by Driftless Prairies | Mar 7, 2015 | Prairies and Woods
This article was written by Beth Goeppinger, WI DNR Naturalist at Richard Bong State Recreation Area. It demonstrates how important monitoring is to our management practices. Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a heavily used 4,515 acre property in the Wisconsin...
by Driftless Prairies | Aug 5, 2014 | Insects, Reptiles & Amphibians
I attended my first insect bio blitz last Saturday (26 Jul 2014) at the Erickson Wetlands in Argyle, WI. The Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC) is responsible for this fabulous new land legacy which encompasses 220-acres of diverse habitat which contains multiple...
by Driftless Prairies | Jun 17, 2013 | Insects
What’s the difference between a nymph and a larva? For years, I’ve heard both terms but hadn’t given it much thought. This year, I started photographing insects earlier than I have in the past years and as I was trying to identify some of the grasshoppers, I noticed...
