Nature in the Ozarks

Female Carolina Mantis just hanging around in the fog and adorned with remnants of spider webbing. (Species details from BugGuide .) .

One of my favorite weeds is beginning to bloom. I'm always amazed that a flower so beautiful and exotic-looking is a native wildflowe...

Silver-Spotted Skipper on Purple Coneflower Both butterfly and the coneflower are past their prime, but still worthy of a few pixels, I t...