I went on a hike at Jacobs Well Natural Area yesterday morning. Jacobs Well is Hays County’s newest park and it is now open to the public. I was there for the opening ceremonies. Jacobs Well is an artesian spring … Continue reading →
My hike today was pretty easy. Although it’s already early December, it has yet to get really cold. The high today was in the 80s. The official start of winter is still 3 weeks away, on December 21st, but from … Continue reading →
I posted last year about finding what I thought was a Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar only to discover it was actually a closely-related Queen (Danaus gilippus). You can find that post here. When I came home on Monday this week, … Continue reading →
It kind of sounds like a western. We saw the Painted Ladies at Caterpillar Camp last week. It wasn’t a movie and the painted ladies weren’t working. We volunteered at the EmilyAnn Theatre and Garden‘s Caterpillar Camp to help them … Continue reading →
I was checking our chickens for eggs and to give them water when I noticed this caterpillar very near their coop. It was feeding on an antelope horn which is a native plant and very common on our property. It … Continue reading →