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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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Pink Millipede

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Millipede heading west - Chris Barnhart Chris Barnhart and I were walking along, rolling over rotting logs like 5th graders and findin...

Friday, October 13, 2017

Mite-y Bess Beetles

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Click to enlarge I came across several of these beetles when a rotted piece of firewood broke apart. Their distinctive appearance make...

Kevin' s Cat Bite

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Kevin Firth from the Butterfly House * sent me this story of a "cat" bite (as in moth caterpillar) which demonstrates the death de...

Friday, October 6, 2017

A Pair of Argiopes

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A quick field trip to Linden's Prairie with Jay Barber, Dr. Gina Wood of MSU, and a group of teachers-to-be yielded a cool pair of Ar...

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

WOLF Grasshoppers

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The WOLF class field trip to Bull Creek last week had us talking about riparian tree identification and why trees are important. As fasc...

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Snails and Scorpions

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Polygyra (Daedochilus) dorfeuilliana (8mm) and Rabdotus dealbatus ( 4mm) Exploring the glade at Henning CA with the Master Naturalist c...

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bagworm

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Head out of the bag - REK from WOLF A WOLF School student brought me this bagworm to study. As a child I got a penny for each bagwor...

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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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