Tangled Web

Perhaps this quote from the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz summarizes the following pages and images best:

"I spent the summer traveling; I got halfway across my back yard."

Thursday, October 30, 2014

An Autumnal Atteva aurea

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Often mistaken for a beetle, an Ailanthus Webworm Moth nectaring at a Bull Thistle provides a little splash of color among the surrounding d...

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

A Belated Butterfly

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Three Monarchs were reported in Toronto on October 27th so this male is not exceptionally behind schedule on the long journey to its winter...

Thursday, October 16, 2014

October Odes

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It's mid-October and the end of odonate season is drawing nigh. As a rule the only species apt to be flying this late are Autumn Meadowh...

Thursday, September 25, 2014

An Equinoctial Odonate

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Perhaps post-equinoctial would be more appropriate, as this immature male Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) was encountered on Se...

Striking Spiders

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Striking – arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind, attracting attention by reason of being unusua...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A female Saffron-winged Meadowhawk

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East of Tweed, near a patch of wildflowers along Lakeview Lane (44.478429°, -77.301881°) – my third sighting of a Saffron-winged Meadowhawk ...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Amethyst Aster (Aster x amethystinus)

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A hybrid between two very different looking species, the New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and the Heath Aster (Symphyotrichu...

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