December 17, 2023

Martha O'Kennon Yes, it's Winter! The pond has frozen lightly at least once, but today was completely defrosted.



Here's the Pond with a good-sized icy patch.



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These two are probably our usual Winter Ants.



This one may also be an Ant but look at that abdomen! And next, what are the next two?



I haven't seen any Beetles. But this one may be a Bug. And I may find out what it IS before sending out this Blog. The second one may be a Stink Bug. Or it may be a relative of the Drymus genus. The third MAY be one of the Case-creatures. And the fourth is an Eastern Boxelder Bug.



There were Loopers (Geometrid Moth larvae) all over the place. Here is one of them. Second is one that I saw as a Moth of some sort but the ID app in iNat saw as a Trichadenotecnum Barklouse.



Here are a couple of Flies. First, a Cluster Fly; then a Tiny unknown Fly.



As we wander around in this bleakish scene, we see several plants that have kept some color. In the front yard, for instance, we see the Hellebore and Epimedium. And if you remember the tiny plants besieged by those Fraternal Potter Wasps in June, here are the lovely Coral Berries in Winter.



The Fishes don't come up to get fed at all anymore, but you can still see them swimming about halfway down in the Pond. They seem to enjoy being close to the little green heater.



Even in the cold world of Winter we see that Life goes on. We must just keep doing our part to keep this world alive!

Love, Martha



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