{"id":941,"date":"2013-08-19T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2014-04-07T01:13:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:13:45","slug":"arboretum-bussey-hill-trees-and-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/arboretum-bussey-hill-trees-and-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Arboretum: Bussey Hill Trees and Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, I went to the Explorers&#8217; Garden on Bussey Hill on a pleasant, sunny day.  A few butterflies passed me by but did not perch.  The eastern kingbird below paused at a the top of a crabapple tree.  In about a month, this kingbird will probably make its way to South America for the winter.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_942\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/01_eastern_kingbird.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern kingbird in a crabapple\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" class=\"size-full wp-image-942\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/01_eastern_kingbird.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/01_eastern_kingbird-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastern kingbird<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The crabapple tree also sported a blue dasher dragonfly.  This one&#8217;s a female.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_943\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/02_blue_dasher.jpg\" alt=\"Blue dasher dragonfly perched\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-943\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/02_blue_dasher.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/02_blue_dasher-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue dasher dragonfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I saw a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqed.org\/birdblog\/2011\/11\/28\/harvestmen\/\">harvestman<\/a> in a nearby tree.  These arachnids are sometimes called daddy longlegs.  They are closely related to spiders but differ from them in having one fused body segment, no venom or fangs, and an inability to produce silk.  This one may be in the <i>Leiobunum<\/i> genus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_944\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/03_harvestman.jpg\" alt=\"Harvestman\" width=\"800\" height=\"511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-944\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/03_harvestman.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/03_harvestman-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvestman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A colorful leafhopper &mdash; yellow, green , and slightly purple &mdash; inched away from me, before taking flight.  This is probably the adult form of <i>Coelidia olitoria<\/i>.  I had only seen nymphs of this species so far this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_945\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/04_leafhopper.jpg\" alt=\"Leafhopper\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-945\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/04_leafhopper.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/04_leafhopper-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leafhopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pokeweed (<i>Phytolacca americana<\/i>) is starting to produce berries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_946\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/05_pokeweed.jpg\" alt=\"Unripe pokeweed berries\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/05_pokeweed.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/05_pokeweed-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unripe pokeweed berries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two exotic trees caught my attention.  <a href=\"http:\/\/piedmontgardener.com\/2011\/07\/22\/summer-showstopper-chinese-pearl-bloom-tree\/\">Chinese pearlbloom<\/a> (<i>Poliothyrsis sinensis<\/i>) sported yellow bell-like flowers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_947\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/06_poliothyrsis.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese pearlbloom flowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-947\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/06_poliothyrsis.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/06_poliothyrsis-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese pearlbloom flowers (accession 1036-85-A)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tibetan filbert (<i>Corylus tibetica<\/i>) had some very spiny-looking fruit.  I found more information on this tree under the synonym <a href=\"http:\/\/plantsoftibet.lifedesks.org\/pages\/38214\"><i>Corylus ferox<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_948\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07_filbert.jpg\" alt=\"Tibetan filbert fruit\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" class=\"size-full wp-image-948\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07_filbert.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/07_filbert-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan filbert fruit (accession 113-98-A)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I scared up this moth, a clover looper (<i>Caenurgina crassiuscula<\/i>), as I walked across a field of grass.  Makes sense to find it here among an abundance of two of its host plants: grass and clover.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_949\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/08_clover_looper1.jpg\" alt=\"Clover looper moth\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" class=\"size-full wp-image-949\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/08_clover_looper1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/08_clover_looper1-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clover looper moth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close up, its head and antennae look like they belong to some prehistoric beast.  Thanks to Ross Hill on BugGuide for the ID.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_950\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/09_clover_looper2.jpg\" alt=\"Clover looper moth\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/09_clover_looper2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/09_clover_looper2-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clover looper moth close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, I went to the Explorers&#8217; Garden on Bussey Hill on a pleasant, sunny day. A few butterflies passed me by but did not perch. 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