Baby Spiders
Between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning, we spotted these baby spiders on our deck. They appear to be orb-weavers. Later in the day, both the spiders and the web (see photo) were gone.
Lunar Eclipse Photos
These are some pictures of the moon during the recent lunar eclipse. Going from left to right, they start before a full eclipse and end after a full eclipse.
And I was just wondering, who took a bite out of the moon?
Weird Illinois Weather
Between January 3rd and January 7th the temperature rose from a low of -5ºF to around 60ºF. The afternoon of January 7th an unusual storm, for that time of year, struck. A tornado touched down around fifteen miles from where I live. This tornado’s path stretched for thirteen miles.
The National Weather Service has a very interesting map and some pictures. You can see them on their page about this tornado.
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We had an ice storm a little bit ago and another one today. The result of the ice storms is easy to see:
When the wind blows, the ice can be heard cracking:
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I mentioned in A Lion in a Quart Jar, that an ant lion is the larvae of a damselfly-like insect. You can see what an adult ant lion looks like in this picture:
And this picture:
My ant lion destroyed its funnel and didn’t build a new one. After a while, the ant lion emerged as an adult ant lion.
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