http://www.cnet.com.au/3d-scanning-reveals-the-metamorphosis-of-a-butterfly-339344305.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxyZSzs7Seg&feature=player_embedded
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/84/20130304.full
Scientists at University of Manchester used micro-CT scanning to look at what happens when a caterpillar changes to a butterfly. Very neat 3D images. The first link is a short article, the 2nd link is a youtube video. The final link is the full article
http://www.cnet.com.au/3d-scanning-reveals-the-metamorphosis-of-a-butterfly-339344305.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxyZSzs7Seg&feature=player_embedded http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/84/20130304.full
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On Thursday I went looking for Solomon's Seal and Solomon's Plume to photograph. Getting a good picture of these that captures the look of the plant has been hard for me, so when Deb Nofzinger told me they were in bloom at Bradner Preserve, I went for a walk. I found both within a few steps on the path. They might need a few more days to fully open, but I took a lot of photos that I still have to sort through. This is one with both Solomon's Seal (left) and Solomon's Plume (right - also called False-Solomon's Seal) side by side. The Solomon's Seal has the flowers dangling below the main stem, while the Solomon's Plume has the flowers at the end. I also saw a plant that I did not recognize, so I took a few photos with hopes that Chris would recognize it. She did not, but after a bit of digging, I am fairly certain it is a Canada Mayflower, Maianthemum canadense, also know as the Canadian May-lily, False Lily of the Valley, Wild Lily of the Valley, of the Two-leaved Solomon's Seal. A photo of it is shown below. There are a number of very similar members of the Maianthemum family, but the region would define it as the Canada Mayflower (other species are restricted to the west coast or Asia, so unless it was planted by man..). Here are some links to additional information about the Canada Mayflower:
USDA Plant Database Wiki Illinois Wildflowers There was a large turnout with 18 people attending the MetroParks Toledo wildflower walk in Oak Opening Sunday. We went out the silver trail. The weather was a bit chilly, but it kept the mosquitoes away. Flowers that we saw that were in bloom included:
Sweet Cicely, Spring Beauty, May Apple, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Nodding (red) Trillium, Large White Trillium, Violet (blue, yellow and white), Wild Geranium, Early Meadow Rue, Marsh Marigold, Swamp Buttercup, Chickweed, Bedstraw, Golden Ragwort (Large swaths of this), Spring Cress, and Rue Anenomone. We saw these plants without blossoms: Skunk Cabbage, Trout Lily, Hepatic, and Jewel Weed It was a very good walk !!! - Lots of fun people. Randy & Chris Chris and I attended one of the current Wood County OCVN classes today on birds. Jim Witter did an outstanding job teaching inside in the morning, and then in the afternoon we took a trip to Magee Marsh for a taste of the Greatest Week in Birding. Besides many warblers, we also saw a Woodcock (right in the parking area), and some Blanding's turtles. See photos below.
Hepatica is blooming. These photos are from Oak Openings. Spring Beauty is also in bloom. And the May Apple are emerging.
On our 1st Wildflower walk at Oak Openings, we saw plenty of Skunk Cabbage and some Common Chickweed, but few other open flowers. We did see some Spring Beauty and Hepatica which are getting close to opening their flowers. Photos of those, plus some fiddlehead ferns we saw on the Blue Trail are shown below.
PBS has a Nature program out called "What Plants Talk About" . It is very interesting. You can catch it on broadcast or at:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2338524490 One interesting part is at about 34 minutes into it about Wild Lupine. On a walk today at Wildwood I saw a few Hepatica leaves. On looking closer and after moving a few leaves, I saw the beginning sprouts of the flowers. I had never seen the fuzy nature of these. See my photos below. It is neat to explore wildflowers during the times other than when they are in full bloom. I also found a web site with a photo of one a little farther along that shows all the hairs on it http://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/hepatica/
The skunk cabbage is out in full bloom at Oak Openings. Some of the early ones are already starting to leaf out as shown in the 1st photo below. In the second photo you can look inside the mottled red spathe and see the yellow spadix. We also saw some Spotted Wintergreen by Evergreen Lake.
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