Monday, August 25th, 2008
Insect id?
Here’s a great one ….. this is straight from the field from our bird walk at BRCES last Saturday. Ray Smith sent this over and we’re interested in knowing what insect this is. Many thanks to Marcia for standing still while Ray got the shot. If you can help id this insect, please do post [...]
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Dragonflies and Damselflies at Banshee Reeks - The August Walk
Andy Rabin led our walk at Banshee on Saturday. Here is his report from the field:
The walk yesterday went very well. We had 9 people show up, including 2 families (3 kids). We managed to catch a few damselflies and a dragonfly and examine them closely, found a recently emerged Calico Pennant on some emergent vegetation [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Butterfly Count 2008 - Highest Number of Species in 12 years
While we had to postpone our annual butterfly count by a day due to the weather, it was definitely for the better! 48 people came out to help count butterflies on Sunday, August 3rd from 9:00 in the morning to about 4:30 in the afternoon.
We identified 2,903 individual butterflies and 55 species! This is the highest [...]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Puzzled by Wildlife…Try the Cicadas Crossword
With the dog-days of summer upon us and our annual cicadas calling through the hottest parts of the day, we thought it’d be fun to test our knowledge of these interesting insects.
You can download the Cicadas crossword and get some hints and tips for the answers by reading the latest article on cicadas from the [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
LWC Podcast - Episode 2: A Bit About Butterflies
In this podcast we give a brief talk about the stages of the lifecycle of butterflies and things you can do to attract them to your yard.
To listen to this episode, click the play button at the top of this post and it will play now or Right Click Here to Download (select “Save as Target”). [...]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Butterflies and Dragonflies at Claude Moore Park
We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies.
The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka Olive) [...]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Dragonflies and Damselflies Abound in Eastern Loudoun!
We had a great day of hunting dragons and damsels across the fine Loudoun countryside! Seven people joined us as Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe, both real experts in dragonflies and damselflies, took us out into the field.
We started the day at 10am at Bles Park then went to Claude Moore at noon and ended the day [...]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
First Butterfly Walk of the Season - 13 Species seen
On June 21, Mona Miller (”The Butterfly Lady”) led our first butterfly walk of the season. Over 20 people, adults and kids, came out to Banshee Reeks to spot our flying friends and help with identification.
Here’s a quick report of the species seen:
Great Spangled Fritillary (numerous)
Eastern Tailed Blue
Hickory Hairstreak (rare)
Mourning Cloak
Zebra Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Least Skipper
Duns Skipper
Little [...]
