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The Spotted Lantern Fly
Oh dear. I was walking in the tall grass in one of my favorite fields in Valley Forge yesterday and there was one after another after another of the Spotted Lantern Fly. The dreaded beautiful leaf hopper has invaded our state. They are terribly destructive to trees, grape vines, and the fruit industry. …
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Portrait of The American Carrion Beetle
My first time ever seeing this beetle. I took way too many pictures then headed back out of the field and all the tall grass where I found him. Then what do I see? ANOTHER ONE. So I came home and looked him up. Yuck… He is a beetle that eats dead bodies. Oh…
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Cormorants at Eastern College Pond
There are never cormorants at Eastern College Pond. But yesterday, there were!! Two of them!
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The Empty Shell
There once was a nymph dragon fly in this casing or “exuivia”, but the adult dragonfly made her way out the back and will live another two months or so, mate, and begin the life cycle all over again.
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Pink Flamingoes and Sand Dunes At Walvis Bay, Namibia
I was concentrating just on the flamingoes for this photograph when our fearless leader, Todd Gustafson said, “Look Up! Frame the whole thing.” Click on photo to see “The Whole Thing.”
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The Himba Tribe
The indigenous people of Northern Namibia are semi nomadic farmers. They dress in traditional clothing with skirts made of calfskins and not much else except for traditional jewelry and sandles. The women covered themselves in an orange ochre/butter paste to keep themselves protected from the sun and clean as it is a very dry…
