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 24, 2023

Life in a Socket Set

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I found these sets of small socket wrench heads on a shelf in our garage/workshop at Bull Mills. They had been undisturbed for over a year ...

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Snake Month at Bull Mills

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This has been snake month at our Bull Creek cabin. We were having dinner there when we suddenly heard three loud "snaps" in 5 sec...

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Flying Ghost

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Sitting on the deck above Bull Creek while staring into space I saw a tiny white thing slowly "flying" past. I grabbed it by th...

Friday, June 30, 2023

Tiny Bison?

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Two-marked treehopper - Wikimedia While looking for leaf galls I noticed a small 5mm white speck on the under surface of a tree leaf, appar...

Thursday, June 22, 2023

At Home in the Dung

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On the Missouri Prairie Foundation Bioblitz, " Bug Eric " Eaton was leading an insect identification session when I found this 6mm...

Friday, June 9, 2023

Cute Little Fungus

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While searching the woods for plant galls I came across these beauties on the leaves and petioles of Clematis virginiana . On the petioles ...

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Flying Lint

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Woolly aphid - Mark Bower The last few days we have been seeing tiny white fluff drifting through the air. Watching closely you can see...

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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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