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Tag Archives: overwinter
Insects After a Hard Freeze
In last week’s Photo of the Week post, I mentioned that I’d spent part of a morning photographing white fluffy seeds in autumn prairie. (It’s not a bad life, all things considered.) As I walked that morning, I noticed how … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged antifreeze, assassin bug, caterpillar, cold weather, diapause, dormant, freeze, grassland, insects, invertebrates, overwinter, prairie, seeds, winter
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Photo of the Week – October 21, 2011
Garden spiders, aka black and yellow argiopes, are one of the most recognizable spiders in many prairies (not to mention backyards). In fact, my kids spent several weeks this August doing daily checks on one big spider in our yard, feeding … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged autumn, backyard, black and yellow argiope, conservation, education, egg sac, fall, garden spider, kids, nebraska, overwinter, people, prairie, spiderling
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