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The Most Beautiful Fly in the World « flyobsession
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For those who live and breathe dipterology. The Most Beautiful Fly in the World. I know that this might be controversial; after all, people generally either don’t think flies have any redeeming qualities (never mind “beauty”), or more likely for readers of this blog, have their own ideas of what constitutes a gorgeous fly. The name of this creature is. Macquart), and it was described in 1846, so it is not anything new, but it deserves “rediscovery” by lovers of biodiversity everywhere. Definitely a looke...
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The roused bear | The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff | Page 2
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. Newer posts →. The Eye of the Monarch. July 6, 2016. In the past, I have posted my opinion that monarch butterflies are one of the more difficult butterflies to photograph. The key to great butterfly photography is to get the eyes in focus. Monarchs hide their eyes with little white spots on a black background. Why do monarchs hide their eyes? July 4, 2016. This is the butt...
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Today’s Butterfly Action | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. The Black Digger wasp →. Today’s Butterfly Action. August 3, 2015. This afternoon was pretty good for butterflies. They were out in force. This was one of a handful of silver-spotted skippers. I only saw one Delaware skipper, but there were lots of least skippers. These orange sulfurs were enjoying liquid refreshments at the old watering hole. And I enjoyed all the action.
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Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? Henry Webster Parker is credited with discovering and describing the Poweshiek skipper,. I have come to the conclusion that Henry’s wife Helen probably discovered the butterfly, and that she may have written the description as well. Helen wrote the book Rambles after Land Shells. And the description of the Poweshiek skipper, which is...
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Kinetitrophic Organisms | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. This page has been a long time in the making. In 1986 I started thinking about the possibility that kinetitrophic organisms could exist when I learned about the rotary nature of the flagella. On bacteria. I wondered if the effect could work in reverse. That is, if a flagella on a bacteria were to be rotated physically, would it generate its own food? It seems to me that now...
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The history of the butterfly | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. The history of the butterfly. Some of you know about my involvement with the butterfly called. Or the Poweshiek skipper. I have a web site about the Poweshiek skipper, and how it was discovered in Iowa. That website is: http:/ www.poweshiekskipper.org. In order to keep them straight, I will post a small bit about some of them on this page. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You ar...
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The Black Digger wasp | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. Today’s Butterfly Action. More Butterflies →. The Black Digger wasp. August 8, 2015. This black digger wasp,. Was visiting the extrafloral nectaries of partridge pea. It visited several in rapid succession, spending about a second or two at each one. About the roused bear. Nature photographer from central Iowa. View all posts by the roused bear →. More Butterflies →. Notify...
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Today’s Bugs | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. Today’s Butterfly Action →. August 1, 2015. I was able to take a little time today to travel to a local prairie and met some friends there. Officially it was a prairie walk, but several of us were more into the insects, and we had a good time photographing them. This guy was very rare and exotic-looking, but it is in reality quite common. It is the helmeted squash bug,.
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References | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. On this page I will put the references for some of the postings or quotations that I use. 1881 The History of Iowa County, Iowa, Containing A history of the County, its Cities, Towns. Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams and Co. Des Moines. Iowa City, Iowa 1883. Armstrong, Perry A. 1887 The Sauks and the Black Hawk War, with Biographical Sketches, Etc. North America...
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the roused bear | The roused bear
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The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. About The Roused Bear. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. Author Archives: the roused bear. About the roused bear. Nature photographer from central Iowa. Good Day to be Outside. September 3, 2016. August 29, 2016. August 14, 2016. August 8, 2016. Life is made mostly of proteins. Protein is about 16% nitrogen. Plants convert sunlight into sugars, and the structures of plants are made of cellulose. Sugars and cellulose d...Cool Augu...
