross posting from the Nature Notes blog at the Observe Your Preserve webs … more →
Graphic Assessments
— 2 comments
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang The amphibian trapping season at Mayslake Forest Preserve is done for the year. A pai … more →
Old Mystery Solved
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang Today’s story brings back a number of points I have tried to make over the years. For … more →
A Dancing Crane Fly
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang A rich diversity of healthy wild lands means that no matter how old one may get, ther … more →
