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Arboretum: Encounter with a Snake

by sicloot Posted on September 27, 2013

On Wednesday, I heard something rustling in the grass near the Arboretum’s hickory collection. Turned out to be this garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), a skinny fellow who was quite afraid of me.

Garter snake looking at the camera — Garter snake

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Posted in Nature | Tagged Arnold Arboretum, asters, bees, Boston, eastern chipmunk, Eurybia divaricata, flies, insects, leafhoppers, maclura pomifera, mammals, Massachusetts, moths, nightshade family, plants, Pterostyrax hispidus, reptiles, snakes, solanum nigrum, trees | Comments Off

Arboretum: Cup Plants and Caterpillars

by sicloot Posted on August 11, 2013

I found this white-dotted prominent caterpillar (Nadata gibbosa) crawling across Meadow Road yesterday. A green caterpillar with an opaque, lighter green face, it is covered with white dots. This one had two brown patches on it, perhaps some sort of infection?

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Posted in Nature | Tagged american goldfinch, Arnold Arboretum, asters, birds, Boston, Clethra alnifolia, clethra family, eastern chipmunk, insects, legumes, mammals, Massachusetts, moths, oaks, plants, shrubs, Silphium perfoliatum, Styphnolobium japonicum, trees, white-dotted prominent | Comments Off

Giant Black Beetles at Jamaica Pond

by sicloot Posted on July 12, 2013

We came across two large black beetles yesterday just off the path around Jamaica Pond. The beetles were possibly engaged in the act of mating. If so, the female beetle was much larger than the male and her orange belly was showing.

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Posted in Nature | Tagged American coot, bees, beetles, birds, Boston, Campanula rapunculoides, eastern chipmunk, insects, jamaica plain, jamaica pond, Koelreuteria paniculata, Lythrum salicaria, mallard duck, mammals, Massachusetts, Monotropa uniflora, mulberries, plants, red-eared slider, reptiles, Solanum dulcamara, trees, turtles, white-breasted nuthatch | Comments Off

A Walk in the Arboretum

by sicloot Posted on June 6, 2013

I took photos of a wealth of natural life at the Arnold Arboretum yesterday. Among the birds, dragonflies, frogs, and plants, only one of the subjects was accessioned: Wilson’s spiraea (Spiraea wilsonii).

Wilson's spiraea flowers — Wilson’s spiraea

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Posted in Nature | Tagged American bullfrog, amphibians, Arnold Arboretum, asters, birds, Boston, butterflies, cedar waxwing, cherries, common pondhawk dragonfly, common ringlet butterfly, common whitetail dragonfly, cynanchum louiseae, damselflies, dogbanes, dragonfl, eastern chipmunk, eastern forktail damselfly, flies, fragaria virginiana, insects, legumes, leucanthemum vulgare, mammals, Massachusetts, plants, prunus sargentii, satellite flies, sawflies, shrubs, spiraea wilsonii, spiraeas, strawberries, trees, trifolium pratense, trifolium repens, twelve-spotted skimmer, vines, white-breasted nuthatch | Comments Off

Tag Archives: eastern chipmunk

Arboretum: Encounter with a Snake

Arboretum: Cup Plants and Caterpillars

Giant Black Beetles at Jamaica Pond

A Walk in the Arboretum

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