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A photo gallery of beautiful, grim and ugly creatures around our dock at the cottage.
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Tag Archives: butterflies
After observing a black swallowtail butterfly laying eggs, I’m pleased to host its caterpillars on my dill plant.
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I have always wondered why a cottontail rabbit or white-tailed deer concerned with escaping from danger would fly a white flag of a tail. A study using human gamers by Dirk Semmann, evolutionary biologist at University of Göttingen, suggests the … Continue reading
On a Sunday morning photo ramble through the conservation area, I encountered this demure but lovely butterfly. It is Cercyonis pegala, the common wood nymph. Several of them fluttered around the meadow where the main wildflowers in bloom included Queen … Continue reading
We need more respect for insects. Let’s start with butterflies. They are easy to love. Here are 20 bizarre facts about them. 1. The eyes of many butterflies have a pentachromatic colour system, meaning their receptors sense five different colour … Continue reading