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Creepy tree in fog

January 24, 2012, 10:50 am

Popped over to Hildacy Nature Preserve yesterday because the fog was so nice. Here’s my favorite photograph from the visit: The post Creepy tree in fog appeared first on Colin Purrington.

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Sycamore tussock moth (Halysidota harrisii) caterpillar at Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media, PA. I remember these as a child mainly because of their urticating hairs. But they are also really, really...

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Hummingbird and snowberry clearwing moths

July 23, 2015, 10:54 am

Here are some photographs of the hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) and the snowberry clearwing moth (H. diffinis). Day-active, colorful moths are rare enough, but these take it to the next...

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Red milkweed beetles

July 25, 2015, 4:21 am

Mating pairs of red milkweed beetles (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) are not rare (they can couple for hours at a time), but I thought this couple looked cute, in a worried sort of way. The half-lidded...

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Cute and ferocious jumping spider

July 25, 2015, 1:14 pm

Found this spider patrolling a few leaves at Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media, PA. I’m fairly sure it’s Paraphidippus aurantius. I can totally see why some people keep salticids as pets. The post Cute...

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Nursery web spiders (lots of them)

August 11, 2015, 6:35 am

Here are some photographs of a nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira) along with approximately 75 newly hatched spiderlings. She guards the hatchlings until they are older. The adult was a thing of...

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Moth Night photographs

August 1, 2016, 9:46 am

I’ve been out mothing before (with my dad and his moth friends), but I finally made it to an official National Moth Week event this past Saturday at Natural Lands Trust‘s Hildacy Farm Preserve. It was...

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Small winter stonefly

February 10, 2017, 7:24 am

I was out looking for the elusive snow fly yesterday but found this, instead: an eastern stonefly (Allocapnia recta), a member of the Capniidae (small winter stoneflies). At least that’s what I think...

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