Nature Notebook

Eileen Carlson
Sep 19, 2024
1 min read

While admiring the beautiful fall wetland flowers we came across some Daddy-longlegs. These are the creatures that look like spiders but only have a single body (instead of a spider’s two). They are called “harvestmen.”

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Whenever we study pond critters, someone inevitably finds a “giant spider.” Then we count the legs (6) and determine that it is actually an insect. Usually the creature is an immature dragonfly. As

Whenever we study pond critters, someone inevitably finds a “giant spider.” Then we count the legs (6) and determine that it is actually...

Nature Notebook

Were butterflies around in the time of the dinosaurs? The daintiness of a butterfly’s body makes the odds of finding fossilized remains...

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