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Surprise survivor
November 17, 2020 - During my eight, quarter-mile laps of the Wheeler High School running track, I try not to see anything that would encour...
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Sun lover
October 07, 2020 - I have a patch of goldenrods growing alongside of the pea fence in what's supposed to be a vegetable garden, and I allow...
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Not so terrible
July 16, 2020 - When a Yellow Jacket shows up on the Oak-leaf Hydrangea blossoms, the typical response among the pollinators, be they be...
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Hovering expert
June 05, 2020 - For reasons I can't put my finger on, the diversity and abundance of flower flies, so strong last month, seems to have w...
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Apologia, yet again
October 07, 2019 - I've tried... honest I have... and for years—I started this daily account of my meanderings in 2013, after all—I was abl...
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In mid-air
August 06, 2019 - Hoverflies, a.k.a. flower flies, have become my new favorites this summer, largely because of the publication of Jeff Sk...
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New syrphid
July 05, 2019 - I need to give viewers advanced warning. As I noted about a week or so ago, I've been in contact with Jeff Skevington, a...
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Uncertainty principle
June 22, 2019 - A few years ago, I got intrigued by a group of colorful insects called, depending on your preference, either Hover Flies...
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Faux bee
March 24, 2019 - With the Winter Aconites at peak and the early crocuses beginning to come up in huge drifts—this looks like a fine, fine...
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Our own crocus flower show
March 18, 2019 - A mere day or two after I spotted the first Crocus blooms at a well-situated, south-facing, heat-absorbing-and-releasing...
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Yet more mimicry
October 16, 2017 - This has been, so far... and I'm pretty sure this summation will prove true for the rest of 2017... an off year for odon...
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Faking it
September 10, 2017 - Every year, I try to learn a new group of critters—as well as, of course, add to my attempts to master the identificatio...
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Distinguised flower fly
August 07, 2017 - When I finally broke down and bought my 85mm Nikkor micro lens—refurbished, of course... I couldn't afford a new one—I h...
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For the love of... bee flies
July 13, 2017 - I've become, this year in particular, a big fan of a group of Diptera that belong to the fly family Syrphidae, a.k.a., t...
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Hovering mimic
September 23, 2016 - I could easily see how easy it would be to get hooked on a group of Diptera known as Hoverflies. These marvelous bee mim...
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