Do Japanese Beetles taste yucky?

Do Japanese Beetles taste yucky?Why else does hardly anything seem to want to eat Japanese Beetles? Lip-smacking good – crickets, earthworms, caterpillars, even some bees and wasps – yummy if you’re an insectivore that is! That’s what they call a creature that eats bugs. I spend a lot of time looking at stuff. Sometimes I understand what it’s doing,…

Where do fish go in the winter?

Where do fish go in the winter?Fish use various techniques to survive. But they are a creative bunch – they have to be! What do fish do when the water freezes? This is certainly an issue for fish that live in our part of the world. We know that some remain active, or how else could our winter ice-fishing industry survive?…

How to read animal tracks in the snow

How to read animal tracks in the snowAnimal tracks can tell what the animal was doing, but identifying the tracks can be tricky We often see animal tracks but do we really know the story they’re trying to tell us? There are lots of clues to watch out for. Let’s look at a few of them. Animal tracks are easy to detect…

Is there an upside to ARk storms?

Is there an upside to ARk storms?Capturing the rainfalls from Atmospheric River storms could help replenish depleted aquifers I usually read fiction just to relax and enjoy, and I seldom think I might learn from someone else’s fantasies. But then I read Linda Davies’ book ARk Storm. It was a good read with interesting characters and a plot involving the manipulation…
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