Sunday, June 15, 2008
White wild prairie rose on Pinnacle Prairie southwest of World Peace Wetland Prairie
Please click on image to ENLARGE nearly white version of Rosa Arkansa, the prairie wild rose found on many prairies in Arkansas and the midwest.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Buttonbushes with ants, sensitive brier, milkweed, monarch butterfly's caterpillar color World Peace Wetland Prairie
Please click on images to enlarge photos taken on June 13, 2008, on World Peace Wetland Prairie.
Tall grass and mix of flowering plants bring life to late spring on World Peace Wetland Prairie
Please click on images to enlarge photos of World Peace Wetland Prairie on Friday June 13, 2008. The big bluestem is also known as turkey foot because of the distinctive seed tops that start out rising and droop as they go to see.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Damselflies are effective predators of aphids on World Peace Wetland Prairie
Please click on image to ENLARGE photo of damselfly eating aphids off flowering plant at World Peace Wetland Prairie.
"Compared to their dragonfly cousins, damselflies are weak flyers. However, they are able to fly through fields hunting for their food - other insects. Damselfly nymphs (young damselflies) live in the water, but they like to climb up plants looking for other insects to eat. They particularly enjoy eating hopper nymphs from rice fields.
"The average size of a Damselfly is 3/4 to 1 3/4 inches long. They are predators who will eat nearly any other insect. Damselflies and their Nymphs eat lots of different kinds of insects from the ponds and streams where they grow up. They are extremely good at picking aphids off plants.
"Adult Damselflies are brightly colored (often bright blue) very slender creatures closely related to dragonflies. Damselflies have two pair of wings that taper at the base and, when at rest, the wings fold back over the body like butterfly wings. Damselflies flutter their wings rapidly when they are patrolling the area of the stream or river looking for prey."
http://www.eduwebs.org/bugs/damselfly.html
Aphids eaten by Damselflies
"Compared to their dragonfly cousins, damselflies are weak flyers. However, they are able to fly through fields hunting for their food - other insects. Damselfly nymphs (young damselflies) live in the water, but they like to climb up plants looking for other insects to eat. They particularly enjoy eating hopper nymphs from rice fields.
"The average size of a Damselfly is 3/4 to 1 3/4 inches long. They are predators who will eat nearly any other insect. Damselflies and their Nymphs eat lots of different kinds of insects from the ponds and streams where they grow up. They are extremely good at picking aphids off plants.
"Adult Damselflies are brightly colored (often bright blue) very slender creatures closely related to dragonflies. Damselflies have two pair of wings that taper at the base and, when at rest, the wings fold back over the body like butterfly wings. Damselflies flutter their wings rapidly when they are patrolling the area of the stream or river looking for prey."
http://www.eduwebs.org/bugs/damselfly.html
Aphids eaten by Damselflies
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Tree frogs enjoy World Peace Wetland Prairie and adjacent vegetated land despite removal of 30 acres of prime habitat for Aspen Ridge/Hill Place
Please click on image to ENLARGE photo of tree frog sounding off about 50 feet from World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 2, 2008. Tree frogs were abundant on the now treeless Aspen Ridge project land until it was cleared of timber in the summer of 2005. After tonight's Fayetteville City Council meeting, all references to Aspen Ridge may be appropriately read as HIll Place.
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