25-AUG-2014
Waterlily Borer moth (Elophila gyralis)
An aquatic Crambid moth found and photographed by Diane while working in the pond. It is really the larvae of this moth that are aquatic, boring into the stems of waterlilies.
25-AUG-2014
Nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira)
Walking across the duckweed, this spider has found a chunk of perhaps flowering rush stem, to rest on.
25-AUG-2014
Egg mass on cattail
These eggs, photographed by Diane, look like they are probably beetle eggs, but which species is difficult to determine.
25-AUG-2014
Nymph of a darner dragonfly
Another aquatic inhabitant Diane photographed while in the pond helping remove invasive plants.
25-AUG-2014
Darner dragonfly exuviae
Diane said she noticed a number of these exuviae attached to cattails, a good sign that we have a healthy dragonfly population at the garden.
25-AUG-2014
Marsh fly (Sciomyzidae)
Diane found this fly while working in the amphibian pond, removing invasive species.
22-AUG-2014
Eastern Garter Snake
After years of no snakes and thinking it unlikely they would discover the FWG, we are now seeing Eastern Garter Snakes several times a year. Our volunteer, Gordon Robertson, found this one basking in the Butterfly Meadow.
12-AUG-2014
Joe-pye weed in the old field
Planted in 2012 in one corner of the old field habitat, these joe-pye weeds are doing very well.
12-AUG-2014
Old woods
This is what we are now calling the woods previously known as the Ash Woods! In the openings created by the tree removal many species are growing including the non-native annual, giant foxtail grass.
12-AUG-2014
Gray-headed coneflowers (Ratibida pinnata)
These beautiful tall flowers are native to areas south of Eastern Ontario, but they grow well in our area, and their seeds attract seed-eating birds. This cluster is growing by itself, north of the old woods.
12-AUG-2014
Egg masses of the Enchenopa treehopper
The branches of some nannyberry shrubs are dotted with these little white masses, which are the eggs of the enchenopa treehopper.
12-AUG-2014
Golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor)
This beautifully coloured little beetle is on a morning glory leaf, and you can see the characteristic holes this beetle makes on the plant. The usual colour of this species is a gorgeous bright gold, like a little golden jewel, but when agitated or excited, they turn this lovely red. Like most, if not all tortoise beetles, their larvae protect themselves with fecal shields.
