Why are some bees green?
Some tiny sweat bees are a beautiful metallic green. But why are they green?
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Tyler Moore
Aug 252 min
Meeting the new neighbors
It has been a busy year. Career changes, moving, adapting. It all results in less available time to meander through the native gardens...
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Tyler Moore
Oct 29, 20232 min
An ode to the end of insect season
Summer has its own pace. It is frantic, it is fleeting. Insects seem cognizant of the short window for gathering resources and...
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Tyler Moore
Aug 7, 20232 min
Do we need an anti-Arbor Day?
We all love trees. They provide shade, they reduce erosion, they support many insects and birds and mammals. They have been the subject...
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Tyler Moore
May 11, 20232 min
Backyard Weirdos: Tiny Strangers in May
Now that it is spring, it is the perfect time to keep an eye out for some of the strange creatures that can occupy our urban habitats. If...
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Tyler Moore
Apr 30, 20232 min
Backyard LeConte's Sparrow: Thick vegetation brings a welcome surprise
While walking along our brick horseshoe path through the prairie garden, I heard a rustling in the grass. A squirrel searching for last...
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Tyler Moore
Mar 9, 20231 min
Sandhill cranes on a brisk morning
This site is mostly dedicated to habitat within our cities and the animals that utilize it. However, Nebraska's sandhill crane migration...
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Tyler Moore
Mar 5, 20232 min
Winter Buds: Looking toward next season
How good are you at identifying woody plants by their winter buds? The odds are pretty good that you are better than I am. How much do...
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Tyler Moore
Feb 18, 20232 min
The many styles of winter Echinacea
A photographic exploration of the unique geometries of winter Echinacea purpurea.
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Tyler Moore
Dec 19, 20223 min
Reflections on the Winter Habitat Garden
A lot of creative writing has gone into emphasizing the native habitat garden's winter state. The life cycles of many species have...
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Tyler Moore
Dec 11, 20224 min
You might be wrong about wetlands.
You might be wrong about wetlands. To you, wetlands might be pits of stagnant water covered in a pea-green film. You imagine the...
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tmoorebu
Nov 4, 20221 min
A Season of Bees
As fall weather pushes the final blooming flowers into senescence, we can now reflect on the previous season. Native habitat gardens are...
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tmoorebu
Aug 17, 20223 min
The Ecosystem of Cultivated Pumpkin
The pumpkin is an interesting plant embedded into North American culture. For thousands of years before arrival of Europeans, people in...
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tmoorebu
Aug 13, 20223 min
A suburban oasis on a single flower
I have always been a fan of nature documentaries. One particularly captivating scene is that of the savanna watering hole. Here, predator...
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Tyler Moore
Jan 4, 202216 min
Integrated Pest Management of Lawns
We often spend a lot of our time and advocacy on replacing turf grass with native plants. However, lawns are a significant cultural...
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tmoorebu
Oct 9, 20213 min
More than honeybees where people live
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is the most recognizable bee in North America. The species is the branding of numerous food items and is...
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Tyler Moore
Oct 3, 20213 min
Skippers: The fluttering fairies of urban habitats
Skippers might be the most emblematic butterflies of suburbia. They flutter out of the grass to escape lawnmower blades. They bounce...
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