It irritates me that it takes the article so long to name the chemical in the treatment - sulfate. Yes, acid rain. I agree with you - nevertheless the topic fascinates me. Have you read Elizabeth Kolbert? Her book Under a White Sky discusses several of these kinds of geoengineering.

Great lighting!

Check out this website, Butterflies of New Mexico, if you are interested in more details. peecnature.org/butterflies-... It's great to be in touch with someone interested in proper IDs!

In my area, you can pretty much assume it's a Huachuca skipper. From this angle, though, it is a little hard to tell the difference, but I think the forewing markings are a dead ringer for a Huachuca. Interesting to me, the Huachuca used to be considered a subspecies of silver-spotted.

Got mine last weekend.

That's a squirrel tail sticking out of its mouth.

Oooo! Actually, those are crescents, pearl crescents, I think. Nice shot.

Feb. 26. I would love some birthday frog spam.

Ants apparently have a really powerful relationship with other species. I just learned that certain caterpillars thrive by certain ant species treating them as a queen ant, thus feeding and protecting them.

Thistles are so powerful!