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Beardy Guy Musings

Living and working in a tiny house the woods. Most of my time is a mix of experimenting with ways to live a low impact life. Writing about the climate emergency, tech and Apple.

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    While out on a trail walk yesterday, I saw something small and white moving around in the leaves and met this cute, furry moth, Artace cribrarius, the dot-lined white.

    a furry white moth is perched on a brown leaf set against a blurred forest background. The image is taken from the side.

    a furry white moth set against a blurred background of brown leaves. The moth has faint, delicate black specs on its wings.

    a furry white moth is perched on a leaf. Is taken from the underside, showing its belly and its legs holding onto the stem of a leaf. The background is a blurred forest.

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    A nice morning dog walk with all of the usual characters. I'm getting better at identifying bird song. Today: White-eyed vireo, yellow breasted chat, northern parula and cardinals.

    Also, flowers: Queen Anne's Lace A cluster of very tiny white flowers with a deep red magenta flower at the center

    Chicory and a green bee, perhaps Agapostemon virescens.

    A tiny green bee is collecting pollen from the center of a vibrant blue flower set against a blurred green field

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    the large brown moth is on a tree. The lower wings are marked by prominent and very dark circles that look like eyes a large brown moth is on a tree the photos take it from the side the moth is very furry

    Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, one of the giant silk moths. A beautiful moth, and so furry! 

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    A furry white caterpillar with light orange eyes and orange tufts near the head

    Orange Tufted White Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii Image quality holds up pretty well given that photo was taken with an iPhone 7 Plus, 2017-9-9.

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    Growing in the sunny spots around the garden, garlic chives, sweet coneflowers and western ironweed are current favorite feeding spots for bees and butterflies. 😍

    A bumblebee feeds from white clusters of small flowers. Yellow and purple flowers in the background. A butterfly feeds from white clusters of small flowers. Yellow and purple flowers in the background.
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    Found this pretty lady in her web on my front screen door. Safely relocated to a sheltered area in my garden. Venomous yes, but easy to scoop her and her egg sack into a container without any danger to either of us. 🤓 🕷️🕸️

    Black spider, a black widow, red spots on back of abdomen
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    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, feeding on nectar from Vernonia baldwinii, the western ironweed.

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    Top: Bantus Philemon, pipevine or blue swallowtail feeding from Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot . Bottom: Scutellaria ovations, heart leaf skullcap a native mint.

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    Recorded several years ago. I was recording the waterfall, the dragonfly was a happy accident.

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    Melanoplus punctulatus, known generally as the pine tree spur-throat grasshopper or grizzly spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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    Busy bee pollinating a wild geranium. #nature #macrophotography #insect #flower

    Black bee pollinating a pink flower