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The Shrone: The Accidental Lepidopterist: First Brood of Black Swallowtails
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Monday, May 5, 2014. The Accidental Lepidopterist: First Brood of Black Swallowtails. On May 2nd we did some volunteer work at the museum cleaning up a patch of overgrown mint on the landscape gardens around the butterfly house. Later on we found some black swallowtail caterpillars munching on some fennel. We brought home six cats to nurse into butterflies. While I was taking pictures of them I made an interesting discovery! I found a bonus baby caterpillar! Bonus baby caterpillar with orange aphid.
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The Shrone: This Winter I'll Try Not to Be SAD
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Saturday, September 6, 2014. This Winter I'll Try Not to Be SAD. I'm of Swiss, German, and Swedish ancestry so you'd think I'd be immune to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), but come the shorter, colder days and my pineal gland wigs out. I seem to get worse the older I get. Short of blinding my eyes with a lightbulb each day I've started something in the hopes to alleviate the effects of my least favorite seasons of Autumn and Winter (is coming). Serotonin: The Happiest Neurotransmitter. I felt so much ...
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