Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Signs

Allokermes, a gall-like scale, on Pin Oak.
Ceroplastes wax scale on Cornus.
Basilica Orbweaver.
Some kind of beetle larva.
Chinese Mantis egg case.
Eumenes potter wasp nest.
Squirrel remains in the crotch of a tree — abandoned or cached by a predator?

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