Cape May County Explorations

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I was doing a report on the Chestnut Oak today, and remembered something I thought should be followed up on. At one point, I noted that more than 90% of the Chestnut oak trunks had dead caterpillars on them. All of them just dead, stopped in their tracks. Below is one example I photographed. Today I did a google search, and from what I'm seeing there is a fungus amongst us that kills the gypsy moth caterpillars (spongy moth to be politically correct).

entomophagus fungi (Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu & R. S. Soper, 1988)

Image 5620009 is of entomophagus fungi (Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu & R. S. Soper, 1988) biological control on spongy moth (formerly gypsy moth). It is by Steven Katovich. Group of dead desiccated caterpillars, most of these were killed by Entomophaga. There are two at the top that were...

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Entomophaga maimaiga

biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu

 

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The season has begun. This tree is next to their rail trail on a private lot margin. I'd say the tree is very annoyed by this sign. The tree is either trying to eat it or eject it.

Name this tree.

One guy in a homeless camp was fond of both Carl Jung and Star Wars. He had over 100 books, deep in the woods. I see these camps a lot, but every one of them has been abandoned. I think we need to get these people into facilities for rehab and proper care.

 

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Here's an interesting small tree, about 25 feet tall. Can also be a shrub.

 

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The tree in the last post is Wax Myrtle; biggest I've ever seen. My friend Dave told me they have some large ones elsewhere; I think he mentioned that area east of route 50 (cannot recall! A mansion there). Anyways, this one is at least 25 feet. Not that bad for a big shrub.

Anyway, at an old dump up by Goshen, which I deigned to not pick through too much, I found a sliver of a bottle of Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root. Said to be good for kidney, liver, and bladder trouble.

 

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I went to Reed's Beach yesterday. This house is damn near falling down, not far from the beach. Odd that they let this stay like that.

 

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Red Maple seedlings at Cedar Swamp Creek, behind those graves. Oddly, only dead to almost dead cedar is in the swamp, and even those few and far between.

 

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This tree is a brute. I think a sweet gum, did not check. But I think a holly behind it may have caused it to do the curve, and then it reached for the sky.

 

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Scott, found this deep in the woods, so somebody like you also enjoys a chew while out hunting.
Is this the brand you stick between cheek and jowel? Don't the claws bite into your cheek?

 

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This is what that there bellwort flower be lookin' like this time a year.

 

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Lizard-tail coming in gang-busters style, making room for itself.

 

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He thought I was not noticing him, so I started prodding him with a stick, like all boys are wont to do. Damn thing swam towards me. They do have a temper.

 

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This is Carex barrattii, a once-threatened sedge that was delisted several(?) years ago. This was a very unusual patch of over a thousand easily. Amazingly uniform patch about 50' long X 15' wide (a guess). A handsome sedge, I've always said.

 

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I wish I had known you were going to Reeds Beach. You could have taken a photo of the house that now stands at my grandparents place. I have not been there in years but we were there quite a bit as kids.

 

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I wish I had known you were going to Reeds Beach. You could have taken a photo of the house that now stands at my grandparents place. I have not been there in years but we were there quite a bit as kids.

If you give me the adress, and I can get it done without seeming like a house-caser I'll do it. Those houses are tight together.

 

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If you give me the adress, and I can get it done without seeming like a house-caser I'll do it. Those houses are tight together.

No need to worry about doing it.