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Other Pollinators / Re: Mingus Trail
« Last post by The15thMember on March 15, 2024, 11:02:03 pm »
The BugGuiders were able to ID it to genus level for me.  It's some sort of earth-boring scarab of the Geotrupes genus.  I was looking in right superfamily, but the wrong family.  :-[  https://bugguide.net/node/view/12537
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Other Pollinators / Re: Mingus Trail
« Last post by neillsayers on March 15, 2024, 08:59:04 pm »
Could be a dung beetle.
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Honey, Bee Forage; Nectar & Pollen Sources / Re: What blooms where and when
« Last post by Bakersdozen on March 15, 2024, 01:49:35 pm »
66061: The week of March 10--16 we have Dandelions, Nettles and Henbit.  Goat Willow pollen is fully exposed. Wild plums too!
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Recipes / Re: What's Cookin'
« Last post by Bakersdozen on March 15, 2024, 11:11:00 am »
Good job!
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Other Pollinators / Re: Mingus Trail
« Last post by Bakersdozen on March 15, 2024, 11:09:31 am »
15th, My bride says it's likely a Japanese Beetle. That might help your search.

In my part of the country,  it's too early for Japanese Beetles.  But, she was seeing butterflies, so maybe.
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Recipes / Re: What's Cookin'
« Last post by The15thMember on March 14, 2024, 07:47:51 pm »
Today my little sister and I baked cookies entirely without supervision for the first time.  ;D  Mom was working on getting her seeds started, and she refused to be interrupted, so we were on our own.  We made honey cookies using a recipe from Beehive Alchemy by Petra Ahnert.  Everything went really well, and everyone gave them a positive review.  :)



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Other Pollinators / Re: Mingus Trail
« Last post by The15thMember on March 14, 2024, 05:26:34 pm »
I don't think so.  Here's a Japanese beetle.  Notice the different colors and the different head.  Also this beetle had soil caked on its legs, indicating it digs, which is something Japanese beetle adults don't do, to my knowledge.  Plus this beetles was 2-3 times larger than a Japanese beetle.

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Other Pollinators / Re: Mingus Trail
« Last post by neillsayers on March 14, 2024, 01:25:54 pm »
15th, My bride says it's likely a Japanese Beetle. That might help your search.
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Other Pollinators / Mingus Trail
« Last post by The15thMember on March 14, 2024, 12:21:27 pm »
My family and I hiked up to the Mingus Family Cemetery yesterday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  I saw so many aggregations of little Andrena mining bees emerging.  We saw a lot of eastern comma butterflies puddling along the trail, although they were too fast for me to get any good pictures of them with my phone camera. We also found this beautiful beetle, which I can't seem to ID.  I'm inclined to think it's some sort of dynastid beetle, but even after scouring Bugguide for around a hour, I couldn't seem to find any that are this color.  And Google was no help, since "large green beetle NC" and other related searches just gives me page after page of June bugs.  We also saw some interesting mushrooms and some beautiful moss sporophytes. 


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Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees / Re: Swarm...3/12/2024
« Last post by Bakersdozen on March 13, 2024, 10:43:26 am »
We've had reports of swarms last week.  Early! I joked about planting your potatoes and putting up your swarm boxes by St. Patrick's Day.
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