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Latest Blog Posts on insects
- Slimy Visitor by Powell River Books Blog on Nov 23, 2009
Right now there's lots of moss, sticks, leaves and other debris lying on the forest floor. That's called duff. I found this slimy visitor taking advantage of this buffet of blow down.I know he's a mollusk, but insect was the closest blog category I...
- Obtuse Sawyer by Powell River Books Blog on Oct 17, 2009
If you take the time to look, there are discoveries everywhere. Last year on Peter's deck I saw a beetle with very long antennae. From the Insects of the Pacific Northwest guide, I think it was an Obtuse Sawyer (Family Cerambycidae). It is a long-...
- Aha! Gabriola caterpillar and moth identified by Gabriolan.ca on Sep 21, 2009
There are a lot of mysteries for me on Gabriola, like what’s that weird gloop on the beach, and why there are suddenly swirls of white stuff in the winter woods. Sometimes web searches help me find the answers to puzzles like this, but sometime...
- Gabriola wasps by Gabriolan.ca on Sep 8, 2009
What kind of wasps do we have on Gabriola? This kind. Here’s the nest I almost walked into the other day in the woods. If you happen to know what this kind of wasp is called, please let me know.
- On mosquito bites by Gabriolan.ca on Sep 2, 2009
There are about 800 gazillion mosquitoes on Gabriola, and they like to bite me. But why me, when they leave my beloved alone? The Wall Street Journal might have the answer in their Finding Smells That Repel article by Shirley Wang, which states: If...
- New Blog by Gardening Zone 3b on Aug 22, 2009
For those interested, I have initiated a new blog called The Bug Whisperer. It is a branch off my photography blog Voyages Around My Camera, and it will deal solely with the photography of insects and other spineless critters. Zone 3b will continue u...
- Special visitor at the Gabriola Commons by Gabriolan.ca on Aug 15, 2009
I stopped by to see the gardens at the Gabriola Commons today. I wasn’t the only visitor!
