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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Monday, July 30, 2018

Incredible Journey Ant

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We were looking at a pair of well worn moth wings on the deck when an ant picked one up and started across the deck. Soon another ant p...

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Bluebirds of Happiness

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Kathleen's bluebird - Chris Meyer We spend most of our time on Bull Creek where we have a trail of 15 bluebird houses scattered alon...

Monday, July 16, 2018

Tadpole Legs

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You may recall that we commented in Linda Bower's leeches video that the tadpoles only had hind legs. I always assumed that the front...

Friday, July 13, 2018

Linda's Leeches

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Our resident videographer, Linda Bower, has been into leeches lately. The ones seen here are Placobdella picta , a species that specia...

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Twitching Spider Leg

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As I was sitting at my desk last week, I saw a little brown spider come out from behind some books. I suspected the spider was a brown r...

Monday, July 9, 2018

Wolf Spider

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While doing a soil survey in our freshly mowed hay field, Richard Locke spotted a large spider skittering over the duff. After multipl...

Saturday, July 7, 2018

A Beetle Moves a Mouse

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Carrion beetles on a rat This long-dead pack rat, Neotoma floridana, from our well house gave us a chance to witness a major orgy o...

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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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