Monthly Archives: April 2012

Bugs on Bluets

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

Yesterday afternoon I took a short walk before some much needed rain clouds settled over western Massachusetts.  I came to a patch of bluets (Houstonia caerulea), common wildflowers that often don’t seem to have much going on with them in … Continue reading →

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Falls

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

The forecast for today was for 90°F in western Massachusetts, so I planned to go for a morning walk and then hide in the house for the rest of the day.  I was waylaid for a bit by the discovery … Continue reading →

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Dung Beetle Diversity

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

Beetles often seem about as aimless and bumbling as a bug can be.  Yet often when I stop and pay attention to what they’re doing, I’m impressed with the degree of purpose and precision in their movements (as in the … Continue reading →

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Oak Apples & Plums

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

In the final hours before our deadline, as we finished up the introduction to Tracks & Sign of Insects, Noah threw in this sentence: “We no doubt missed many things and probably misidentified a few.”  I knew the first part was … Continue reading →

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