
hawthorn petals quicken maple shade
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May 2, 2021
hawthorn petals quicken maple shade
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July 12, 2020
June 18, 2020
Spotted Lanternfly nymphs, hatched from an overwintered egg mass,
gather upon a black walnut tree branch.
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Native to Asia and reported in growing numbers across southeastern Pennsylvania since 2014, these nymphs are the first I’ve seen on our small patch of Little Crum Creek — first individually in the milkweed garden and grass, and now most frequently together (in the absence of their preferred tree-of-heaven) in this black walnut.
Normally, I’d wait to collect and post images of each life-cycle stage. But you might be seeing these early nymphs too. If so, posting sooner seems better than later.
The Penn State Extension provides all we might like to know about identification and management of these invasive newcomers.
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April 22, 2020
June 11, 2019
March 18, 2018
August 15, 2017
Northern flatid planthoppers are common here on the stems of plants they might eat.
But I could not resist the dramatic image of one on the ground it will someday feed.
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ID Reference (U of DE)
June 14, 2017
May 28, 2017
Cherry Springs State Park, I’m told, is named for groves of black cherry trees–
its evening sky, the clearest and darkest in Pennsylvania.
These days by Little Crum Creek, hours from the skygazers I’ll one night join,
a single black cherry briefly flowers the white light of our nearest star.
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