The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, where it is common in many different habitats and travels as far north as Canada. It is a beautiful, large butterfly, usually in the range of 3.5 to…
The Red-Spotted Admiral is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species. This butterfly’s habitat is in open areas near woods. This butterfly likes to perch on bare ground of dirt roads…
The Pearl Crescent is a butterfly of North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods. Shortly after emergence, Pearl Crescents sometimes congregate in…
Take a look at this map. Go to the second letter N in the state of TN and look at the bright red coloration a bit to the left. That is the location of Coal Creek. I am thrilled the New York Times has run this story on the front page, highlighting the critically imperiled…
Coal Creek Farm is special. Over the years we’ve learned a lot about the tension between economic viability and environmental enhancement. We’ve learned that while you sometimes have to choose, more often they are complementary. In the last few weeks a group of people, environmentalists, landowners, government, non-profit and education have successfully closed an effort…
The Great Spangled Fritillary is characterized by its orange color above with five black dashes near forewing base and several irregular black dashes at the base of the hindwing. In addition, two rows of black crescents run along the edges of the wings. Females tend to be darker than males and individuals from the western…
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The Amanita Banningiana, commonly referred to as the Yellow Caesar because of its yellow to yellowish bronze cap, maxes out at about 10 cm. across, with a stem less than 2 cm. thick. Though the Amanita Banningiana group is fairly easily recognized and has been recorded in eastern North America since the beginning of the…
To answer the questions “is Amanita Amerirubescens safe” and “is AmanitaAmerirubescens edible, the answer is yes to both, but with a warning. The Amanita Amerirubescens group of mushrooms is considered edible and many people eat it, although just as many people avoid it because it is easily confused with some deadly poisonous amanitas. The Amanita…