Adventures, Wildlife and Nature - Story, Artwork and Photos of a Little Boy Making Mischief in Muskoka.
Recently a couple different types of orange butterflies with brown markings and spots showed up at my front doorstep. Since they arrived at the same time it gave me a chance to photograph and notice the differences in these butterflies. … Continued
This week I am seeing some new dragonflies emerging. Now we have some Twelve-Spotted Skimmers, Libellula-pulchella, helping to do battle against the deer flies and horse flies. Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonflies slightly resemble the Common Whitetail dragonflies that I posted about … Continued
From the time the first dragonflies emerge in May we see booming populations of new dragonfly varieties every couple weeks. In Muskoka, this (mid-summer) is the season for the Common Whitetail dragonfly, Plathemis lydia. These large dragonflies have a reputation … Continued