Springfield Plateau

Springfield Plateau Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalist™ is a community based natural resource education and volunteer program. Its purpose is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities for the State of Missouri.

Missouri Master Naturalists- Springfield Plateau Chapter

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Copperhead Clusters

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Copperheads x 4 - Click to enlarge I received a call from our good friend Sheila describing an invasion of copperheads around her walk b...

Friday, July 27, 2012

Tussock Moth Meets Mate

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Kevin Firth is one of our Butterfly House wranglers and a skilled amateur entomologist, by which I mean he knows a whole lot more about ins...

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Fledging Time

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It is fledging time on Bull Creek. The century old barn is functioning as a pediatric ward full of barn swallows as well as the black vult...

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Luna Cocoon

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Luna caterpillar spinning cocoon- Wikimedia We have been collecting the Luna moth cocoons from the bags on our walnut trees. Most of th...

Friday, July 20, 2012

New "Native" Species

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"What's Up Doc"- Click to enlarge Driving down the Mail Trace Road at Bull Mills you are likely to see a small armadillo r...

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

All or Mothing

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Saturday night we held All or Mothing , a moth identification event at Bull Mills. We gathered a group of butterfly wranglers and docents f...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Grapevine Beetle

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My guilty conscience gave me a good scare last week. Coming in from the deck at night after spraying the remaining wasps that were nestin...

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Bob and Barb: We are a retired physician and nurse, writing to advance the cause of nature through education. We are active in Missouri Master Naturalists as well as a wide variety of like minded Conservation organizations.

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