Nature Moncton Nature News: August 26 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

August 26, 2023

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Proofreading courtesy of Louise Nichols at nicholsl@eastlink.ca

** Louise Nichols sends some photos of small things in their yard: a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth enjoying the flowers in a flower bed; a Leafhopper Bug showing off its green camouflage, a Syrphid Fly that was caught in the process of laying an egg on some goldenrod; and the very striking caterpillar of the Brown-hooded Owlet Moth.

**Christine Lever had a grasshopper getting a close-up look at her through a window, and Christine decided to return the favour with a photo from an angle we seldom see.

Christine comments, “I thought this was an interesting view of him/her as you can see their feet and the breastplate that looks like a turtle shell! It also has a lovely smile!”

(Editor’s comment: this under view really shows those ‘toe pads’ of the appendages that allow attachment to any surface, including a windowpane.)

**Aldo Dorio photographed a young-of-the-year Spotted Sandpiper at Hay Island on Friday. The juvenile birds of the species lack the boldly spotted breast of the parent birds at this time of year.

Aldo also photographed a Great Blue Heron very skillfully partaking of eel prey.

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