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  Is there anything more beautiful than the tallgrass prairie in autumn?  Is there anything more moving than the Monarch migration?  Put tho...

In early spring, when creatures emerge that need pollen and nectar at the same time that  early shrubs start to blossom--all seems right wit...

Greetings, everyone!  Welcome to Gaillardia World--at least the glimpses I had of it by "noticing"  Gaillardia pulchella, aka ...

              A "Camouflaged Looper."   Can you tell what's flower and               what's bug? Camouflaged Loopers are ...

  It seemed to me that spider numbers were down this year.   I saw only a few spiders on Gaillardia pulchella , June-October, despite the co...

There were other predators, apart from spiders, that came to Gaillardia pulchella, June-October 2022.    These included Robber Flies, Damsel...

    Gaillardia pulchella,  Barn Patch, McDowell Creek, Geary Co.,  KS., 7-23-22: Sachems ( Atalopedes campestris ) were increasingly common ...