Archive for August, 2006

Catching bugs 101

Friday, August 18th, 2006

An open truck window makes a great place to spin a web.

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Toad

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

This small toad realized that a tent is a good place to find bugs to eat.

It didn’t seem to mind the attention, it just hung out. It was there the next morning too.

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Friendly Katydid

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

It was a little chilly in the morning, and this katydid didn’t mind being picked up for a photograph.

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Stargazing

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

I went camping in Maine, where I got to see the remnants of the meteor shower (which were still quite spectacular) and Venus.

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Flies on a Tent

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

I camped out at my friends’ house to watch the meteor shower. It was cloudy, so we didn’t see much.
The next day, I took these pictures of flies on the tent bag.

It must have thought that the tent bag was some sort of flower, because it was more focused on licking it […]

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