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04-30-2011, 07:41 AM
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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04-30-2011, 09:30 AM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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 ...much better than a "cow pie".Interesting fact that they are predators of others attracted to the dung.
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04-30-2011, 04:05 PM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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Yikes! Brave of you suunto to post dung flies on the photo of the month contest, but then again, I know you love your bugs!
Love the shelf shrooms BTW. Fox vixen and kit, so great - hard to top that shot! |
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04-30-2011, 10:14 PM
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Wow! Amazing photos, everyone! I believe that this contest is supposed to be North American wildlife, so I'll post my Galapagos photos elsewhere (Gardener's Cafe, perhaps, since they aren't N. American, do you think?)
Here are a few from my garden, which is coming along nicely. None are native plants, although the visitor is. First, an Easter Carpenter Bee diving deep for some of the first nectar of spring  Second, an iris in my pond. It is either Siberian iris or Japanese iris, but beautiful none-the-less, and enclosed in a pot so it won't spread.  Third, a volunteer in my yard, that may have come from a wildflower seed mix, but turns out is not native. I believe it is a cornflower, and it was one of my first blooms in the pollinator garden. I haven't seen any bees going to it, though.  Finally, I was reflecting in solitude by my pond one day and took this one. I don't actually know if this particular lily pad is native or not, since I lost the order sheet for it, but it probably isn't since they usually aren't.  My native plants seem to be lagging behind the non-natives in growing and blooming, maybe because the non-natives are selectively bred for their traits while the natives know it still frosts in April. Next month hopefully I'll have beautiful natives to post! Welcome back, Dave!
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05-01-2011, 12:40 AM
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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The only water lily that I'm aware of that is native (there may be others) is N. odorata (I think)...the underside of the leaves is a reddish color and the flower is white. Hope that helps.
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05-01-2011, 07:37 AM
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Offical Silphium Abuser
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Ohio
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Turttle, your blue flower is indeed a cornflower, centaurea cyanus. Yes, it shows up in wildflower seed mixes even though it's not native to North America, and--irony of ironies--it is now endangered in its native England and exists only on three sites there.
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05-03-2011, 03:08 PM
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WG Operations, Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Northern Wisconsin
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Beautiful photo entries by everyone.
Love your Mommy Fox and Kit photo Dave Stiles! What a beautiful moment you have captured with your camera. It's so great to see you posting again! |
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05-05-2011, 03:31 PM
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Do we have a volunteer to step up to the plate to get the nominations going? Someone who could say....Lets choose from these.
Once we determine the top three (After a two week nomination period?) I could create a poll if you didn't know how. Maybe it would it be best to open it to nominations for for a week or two here (Let's say, a limit of three per person) and then set the top three into a poll. That way everyone has the option of asking for what they think should go into a poll. Does that sound like a better way of reaching our goal?
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05-06-2011, 05:55 AM
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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I presume any one who submitted an entry would be excluded from judging?
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05-06-2011, 11:09 AM
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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I nominate ...
#10 dogtooth violet #4 pasque flower #14 vixen and kit |
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