Blogs about: Plant Eating Insects
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Spring
by Carl Strang By my own subjective criteria, I have to declare that spring finally arrived, with a whimper, on April 16. I wasn’t at Mayslake Forest Preserve that day to see it, but the next day was… more →
Nature Inquiries
Spring
wrote 3 weeks ago: by Carl Strang By my own subjective criteria, I have to declare that spring finally arrived, with a … 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 →
Flame-shouldered Dart
wrote 4 months ago: by Carl Strang Old notes, photos and memories are worth recording and keeping, as they can produce r … more →
Where are the Galls?
wrote 5 months ago: by Carl Strang In site monitoring we are recording the ongoing story of a place, and change is the c … more →
Those Who Practice to Deceive
wrote 5 months ago: Day 346 of 366 Blog Challenge 2012 Hello all Today I became engrossed in reading about orchids. Noth … more →
First and Last Song Dates
wrote 5 months ago: by Carl Strang I now have 7 years’ data in which I have noted the first and last dates on which I he … more →
Literature Review: Milkweed Insects
wrote 6 months ago: by Carl Strang This week’s peek at the scientific literature is a recent study published in the jour … more →
Grub Control
wrote 7 months ago: by Carl Strang Earlier this week a number of small, freshly dug holes appeared in scattered parts of … 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 →
Meanwhile, Back at Mayslake
wrote 8 months ago: by Carl Strang Lately I have been reporting mainly on singing insect researches I have been conducti … more →
Silvery Checkerspot
wrote 9 months ago: by Carl Strang Last week was the final session of the Roger Raccoon Club for the year. We always cam … more →
Bioblitz Incidentals
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wrote 9 months ago: by Carl Strang While my main focus at the Kankakee Sands bioblitz was on observing singing insects, … 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 →
June Insect Phenology
wrote 10 months ago: by Carl Strang Insects, like plants, continue to reflect an early phenology this year. First appeara … more →
Roesel's Katydid in Michigan
wrote 10 months ago: by Carl Strang In recent years, collaboration between Scott Namestnik and I, augmented by observatio … more →
Bored
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wrote 11 months ago: by Carl Strang The emerald ash borer has become a common tree-killer in northeast Illinois. I knew i … more →
May Insect Phenology
wrote 11 months ago: by Carl Strang As was the case with flowering phenology, insect species that first appeared in May d … more →
Butterfly News
wrote 11 months ago: by Carl Strang Butterflies continue to be diverse and abundant this spring, and last week brought so … more →
Butterflies
wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang Butterflies are the most conspicuous insects, and to the extent that they are represe … more →
