Boggy Bottom began at Winterberry Christian Academy on Marco Island, Florida, and now is at Marketplace Mission Learning Center. Marco averages 56 inches of rain a year - November through April average 2 inches while May through October average 7 inches. With up to 9 inches in one day, Marco uses retention basins that become ponds filled alive with tadpoles, frogs and soon, flocks of birds. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Why is health care so expensive? Part 2 of 2.

They were among the very first winged insects to evolve over 300 million years ago! Many people ask, What do dragonflies eat? As adults, dragonflies eat other insects and can consume hundreds of mosquitoes in one day! Enjoy beautiful dragonfly photos submitted by our visitors. VIEW DRAGONFLY PHOTOS AND SLIDESHOWS. Be sure to visit our Nature Store.

Investigating the Spotted Tussock Moth. It can be tough to make things happen and keep them happening without an institutional framework. In writing the book, I was really impressed by the projects that developed independently, just because some individual was interested in something and wanted to learn more. Spotted tussock moth and caterpillar varieties. While Ken has formal sci.

For new county records in Jackson County or additional ranges for species in Washtenaw County. The hills and fields east of Prospect Hill Road and north of Sharon Valley Road in Washtenaw County provide many great upland areas to search for odes.

Roy Beckemeyer is a retired Aeronautical Engineer with a deep and abiding interest in natural history. He studies the taxonomy and biology of dragonflies, robber flies, and other insects, Paleozoic fossil insects, and the biomechanics and evolution of flight in nature. He is on the editorial boards of The Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Odonatologica. And is Co-editor of The. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.

Hard at work behind the scenes. Believe it or not, work is proceeding slowly on the Michigan Odonata Atlas. The emphasis is on slowly. Meanwhile, funding for my position at the Rouge River Bird Observatory. The last few months, the.

Welcome to the MOS! The place for Michigan Odonata. Check out the amazing Dragonflies group on Flickr. I am working on the functionality of the larvae keys. They should be available soon. Blogging has not escaped our attention. It also affords us to have our own personalized view of the world available to others.