Great time to get out

Thanks first of all to everyone who has contributed to the Lanark County Biodiversity Project.
We are now over 4800 observations and have 1532 species.

Many dragonfly, moth and bees/wasp observations are being reported. It's worth going onto iNaturalist just to see some great photos of insects you've never seen before.

We seem to have good numbers of some of the more southern species this summer with all the hot weather. We've had Slaty Skimmers and Blue Dashers (both dragonflies!) at our beaver pond over the past week.

Lots of plants are flowering now, too. The spring flowers we all love are done but the summer-flowering species are in full bloom and even some of the later species like goldenrods and asters are in bud, at least.

If you are interested in insects or plants, now is a great time to dust off your cameras and go out and look at all that's going on.

Enjoy!

Ken.

Posted on July 16, 2020 07:02 PM by ken_j_allison