Critters

 I was inside and saw this stick outside on the table. Walking. I picked it up as it had fallen into a spider's web. It is huge! I put it in the flower basket to let it go on its way.

I've spread out the trailcams, and I can see how the deer wander up and down the path through the wetland. doe and fawn  

  

Guess what? They are practicing, I am sure. geese  

 

I spotted a pair of phoebes! One atop the tree, the other under. two phoebes  

 

We cannot neglect to feature the doe! She's munching on an apple. doe  

  

Saturday's Critters # 401 

Butterflies and bugs...

My hubby accused me of heading towards a new degree:
Entomology

 (from Greek ἔντομος, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -λογία, -logia^[1]) is thescientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology. 

Not me! I have three degrees in people, and I'm not going back to school! I love reading about the bugs I find (i.e, monarchs). I spot them, take a photo, and try to figure out what they are. Often, my faithful readers point them out to me! For example, the differences/similarities between monarch and viceroy are amazing!
To imitate a poisonous monarch is the smartest ever!

Our 16 acres provides much in the way of ecosystems. We have a diverse flora and fauna: a big clovered, weedy lawn; swamp, bog, wetland; lots of deer meadow (both arid and humid); and forest.
A swamp is a wetland community with little peat development that is dominated by shrubs or trees. A marsh is a wetland without much peat that is dominated by herbaceous plants that are floating, submergent, or emergent. 

This past week's haul:

Looks like a leaf, yes?

Then it opens its wings...

Liberated this one from the kittens

wasps

wasps & caterpillar

walking stick, so cool!

praying mantis

walked off my hand...

twerp pinched me!

Praying mantis!

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