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𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗦: Real Christmas trees are grown outdoors and serve as a home for overwintering insects and other arthropods. Here's what to look for. #HighPlainsJournal #HPJ #Christmastree #insects

8 Species of Woodpeckers in Minnesota

10 Types of Toads In Colorado - Animallearns Toads in Colorado, such as the Woodhouse's Toad and the Red-Spotted Toad, contribute to the state's diverse amphibian population, showcasing unique adaptations to the local environment. All continents in the world have toads, except Antarctica. True toads, or Family Bufonidaee, comprise the majority of them. The remaining members belong to the families Scaphiopodidae, Rhinophrynidae, and Microhylidae. Toads and frogs belong to the same order, yet their warts, noises, and skin types are very different. Toads are frequently found farther away from bodies of water because they can endure longer periods without water. 10 Types of Toads In Colorado Woodhouse’s Toad           Great Plains Toad Red-Spotted Toad Great Basin Spadefoot Toad Western Green Toad Boreal Toad Mexican Spadefoot Toad Great Plains Narrow-Mouthed Toad Couch’s Spadefoot Toad Plains Spadefoot Toad #ColoradoToads #ToadsofColorado #RockyMountainToads #ColoradoWildlife #ToadWatching #ToadSpotting #HighCountryAmphibians #ColoradoCritters #ToadConservation #MountainToads #ToadHabitat #ColoradoNature #ToadLife #WildlifeInColorado #ToadLove #ToadsInTheRockies #ColoradoBiodiversity #HighAltitudeToads #DiscoverColoradoToads #ToadAwareness

8 Species of Woodpeckers in Minnesota

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New Article is up on our site! Summer wasp control & identification: “NH is home to several species of stinging insects that all fall under the same family known as Vespidae; all with varying degrees of temperament around humans. One of the most common bouts of confusion surrounding stinging insects is identification, and the reference to such. Wasps are not the same as bees, and hornets are not the same as solitary wasps. Understanding the differences between species and genus is paramount to determining whether the stinging insect you’ve encountered poses a safety threat.” 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eNhvVj8H #localpestcontroldoneright #newhampshire #supportlocalbusiness #nhpestcontrol #the603 #nhsmallbusiness #monadnockregion #monadnockpest

Bark Bird The Brown Creeper is a bark bird - a ghost of sorts, a spirit of our woodlands, a true druid flitting about in modern times. If you're an armchair birder that happens upon one for the first time you'd probably think you just discovered another continent. I recall my first, in my teens walking along a brook behind my house. I had took a double-take as the bird was going down-up the tree backwards. It would stop every once and a while and use its recurved pincer-beak to grab some imperceptible insect speck from under a flake of bark. It's hard to keep track. They climb up to a certain point - usually around the 40 foot level - and than fly down to the base of another tree and start the forage anew. A bark vacuum, gleaning and cleaning away insects from a trees skin like a remora fish on a shark. I took the image below from deep within a cold, leafless, bottomland swamp in north central New Jersey this past weekend. If you're patient and observant most wooded habitats will host a few. The key is looking up and down trees - slowly - as you walk. Like I said, these guys are woodland spirits - eye-tricking apparitions in our woods all around us. PS - Check out the tail-prop - common use of that tool https://lnkd.in/eDX2MAx3

It's #NationalBisonDay! Did you know the American bison is the largest land mammal in North America? Adult males can weigh in at a whopping 2,000lbs, while calves can weigh 30-70lbs at birth! These grazing titans rarely eat forbs, like wildflowers, but prefer young, tender grasses and can consume more than 30lbs of grass in a day. In Texas, there are two State Parks that are home to bison: Caprock Canyons State Park and San Angelo State Park—but don’t get too close, they can run at speeds up to 35mph and jump up to 6ft high! Bison are also vital to the health of prairies and grasslands. Their hooves work the soil to make space for new plants to grow; their droppings provide nutrients for micro-organisms living beneath the surface; their wallowing behavior creates depressions that collect water and provide habitat for insects and amphibians; and native grass seeds can stick to their fur and disperse as they move. These ecosystem engineers do it all! Learn more about this iconic keystone species: https://nature.ly/3ZQWn35 📹: Bison at Caprock Canyons State Park.

Fascinating Anteaters Types, Habitat & Distribution In this post, we will discuss Anteaters types, Habitats, characteristics, distribution, Behaviour, and lifestyle. If the termites have odd friends, they have even weirder foes. This is a giant Anteater. Anteaters are unique animals distinguished by their unusual diet of termites and ants. But these oddball animals have little lips devoid of teeth! Anteaters use their long, thin tongues and elongated, tube-like snouts to take in food. Anteaters utilize their small, flexible tongues to suck up their preferred tiny insects, which are coated with a unique sticky spit. Anteaters really fall under the suborder Vermilingua, which literally translates to "worm tongue"! Large claws on their front paws also aid anteaters in their ability to burrow into insect nests. They cautiously break in for meals, but they don't entirely demolish the nests; instead, they leave the colony to reorganize. But that doesn't mean they don't have an impact on the amount of insects in the colony; in fact, each individual anteater may devour thousands of insects in a single day!

New Year, new writing! See my latest article in #TheOutsideStory from Northern Woodlands about pinecones, including some tidbits about pollination, predator swamping, and wildlife-pinecone relationships! #forests #wildlife #sciencecommunication