Oct
15
2011
Fall is coming on Red Top Mountain State Park, GA
Looking Into Fall--Red Top Mountain State Park
Sep
1
2011
Imperial Moth
Was surprised by this big guy fluttering around the porch light last week. Obviously a Saturniid, but one I had never seen before. This sighting prompted me to stumble across the Butterflies and Moths website and this wonderful article from 3 years ago: The Butterfly Effect.
These large Saturniid moths are becoming increasingly rare, threatened by something you might not think much about–light pollution, which disrupts their normal behavior, preventing them from reproducing and leaving them vulnerable to predators. This species figured in the books ‘Moths of the Limberlost‘ and ‘Girl of the Limberlost’.
Aug
20
2011
Shoals Spider Lilies, Flint River, GA
Hymenocallis coronaria, a rare and beautiful flower with an unusual habitat–in among rocks in clean, flowing water. To photograph them, you have to wade out into the river with your camera. Because of their specialized requirements, they make lousy garden plants, yet collecting is one of the things that threatens them, that and the loss of their habitat. It is still possible to find rare wonders if you know where to look, and you don’t necessarily even have to travel very far…
Redemption Atlanta August 21, 2014
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