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Excursions
I’m not getting out much here in isolation/lock-down/quarantine — all these words are inexact. And is it ever a bummer! For this is a profoundly rich time of year, with life-forms a-popping up all over, just waiting to be ogled. But even in limited excursion mode lately, some of my nature jones is being met.…
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Like Buttah
Jelly fungus on downed tree limbs. Exidia genus-mates here, I believe. On the left, Amber Jelly Fungus, E. recisa. On the right, Black Witches’ Butter Fungus, E. glandulosa. Genus Tremella. I first thought Witches’ Butter, but there are a couple of similar ones in this genus. More Black Witches’ Butter. This downed stick had a…
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More Flies!
February 23 March 1 March 5 March 8 March 14 March 15 (two views of this one). April 1, and one I can actually ID: Black-shouldered Dronefly. Note the pollen on this specimen. Flower flies pollinate, too. Two more from yesterday. The mysteries of Diptera! PS: the answer to yesterday’s mystery photo: it’s the toe…
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Bloomflies
An Edgeworthia something or other, with very small flies. These wee gnats or midges have come out in force on warmish days all month, and even back in February. Something Berberis — a mahonia. This was very active with various flies in the park last week. There was one bee-mimic, one honeybee, and a mess…
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Violets
1. 2. 3. Three varieties or species of Viola here, in flower-size order, smallest to largest.
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On A Tree
A small spider on a dawn redwood cone. The animal’s web was stretched across to another branch. And trapped in the web was a winged-form aphid. This was a week ago, only a few buds had emerged from the tree. E.O. Wilson says somewhere you can spend an entire lifetime voyaging around a single big…
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Spring Tanka
The rosebud cherries Are suddenly emphatic And suddenly gone In nature’s indifference I still keep watch on the blooms.
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