Weekly Wrap-up: August 17 - 23, 2018
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White squirrels
Monarch migration
Cooper's hawks
Fox identification tips
Munching milkweed
Monarch migration
Monarch butterflies are on the move! Have you spotted any heading south? If you’re lucky, you might spot a group roosting for the evening. pic.twitter.com/fummrNxua3
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 22, 2018
Munching milkweed
Monarch caterpillars love milkweed and sometimes they’ll even eat the seed pods! We spotted this one snacking on a small pod, eventually finishing the entire thing. pic.twitter.com/fSiktcxvfp
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 20, 2018
Fox indentification tips
Fox coloring can vary greatly, sometimes making it tricky to tell a gray and red fox apart. One quick trick is to look at the tip of the tail. Gray fox will have a black tip while red fox will have a white tip! pic.twitter.com/xpvupcEPG2
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 19, 2018
Pollinator favorites
What a cool sight! An endangered rusty patched bumble bee shares anise hyssop with a monarch butterfly. Photo courtesy of Lisa Nordstrom Kuck. pic.twitter.com/9M33ZCNKN7
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 17, 2018
Spider snacks
Dinner is served! House wrens eat a wide variety of spiders and insects. We spotted this one bringing a spider back to its nestlings. pic.twitter.com/QfcIpJggvk
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 21, 2018