A night filled with moths

When the nights are warmer and without a threat of rain we set up the lights for attracting moths. In this part of May it’s still chancy regarding what we might get at Whitefish Point. The other night was better than we had recently experienced. Here are a few of our moths. We had severalContinue reading “A night filled with moths”

Accidental nature walk in Ann Arbor

This morning as we were walking to meet a friend for breakfast. we managed to find a lot of flowering plants and other stuff. Evergreen bagworm cocoons in some evergreen shrubs. A flowering Norway maple. A flowering Bartlett’s pear. Flowering serviceberry. Flowering purple dead nettle, the final flower of the morning. More tomorrow…

Day-21: A great night with moths

Sometimes things just work out better than you could have imagined. This evening was one of those times. We’re staying at an AirB&B in the woods at Crawfordville, Florida. Susan got permission to put up moth sheets and lights. The results were amazing. I wonder what the morning will be like. Not everything that comesContinue reading “Day-21: A great night with moths”

Ann Arbor, viruses and moths

Back in Ann Arbor where we found a yard full of flamingoes with hats and scarves. There is currently an uptick in Covid cases and hospitalizations. The current situation in Ann Arbor (from the Ann Arbor Observer). More worrisome is the situation with influenza. So far this flu season 5,000 people have died. So, be careful outContinue reading “Ann Arbor, viruses and moths”