An invasive species in these parts.
Japanese Beetles
Category: Wildlife
Fireflies
After a bit of experimenting, I was able to get a photo of fireflies in the yard last night.
Dragonflies
While walking along the Mactaquac headpond this morning, there were many small dragonfies on the rocks and driftwood. It was moulting season for Lancet Clubtails.
Adult dragonflies live for two weeks on average.
Lancet Clubtail @ iNaturalist.ca
Dragonfly Life Cycle @ dragonflywebsite.com
Woodpile Buddy
Just about every time I pull out a length of lumber from the pile…
Fawn
During the annual highway cleanup for Lower Queensbury, I spotted what might have been another dead animal in the ditch. On closer inspection, it was a living fawn. This was likely from the doe/fawn pair I’d seen in the area. Not knowing if it might be injured, we contacted DNR. A short time later a ranger came by, determined it was unharmed and said that this was relatively common and ‘mom’ would likely be back later.
Checked back in the evening and it was gone. I’m keeping an eye out for them.