Derek's Photos
Upper reaches of Spring Creek
Above Left to Right:
Assassin Bug (Family Reduviidae)
Shelf Fungus I think the white shelf fungus is Pleurotus ostreatus, which is actually a choice species for people who like to eat wild mushrooms. They are common especially on fallen willows and cottonwoods.
Least Skipper (Ancyloxpha numitor)
Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus)
Above Left to Right:
Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
Fall color in Chinese Tallow (Sapoium sebiferum)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Above Left to Right:
Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
Clouded Skipper (Colias philodice)
Hercules Club or Toothachetree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)
Daddy Longlegs or Harvestman (Family Phalangiidae)
Fungus on dead oak (unidentified) I think the orange shelf fungus might be genus Inonotus, possibly Inonotus quercustris, a species which causes wood rot in oaks.
Note: the green snake was killed by mountain bikers....one good reason to prohibit that activity
in all Preserves.
Some old structures north of Spring Creek near the old gravel mines...
