Living with Spiders

Living with Spiders

Living with Spiders shows some of the webs, spiders, and prey on our house. No-See-Ums were fairly abundant this year and I noticed lots of them were caught by the spiders.  I then wondered how useful or important spiders were in controlling and capturing the insects...
Northern Flying Squirrel

Northern Flying Squirrel

Northern Flying Squirrel is a project I have just begun to work on. My ultimate goal is to get a video of one digging up truffles. For information about their connections with truffles look at Nuts about Truffles (squirrels) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans Also...
Truffles, Flying Squirrels, Voles, Forest Health

Truffles, Flying Squirrels, Voles, Forest Health

Truffles, Flying Squirrels, Voles, Forest Health helps one think about some of the amazing connections that exist in nature. Studies have indicated that Truffles and their relationship with trees are very important and perhaps even critical to the maintenance and...
Yellow Slime Molds at Very Beary Berry Wetlands

Yellow Slime Molds at Very Beary Berry Wetlands

Yellow Slime Molds at Very Beary Berry Wetlands is about some we saw forming in mid-August this year.  The Yellow Slime Mold is technically (Fuligo septica). Its common names include Scrambled Egg Slime and Dog Vomit Slime Mold For interesting information about slime...
A Round-leaf Sundew captures a Mosquito and

A Round-leaf Sundew captures a Mosquito and

A Round-leaf Sundew captures a Mosquito is a video that shows this plants capturing mosquitoes. For information about these plants look at PHYLOGENY OF THE SUNDEWS, DROSERA (DROSERACEAE), BASED ON CHLOROPLAST RBCL AND NUCLEAR 18S RIBOSOMAL DNA SEQUENCES1 And Isolation...
The Value of Cow Parsnip for Insects in Alaska

The Value of Cow Parsnip for Insects in Alaska

The Value of Cow Parsnip for Insects in Alaska is meant to illustrate how certain plants attract a wide variety of insects to feed on their nectar and pollen.  The Cow Parsnip is considered a “generalist” flower that attracts several species of insects. ...