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 26, 2022

A Fungus Among Us

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I had these photographs of a moth with a bad hair day sent to me several years ago and just got around to identifying them. I have lost tra...

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Slime Molds

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Today's blog is by the our award winning photographer of fungi, Dr. Mark Bower. I asked him to tell us a little about slime molds, with...

Friday, September 30, 2022

Owl Pellets

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I recently was gifted owl pellets by Ben Caruthers. The dried undigested regurgitated remnants of an owl meal is an exciting exploration ...

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Summer Egg Hunt #

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Tonya Smith sent me on a non-Easter egg hunt with these picture of a string of barrel shaped eggs laid on a mulberry sapling leaf. A search...

Friday, September 23, 2022

Rusty Spider Wasp

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Building her nest - BC Ben Caruthers comes through again with a great set of pictures. He shot this red wasp and identified it as a rusty s...

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Giant Walkingstick

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I found this stick insect in the bed of my truck after emptying a load of cut branches. This is a giant walkingstick, Megaphasma denticrus...

Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Ant that Ain't - Cow Killer

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Our unpaid staff photographer Ben Caruthers sent me a set of photographs of a velvet ant that are too good to pass up. I updated this blog f...

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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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