August 22, 2013 – Drew Monkman

Snowy Tree Cricket – a living thermometer

Last night a Snowy Tree Cricket was calling fervently outside my bedroom window at about 9 p.m. Also known as the “thermometer cricket” you can use the chirping rate to estimate air temperature. For degrees Celsius, count the number of chirps in 8 seconds and add 5. I counted 20 Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 12 yearsAugust 22, 2013 ago

Columns

Schoolyard goes mean to green

Edmison Heights at forefront of ecological movement when project began in 1990 Click here to read column

By Drew Monkman, 12 yearsAugust 22, 2013 ago

Sightings

Increase in Giant Swallowtail sightings

The number of Giant Swallowtails in the area has increased greatly in the last week or so. Yesterday we had two Giants on the same Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) in our garden in Lakefield. I also saw two more earlier in the day in the south of the county. And, Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 12 yearsAugust 22, 2013 ago

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