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Category: Moths and Insects

The moths and other insects of New Hampshire and New England.

Moths and Insects / Native Orchids / Native Plants / Rare Plants / Wildflowers

Quick and dirty.

This past week was a busy one with the launch of our summer project – Backyard Biology 2016, a crowdsourced natural inventory of our community!  Residents and visitors to the …

Dicentra cucullaria, dutchman's breeches, nh wildflowers, spring ephemerals
Lichens and Mosses / Moths and Insects / Native Plants / Rare Plants / Wildflowers / Wildlife

The spring ephemerals continue…

Find the habitat, find the plants. That’s a good Keith quote. Our friend Parker from White Mountain Mushrooms suggested we try a spot that he had scoped out earlier, and it …

Ptilium crista-castrensis, Knight's plume moss
Lichens and Mosses / Moths and Insects / Native Orchids / Native Plants

Mosses, Liverworts and Lichen

Mosses, liverworts and lichens. That’s what you’ll find in this week’s snow-less March woods! Ptilium crista-castrensis, or Knight’s plume moss, has a unique feather shape that is easy to recognize. …

Moths and Insects / Photography

Springtails! It’s spring!

Water springtails mean we are soooo close to spring! While everyone just a bit south – and east – and west – of us is enjoying Big Night, the official coming …

Opened polyphemus moth cocoon with visible pupa, Dirty Botany
Moths and Insects

Opening a Polyphemus moth cocoon

The REAL title to this post is “Opening a Polyphemus moth cocoon or, what to do when it’s cold as f*$%.” A few weeks ago we found a random cocoon …

Moths and Insects

Silkmoth showdown – Winter Moth Cocoons

We had our first snowfall this past week. ***sigh*** I knooooooow we need the snowpack for the good of the plants (and the snowshoe hare). However, I pretty happy with …

Moths and Insects

Buck Moths – Hemileuca maia or Hemileuca lucina?

On September 16, 2014, it rained. It was not a hard rain, but a nice warm rain that still felt like summer. I had a few minutes to spare between …

Trichostema dichotomum, or forked bluecurls
Moths and Insects / Native Plants / Wildflowers

September wildflowers…and wildlife

September can be such a tease! Deep down, we know it’s fall. The kids are back to school, after all. But it’s still so warm ….and sunny….. and there are …

Promethea Moth just emerged on cocoon small Dirty Botany
Moths and Insects

Promethea moths emerged! Promethea moths emerged!

Hooray! After being in the fridge all winter and as a centerpiece on my kitchen table for the past few weeks, the Promethea moths are beginning to emerge! There were a …

Moths and Insects / Mushrooms / Native Plants / Rare Plants / Wildflowers

Camping in Mollidgewock State Park

We headed north! Rather than staying at camp, we decided to tent it at Mollidgewock State Park which is located in Thirteen Mile Woods.  Thirteen Mile Woods is 2,754 acres that follows the …

Moths and Insects / Mushrooms

Cordyceps akanthomyces!!!!

Ben and I had some one on one time! We, of course, went for an adventure in the woods. Our goal was Morchella….morel mushrooms. We had no mushroom luck, however….. There …

Promethea cocoon
Moths and Insects / Pine Barrens

Bundles of Awesomeness: Giant Silk Moth Cocoons

Giant silk moths, family Saturniidae, are the largest moths in North America. Here in New England we have four noted species  – Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth ), Callosamia promethea (Promethea moth), …

how to start a nature blog, dirty botany

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