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Showing posts with label Dragonflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragonflies. Show all posts
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Hairy Elephant's Foot, A Surprising Pollinator Magnet

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At least until you get to know them well, there are some plants that are hard to get excited about.  Often that's because they don't...
Wednesday, August 01, 2018

A Recent Cast of Characters in My Gardens: Pollinators and Predators

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With the initiation of several days of rain, it seems like a good time to share a few garden photos from the plethora I've taken over th...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

A Trickle of Native Insects Begins to Appear....

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FINALLY!  We've lived here for about 16 months now and at last I am beginning to see a greater variety of  insects attracted to and livi...
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Gaia Gardener:
First it was bugs in jars. Then it was toad races in the sand box. Next, I obsessed over seashells and all the animals living in tidal pools and along the shore. Finally I went to college and studied biology, accidentally becoming a birder and amateur entomologist along the way. Raising a family gave me the impetus to start gardening. Now, many years later, I have come full circle back to bugs, though rarely do I catch them in jars any more. The more I learn, the more fascinated I become with the intricate web of biological connections surrounding us every day. Wasps that lay their eggs on paralyzed grasshoppers. Mosquitoes that prey on other mosquito larvae. Flea beetles that will only consume plant material from one genus of plants. What I can observe and learn in my own backyard is staggering. By caring for that yard organically, the small world that I provide for a huge variety of creatures is enlightening, enlivening, and enriching. How can anyone ever get bored?!
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