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**Anita
Cannon captured two photos of a barn orb-weaver spider just outside her
dining room window on Wednesday morning, busily weaving its web until the sun
came up.
The smaller palps
suggest it is a female.
(Editor’s
note: it’s hard to look a spider in the eye closer than this!)
**Lisa
Morris photographed a cicada nymphal case that had come out of the
ground and split to let the adult cicada emerge and complete its mission.
The adult
emerged cicada is no doubt high in a tree at the moment, loudly vocalizing on
its mating mission, from which egg masses will result that will hatch and head back
down into the ground to again develop in these nymphal cases and begin the
cycle again.
**Brian
Coyle was tending his trail camera route recently to photograph a destroying
angel mushroom to clearly demonstrate its identification features from all
angles, clearly showing a very bulbous base and a distinct hanging partial veil
with an all-white body. The spore print, if available, would be white. This species is usually found in wooded areas and seems
to be having a prolific year, as are all other mushroom species.
This species is our most toxic mushroom species in New Brunswick. Only two ounces of fresh, undried mushroom can cause liver failure. It must be consumed to cause harm. Handling a specimen is not a problem. Some animal and insect species can consume it with no ill effect, but not humans!
**Brian
Stone took a few photos at the final Nature Moncton Wednesday Night Walk at
Fred and Susan Richards' large homestead in Taylor Village. A happy group of 23
people participated and enjoyed a great social evening along with Fred's
wonderful blueberry shortcake and homemade iced tea, as well as a few
other treats. An excellent walk along the trails down to the river and
back through the Richards' scenic property was made easy by thousands of
mosquitoes, whose wings beat vigorously in close contact with everyone, and the
wind they created gave a little extra push. A porcupine joined the
walk for a short distance, and Judy Cairns found a large yellow underwing moth
(suspected) and held it for the camera as an immature bald eagle flew past
while a slow-rising full Moon rose in the sky opposite the setting Sun.
A great finish to the summer Wednesday Night Walks.
Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
