10 June 2023
Goatsbeard (Tragopogon dubius) lived up to its name this week as it showed off its huge fluffy seed head at SGL 117 in Washington County, PA.
Nymphal froghoppers known as spittlebugs hid under foam while sucking plant juice at Frick Park.
A fluffy white substance that looked like fungus may well be insects — perhaps woolly aphids (“boogie woogie” aphids) sipping sap from a cut branch.
Canadian wildfire smoke made for eerie an sunrise on Thursday morning. My photos of it were anemic. Check out Dave DiCello’s instead. Click on a photo to enlarge it.
'The blood moon rises once again…'
— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) June 8, 2023
Not really. But the sun looked eerie as it rose behind the smoke from the Canadian wildfires today in #Pittsburgh. The smoke and haze are supposed to get worse as the day goes on, so stay safe out there. So weird to see the city like this. pic.twitter.com/nZKJEg6R1f
(photos by Kate St. John, tweet embedded from @DaveDiCello)