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Cold-blooded Harbingers of Spring

Mar 4, 2018

Cold-blooded Harbingers of Spring

Although as I’m writing this on March 2nd, 2018, when Philadelphia is in the middle of snowy and windy Northeaster that makes it hard to...

Top 5 Reasons to Grow Native Plants

Feb 18, 2018

Top 5 Reasons to Grow Native Plants

Over the past few decades, urbanization has transformed natural land into fragmented hardscapes spotted with harmful lawns and ornamental...

Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) Eggcase (ootheca)

Matthew Karnatz

Jan 24, 2018

Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) Eggcase (ootheca)

If you look around at about 1-4 ft off the ground in brush, you can find mantis egg cases. These eggcases are called "ootheca" in...

Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatu)

Matthew Karnatz

Jan 17, 2018

Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatu)

This four inch mushroom was seen growing at the beginning of December after a rainstorm. This mushroom, called the shaggy mane mushroom,...

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