Blood-Colored Checkered Beetle

2022 March 27
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Compton Tortoiseshell Butterfly

2022 March 20
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Mealybugs on Jade Plants

2022 March 13
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A bit over a year ago, in January of 2021, Sandy started noticing that her jade plants (Crassula_ovata) were not putting forth new leaves properly. The leaf buds were stunted, deformed, and mostly died and fell off rather than growing out properly. And, looking at the plants more closely, she saw that there were small cottony growths mostly at the bases of the leaves.

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Freezing Rain vs. The Trees

2022 March 6
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Snow over the retaining wall, and light pillar

2022 February 27
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Terrarium Snails

2022 February 20
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Extremely tiny reddish-brown soil mite

2022 February 13
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Elongated Springtail from Terrarium

2022 February 6
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Black-and-White Soil Mite from Terrarium

2022 January 30
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Wolf’s-Milk Slime Mold, maybe?

2022 January 23

The pine plantation west of our house was thinned back in 2014, and the stumps left behind from the cut trees have gotten pretty rotten and punky. And, on September 19 of 2020, we found these little pink fungusy things popping up between the growth rings.

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