July 13, 2020. Otisfield, Maine. It was night, it was warm, and I wondered if anything would be visiting the common milkweed planted in the flower garden? Turns out I was right- it was cov...
Please leave me a comment if you still have this blog in your feed reader! I'm thinking of picking this back up again for spring. Should I? Here are a few things from Honeymoon Island State Park....
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My last post happened four days before my now 8-month and 8-day-year-old daughter Paige was born. In that time, we've found our footing as a family of five. The infant stage is over; and our ...
First, no baby. Our due date is Monday. We are anxious. Second, the oak is gone. It is a giant weight lifted off our shoulders, literally. Third, I will say again, Instagram is THE...
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When we moved to Worthington in June of 2008, we chose a house with a massive bur oak tree in the backyard. If you've followed this blog for a while, you will surely remember many great st...
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I've used Instagram for quite some time, but I've only recently found my voice there, at least photographically. If you are a photographer, it's an amazing platform to share your work, and...
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While it may seem hard to believe, each one of these beetles is a member of the species Ceretoma trifurcata. While highly variable in color and pattern, the characteristic to look fo...
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I've been busy photographing all types of insects for the backyard biodiversity project I've began. Here are a few things from a weekend afternoon of exploring the insects of our yard. I will...
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I have been taking photographs, but I got out of the blogging routine. Once you're in, you're in, but when you're out, boy is it hard to get back in. I've been photographing many fascina...
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My kids are loving our "Arbour Adventures" YouTube Channel we've created. I thought it would last a few videos, but we just keep coming up with new ideas. Here's their latest. They would L...
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A quick note: I'm working on repainting our stairs in preparation for the new baby- our old runner was failing, and it was time to rip it up, repaint the stairs, and install a new one. I'm updati...
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It's another Arbour Adventure! -Tom, Weston, and Brody
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What I'm finding out about the world of insects is how relatively common species that I encounter in my backyard are poorly unknown. This leafhopper is tiny, and supposedly there are 15 sp...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/an-agalliopsis-species-backyard.html
I photographed this beetle larva on August 9 on the undersides of the leaves of my double flowered green-headed coneflower. I thought it was a long shot to identify, but thank you to buggu...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/twenty-spotted-lady-beetle-bbp-species-5.html
Olentangy River at I-270 Antrim Park Alloway St. E. We're back from Munroe Falls; we had a great time at the Hill family reunion on Saturday, and this morning we visiting my grandmot...
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Well, not really. This weekend my mom is organizing a big reunion of my maternal grandmother's family. We haven't gotten together in 11 years, and I've been spending the last two nights ...
The polished lady beetle (Cycloneda munda) is quite the stunning little beetle, despite its lack of spots. The milkweed that I've planted attracts many aphids, and the aphids in turn attra...
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This morning the boys just left for their first day of school. Weston starts first grade, Brody begins kindergarten. Wow time flies! -Tom
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I don't know what this is, but it isn't alive anymore. Could it be the result of some type of leaf mining fly? I'm not sure. If you know, please let us know! As you can see, this pup...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/bursting-from-leaf-backyard.html
Let me start off by saying I love insects, but I don't really know much about them. Part of the reason I'm doing this backyard biodiversity project is to learn more. The interest in inse...
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Grandpa Glenn, aka "Bah" visited Worthington this weekend. We had a blast at COSI, central Ohio's famous science museum that draws families from across Ohio. Enjoy! -Tom
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We planted quite a bit of milkweed last year, courtesy of Ohio Prairie Nursery's milkweed madness seed packet. We watched as dozens of monarch caterpillars feasted, grew, pupated, and eclosed. ...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/monarch-butterfly-bbp-species-2.html
Ah, were you expecting a orange and black beetle? While I have seen the adult of this species a few times in our backyard, last night was the first time I saw its larva. As you can see, ...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/swamp-milkweed-leaf-beetle-bbp-species-1.html
I've been taking photos of the creatures in our backyard for some time. I just haven't been blogging all these fascinating animals. There is an entire amazing world out there, just hiding ...
http://www.ohionatureblog.com/2016/08/the-backyard-biodiversity-project.html
The boys watch quite a bit of YouTube. And they really want to have their own channel. After a little brainstorming, we came up with the idea of a channel called "Arbour Adventures". This is our...
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