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Celebrating Silky Willow

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Charley Eiseman

Simply not mowing the lawn, and welcoming whatever plants decide to grow in its place, has done wonders for the biodiversity of our yard. But we have also welcomed gifts of native plants from friends, and today I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Behind Door #1…

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

When Julia was in high school, she built this little cabin in the woods behind her family’s house in central Ohio: One chilly morning last April, when we stopped there on our way to spending a week exploring the Ozarks, … Continue reading →

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Wingless Weirdos

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Ever since I made a place on BugGuide to collect photos of them over a decade ago, I’ve been wanting to see (in person) one of those weird wingless gall wasps that can be found throughout the winter. Two years … Continue reading →

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Dogwood Mysteries

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

As I go through my Leafminers of North America e-book and update each chapter for the (now nearly complete) second edition, I’ve been putting together a spreadsheet of mystery leaf mines that need further investigation. There are now over 700 … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

I’ve managed to study insects intensively for over a decade, writing two books and publishing over 50 scientific papers that included the descriptions of 76 new species and one new genus, without ever learning to dissect anything. I have relied … Continue reading →

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Acorn Plum Galls (and friends)

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Hey, this blog now has over 1000 subscribers! Thanks everyone for your continued interest in my esoteric natural history investigations. I’m still slowly working my way through the photos I took last summer, during which one of my several jobs … Continue reading →

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One Weird Inchworm

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Charley Eiseman

This morning I had a look around my yard after being away for the past week, and I met this fantastic creature on a leaf of one of our cultivated hazelnuts: Its body was awkwardly contorted, and it took me … Continue reading →

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Introducing Haplopeodes loprestii

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Charley Eiseman

This leafminer business all started nearly ten years ago, in the fall of 2011. I had become fascinated with these tiny creatures while I was writing Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates a few years earlier, but it … Continue reading →

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Fringed Loosestrife Fauna

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Fringed loosestrife (Primulaceae: Lysimachia ciliata) is a common plant of moist areas that, I realize now that I’m starting to write this post, I’ve never bothered to photograph. But it has yellow flowers and is related to garden loosestrife; it … Continue reading →

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The Yard List(s), Part 12

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

If you have somehow been keeping up with all these posts, you will recall that back in Episode 10 I found a sawfly larva on lady fern (Athyrium angustum) next to my house. Yesterday I stepped out the front door … Continue reading →

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