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Stratus clouds drizzling rain.
March 25March 25 Donna L. Long

April 2023 Nature Almanac

Sky at Winter morning
November 26January 2 Donna L. Long

Nature Almanac December 2022

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August 19September 7 Donna L. Long

Identifying the Blue Dasher Dragonfly

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August 6August 9 Donna L. Long

Migrating Dragonflies

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May 14December 1 Donna L. Long

Spring Blooming Plants to Attract Bumble Bees

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December 25January 21 Donna L. Long

Donna’s Nature Journal – January 2022

walnut hulls cracked open
December 11January 2 Donna L. Long

Winter Animal Signs

Woolly Bear caterpillar of the Isabella Tiger Moth
November 14December 24 Donna L. Long

Stalking the Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
October 21September 26 Donna L. Long

An Autumn Grasshopper in My Garden

immature Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my garden.
October 19March 26 Donna L. Long

The Mysteries of Large Milkweed Bugs

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August 3August 1 Donna L. Long

Common Green Darner

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
July 21September 24 Donna L. Long

Bee or Fly?

Egg case of the European Mantis or Praying Mantis (Mantis_religiosa)
July 13September 26 Donna L. Long

Whose Egg Case? The European Praying Mantis

Colorado Potato Beetle laying orange eggs on stressed tomato plants
June 15November 29 Donna L. Long

Colorado Potato Beetles and How to Predict Garden Pest Infestations

Backlight Fall New England Aster
September 29September 26 Donna L. Long

New England Asters, a Pollinator Magnet for Your Garden.

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
April 7February 10 Donna L. Long

Pollinator Syndromes: How to Predict Which Flowers Insects Will Like

Yellowjackets nest in the tree in front of my house.
September 20February 15 Donna L. Long

The Yellowjackets And The Squirrels

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Butterfly. Lycaenidae Butterfly Family). By Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
June 9January 19 Donna L. Long

Observing Butterflies At Home and Far Away

Drawing of an ant.
March 25December 13 Donna L. Long

Drawing Insects

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) onn a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) blossom in my garden.
October 31June 23 Donna L. Long

New England Asters are a Buffet for Pollinators

A sunflower (Helianthus spp.) in my garden illuminated by the sun. Photo by Donna L. Long.
October 3November 30 Donna L. Long

Fall Sunflowers, Bees, Flies and Pollination

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) - Lycaenidae Family. Photo from Wikimedia Public Domain.
September 2September 24 Donna L. Long

Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 25July 29 Donna L. Long

The Swallowtail Butterfly Family

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Butterfly. White and Sulphur butterfly family. [photo by Paul B. Toman. on Wikimedia]
August 18September 24 Donna L. Long

Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Butterfly Family

Zabulon Skipper Butterfly (Poanes zabulon) Skipper (Grass Skipper Family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 11March 12 Donna L. Long

Skipper Butterfly Family

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 4August 16 Donna L. Long

The 6 Butterfly Families and Identifying Butterflies

Shamrock Orbweaver Spider ? (Araneus trifolium) dangling from a thread in my garden
January 15January 19 Donna L. Long

Bugs, Spiders Keep NYC Clean by Eating Garbage

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September 12June 6 Donna L. Long

Dragonflies of Philadelphia: A Checklist

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 6July 7 Donna L. Long

Butterflies and Moths Information and Links

Insects in winter : bagworm moth pouches are examples of dormant insects out in the open.
January 8June 25 Donna L. Long

The Bagworm Moth: Little Brown Bags on the Tips of Trees

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