White flowers festoon the white indigo berry (Randia acueleata) bushes recently planted at the Audubon House at the front of the building and along the northern edge of the parking lot. These five-petaled flowers are less than dime-sized and are…
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NJ Yard Art
When I was growing up in New Jersey, our neighbors, the Chiristoffers family, always had a gorgeous yard and gardened daily in their rock garden, beds of award-winning chrysanthemums, and throughout their yard. Recently, Bob and I had the opportunity…
Fly Stopper?
The simpsons stopper (Myrcinathes fragrans) planted at the southwest corner of the Audubon House is flowering copiously. Its fragrant, multi-stamened flowers attract a plethora of pollinators. Upon it was a metallic blue-green fly, likely a hairy maggot blowfly (Chrysomya rufifacies),…
Long-lived butterflies
Diane Morgan (Class of 2012) sent this photo of a julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) taken today at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Julia butterflies are long-lived, and older butterflies may show the tattering signs of 'life'. Like the related brush-footed…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 