Donna Young

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Every year ants come in the house under the back door and look around for food. There’s not much here; the typical floor fare is a fallen cheerio or two. There must be more here than I think because they keep coming in. After around two weeks, I get tired of seeing them underfoot […]

Continued from the Green Caterpillar. This is a combo entry, more below.
After 34 days, the moth finally emerged from its pupa on May 27. The moth is plain and shades of brown. The image indicates that it has light yellow on its wings, but I think that is just a reflection of the flash. The […]

This is a one-month later continuation of Main Garden. Click to see a larger image. The picture shows how my garden looks today. Last night I tilled, weeded, and raked the garden.

The bush shown in the foreground of the garden is a rhododendron that I have had a few years. For now, it is in […]

May 4th while outside looking at the different kinds of bees that were visiting the white clover in my backyard, I happened upon a cloverleaf with a cluster of bug eggs. I brought the leaf inside the house because I intended to record the hatching with my scanner. It has been a while since I’ve […]

Last Saturday, April 21, I gathered leaf litter from the woods for my garden. I used a leaf rake to gather the litter. At some point in this task, I uncovered a green caterpillar. I picked it up along with leaf litter and placed it in a plastic container. After that, I continued working. Afterward, […]