Great news for our pollinators! 🦋 Monarch populations are up 64% according to the latest WWF report. Read more about this hopeful conservation win.
Leah Justice
Move over chiggers, there is a new ITCH in town!
Picture source: Wikipedia, Pyemotes herfsi
Seeding the Future
🌱 Leah Justice, Class of 2021 – Discover how seeds and seedlings from The Nature Conservancy’s preserves are reviving native habitats and protecting the landscapes that define our state. 🌾🌳
Share Your Garden Seeds at the Fall Chapter Meetings
🌱 Share Your Garden Seeds at the Fall Chapter Meetings! 🌼
Got extra seeds? Bring them to the seed swap table at the Fall meetings!
The Multiplying Critters of DFW
What do you do when you find an invasive hammerhead worm? Sam Kieschnick gives us the scoop!
New ‘little blue bee’ species discovered in Texas and Oklahoma
Photo courtesy of James Hung
All About Skunks!
Article submitted by Leah Justice from the Class of 2021 titled “The Eastern Spotted Skunk”, a Texas Monthly Article from Author Sasha von Oldershausen
Texas Pollinator Bioblitz, October 11th – 27th, 2024
Observers can share their photos and videos on Instagram and Facebook (#TXPollinators). Pollinators can be difficult to identify, so observers are encouraged to post what they know, which may be a simple description of the species or its behavior.
More Than 4,000 Moth Species Flit Across Texas. One Scientist Photographed 550 in his yard.
Article sourced from TexasMonthly, Author-Robyn Ross, August 7, 2024 Submitted by Jean Higgins, Class of 2023 https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/curtis-eckerman-photographer-moth-man
Summer Mothing with TPWD’s Sam Kieschnick At Oak Point Park
Leah Justice, Class of 2021 – It was a typical hot and humid summer night at the recent mothing event at Oak Point on June 15th. Sam Keischnick spoke to the crowd of park visitors and master naturalists about insects that we might see. The kids in the audience were very excited to interact with a Common Green Darner dragonfly that showed up on one of the screens early in the evening.