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Owls of Loudoun

Posted by Steve Allen Birds, Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 3, Fall 2006 By Nicole Hamilton Owls ― they are rarely seen and seldom heard; yet they inhabit

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01 Oct
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Virginia Opossum

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 3, Fall 2006 By Rachelle Hill What species has grayish fur, a pink nose, a rat-like tail, small

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01 Oct
2

Milkweed Beetle

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 3, Fall 2006 By Rachelle Hill The Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) is also known as the Eastern Milkweed

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01 Oct
1

Joe-Pye Weed

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants

Vol. 11 Issue 3, Fall 2006 By Karen Strick Summer eases into fall by showing off the lavender-blue flowers of the

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Butterfly Count 2006 Report

Posted by Jill Miller Community Science, Surveys and Counts

On August 5, the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy held its Tenth Annual Butterfly Count. The count is modeled after the Christmas

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11 Jul
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Common Housefly

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 By Rachelle Hill The common housefly often makes most of us run for our

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Striped Skunk

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 By Leslie McCasker The striped skunk (Mephistis mephistis) is about the size of a house

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0

Get Involved with Monarch Conservation by Creating a Monarch Waystation

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Monarchs

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 Here in Loudoun, we are losing our grasslands and weedy roadside areas at an

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01 Jul
1

Spiders: Weavers of the Web

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 By Nicole Hamilton On foggy mornings, Charlotte’s web was truly a thing of beauty.

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01 Jul
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Skunk Cabbage

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 By Rachelle Hill Neither skunk nor cabbage, this wildflower is perhaps a gem in

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