NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Sept 28,
2022 (Wednesday)
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**Louise Nichols found a Polyphemus Moth caterpillar crawling on one of the fallen spruce trees taken down by Fiona. She was also grateful to get an ID from Tuesday's Nature Blog on the Hairy Flower Scarab Beetle which she photographed back in July and didn't know what it was!
**Aldo Dorio captured a photo of a very fresh appearing Monarch Butterfly in Neguac on Tuesday nectaring on a delicious looking fresh red clover bloom.
Suspect it is fueling up with flight plans to Mexico in place.
**Debbie Kierstead photographed a Black and Yellow Argiope spider in her yard on Sunday. Debbie comments “the asters attracting bees and lady bugs are supplying steady business”.
Females of this spider spin orb webs (spiral sticky threads suspended on non-sticky spokes) with a conspicuous white zigzag structure in the middle called the stablementum.
After mating in late summer early fall, females lay several hundred to a thousand or more eggs inside a brown, silk, spherical cocoon about an inch in diameter. The spiderlings hatch but do not emerge from the cocoon until the following spring.
**Patricia Peletier was able to capture a photo of a Bobcat on her trail cam this past weekend in the Mud Creek area just outside of Riverview.
Patricia’s photo nicely shows the tail tip with black only on the top versus the Lynx that would have a complete black tail tip. Also note the stripping that goes part way up the bobtail which does not do that in the Lynx.
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