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Tag Archives: seeds
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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First Snow
We got our first snow of the season this weekend. Last night, I spent a couple hours walking with my camera at our family prairie south of town. The warm and dry November weather was really nice, but it was good … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged grassland, nature photo, outdoor, photography, prairie, seeds, snow, winter
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Photo of the Week – November 18, 2011
Entire-leaf rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium) looks much like a sunflower when it’s blooming, but it and its close relatives are actually pretty different from sunflowers. One major difference is the shape and location of the seeds. Sunflowers produce seeds in the … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – October 28, 2011
For a prairie photographer who likes to shoot close-ups of flowers and insects, there’s no easier target in the fall than milkweed seeds. The photos below were taken several weeks ago at one of my favorite local prairies. Common milkweed … Continue reading
Photo of the Week November 5, 2010
Autumn prairies are characterized by golden colors and abundant fluffy seeds. Goldenrods, asters, gayfeathers and many other species become especially conspicous this time of year because their light-colored seed heads stand out strongly against the rusty browns and yellows of … Continue reading
