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Tag Archives: Cicadas
The Upper Left-Hand Brick
NOTE: This posting has an error. The apple-like oak leaf gall is caused by a midge, not a wasp. The leaf gall of the wasp is an elongated gall along the veins of the leaf. I will update the … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Landscaping, Musings, Native Plants
Tagged Cicadas, Galls, Insects, Missouri, Musings, nature, Pin Oaks, Reproduction, Trees, Wasps, Writing
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Image Galleries—Finally
I’m finally getting around to putting some images up! You can view them under “Image Gallery” and switch between the different topics at the lower left of the gallery screen, where it says All Categories. More images will be added … Continue reading
Posted in Native Plants, Natural Areas, Photography, Spiders, Wildlife
Tagged 13-year cicadas, Butterflies, Cicadas, conservation areas, deserts, Missouri, Native Plants, Natural areas, nature, Photography, Plants, sand prairies, Trees
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We Hardly Knew Ye……
The Great Southern Brood has flung its fling, sung its songs, flown its flights, sowed its seeds. A few lonely latecomers still flit around, looking a little lost, wondering where the big party is, but the waves of red-eyed revelers … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Musings
Tagged Cicadas, Insects, Missouri, Musings, nature, Reproduction, thirteen year cicadas
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The Great Southern Brood
The Great Southern Brood is in our backyard, playing out a small part of its epic history here during these hot, oppressive days of late May, early June—-days more reminiscent of July and August than of this supposed pre-summer interlude. … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Musings
Tagged 13-year cicadas, Brood 19, Cicadas, Great Southern Brood, Insects, Magicicada, Musings
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