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Cicadas are often called locusts, but they really aren’t. Locusts are grasshoppers and belong to a different group of insects, along with crickets and katydids. Cicadas have their own group.
When something colorful flutters in a garden or long grass, do you think “butterfly”? Or perhaps “moth”? Or maybe even “day-flying moth”?
By Joe FoRD NATURE CENTER BOARD For the Messenger-Inquirer
I’ve never been much into foraging, the practice of finding edible natives and non-natives in the landscape or countryside. Oh, there are some things, like wild strawberries, mulberries, raspberries, and
As the season changes and spring gets into full swing, one of the things we anticipate is the return of certain birds and insects. Many will overwinter here, but others