Arlene brought two cousins and our friend Elizabeth down to visit the prairies this week. We did tours of all the planted prairies and several of the remnants. Everything is still looking very lush and green because of all the rain.
Lots of excitement this week - visits from friends and a big flood.
Butterfly populations fluctuate from year to year, sometimes dramatically. This week the population of Clouded Sulphurs exploded here in western Wisconsin.
We did the Buffalo County Butterfly Count here last week, and - of course - I've been seeing more moths.
I've gotten completely entranced with putting up lights at night to attract moths. I'm amazed at the number of species I see, and how varied their size and shapes and wing patterns are. I'm learning more about the different groups of moths, and slowly getting better at identifying them.
Now for the rest of the photos - to see if I can catch up!
Lots going on and lots of photos. These are mostly moths and caterpillars.
I'm so far behind on blog posts; I don't know how I'm ever going to catch up! This one will be mostly the insects I've been seeing or raising.
This post is mostly insects: my overwintering moths are starting to hatch; I've seen some interesting odd bugs in various places around the farm; and some wonderful moths have been coming to my lights at night.
I've been setting up a light on warm evenings and trying to attract moths. I finally got some "black light" bulbs, which are supposed to be more attractive to the moths.