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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Two self-restorers at a riparian spot in Franklin Co, KS. Beggartick and white snakeroot. #nativeplants

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Key quote from the article suggesting that the data does not support the idea that athletics pays for itself

"I think athletics is a vital part of a university, but I'm not sure that a Division II campus of 4,000 people needs 15 competitive sports that have to be funded at all kinds of levels," said Cathy Van Doren, is a former director of development for Fort Hays State.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Monarch and buckeye butterflies at a prairie restoration in Lawrence, KS. #nativeplants #butterflies

Orange butterfly in a patch of yellow flowers.

Brown butterfly with blue/orange eyespots on its wings on a yellow flower in the prairie.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At the Kemper Museum commiserating with the other #kufball fans

Outdoor statue of a seated stick figure holding his head in his hands.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Patch of hairy sunflowers at the Prairie Center in Olathe. #nativeplants

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Snow on the mountain at Prairie Center in Olathe. Kind of a funny plant to see when temperatures are in the high 90s. #nativeplants

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Cabbage looper moth. Member of the owlet family. Name gives away what the caterpillars eat.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lesser meadow katydid. Listening to these guys at night is one of the real joys of summer.

Green grasshopper on a white metal door.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Salt marsh moth, widespread enough to be native to Kansas despite the name. Caterpillars can eat a wide variety of leaves because they have the ability to convert plant toxins into sex pheromones.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Maple spanworm moth. As the name suggests, caterpillars eat maple leaves but also a wide variety of other trees.

Brown moth with coloration meant to mimic tree bark on a white rough background.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Elf shoe stink bug. Supposedly, there is a pattern on their back that looks like elf shoes, but I don't see it even on better pix on the web.

Close up of brown bug on a rough white background

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Elegant grass veneer moth. Lot of decoration packed into maybe a quarter-inch.

Small brown and white moth with intricate patterns on it's wings.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Grey-tree frog who is maybe not as sneaky as he thinks

Grey frog with brown stripes sticking to a joukn in a wall

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Silver spotted skippers enjoying some basil flowers

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Master's dart moth. It's very pretty, but I'll confess to being a bit disappointed it wasn't the closely related subgothic dart.

Close up of brown moth with subtle stripes on a wall.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Morning-glory prominent, also known as a false unicorn moth.

Close up of brown moth on a rough white background.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bit of a happy surprise at one of the restoration sites that I haven't been to in awhile. Thought this pawpaw died over the winter because it's previous main stem didn't sprout. Grew a new stem over the summer, though still some hope. #nativeplants

Large , ovate leaves on a small seedling.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Green lacewing. Maybe red-lipped maybe golden-eyed. Very pretty either way. Makes me wish their was a #lacewing hashtag

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

iNaturalist says this is a hackberry emperor. We always just called them hackberry butterflies, so I guess somebody has been doing a little PR work for them.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wavy-lined emerald who showed up while watering plants on the deck last night.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Brown - shaded gray moth. Scientific name is Anacamptodes defectaria. Seems a little judgey.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

First trip to Leadplant Prairie in 6 weeks. Not many teasel rosettes. Did see spurge, tall thistle, stiff sunflower & compass plant blooming. #nativeplants

Flower head with a dozen white blossoms.

Tall plant with many purple flowers in a prairie.

Single yellow flower with a yellow beetle crawling across it.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Cycnia moth. Could be an unexpected cycnia or a delicate. #moths

Fuzzy white moth with pale brown stripe along outer edge of wing. Sitting on a rough white background.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sweet Joe Pye weed seeds from my yard. These do well in shady spots, so they are destined for a couple of small woodland restorations. #nativeplants

Brown paper grocery bag full of fuzzy seed heads.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Spring flowers returning for an encore in my yard - rose verbena and larkspur. Especially happy to see the larkspur because it's in a part of the yard the city tore up this spring. Glad some #nativeplants survived!

Cluster of small pink flowers in an overgrown garden.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Butterflying is thirsty work. Hackberry #butterfly sipping up water off a dogwood leaf.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Honey locust moth. Has a great species name -- Syssphinx bicolor. Has beautiful caterpillars, too. You should look at their pictures on the Life Cycle section of their Wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syssphi...

Speckled brown, fuzzy moth on a rough white background.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Bees working over some tall thistles at the boat ramp restoration. #nativeplants

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Small mocis moth caterpillar from the boat ramp restoration. These are grass eaters, apparently, so I wish they would get to work on the Johnson grass.

Small light brown caterpillar with a few black spots sitting in the palm of a hand.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Silver-spotted skippers and bees sharing space on tall thistles at the boat ramp restoration. #nativeplants

Two large bees and two black and white butterflies on large, flat purple flowers.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

3rd monarch caterpillar of the year. Never saw a chrysalis for the first two.☹️ Keep your fingers crossed for this one.

Caterpillar with black, white and yellow stripes on the underside of a large green leaf.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Juniper twig moth. He was sitting up high on the wall so I couldn't get a great photo.

Chocolate brown moth with a thin brown stripe running from wingtip to wingtip. Sitting on a rough-textured white wall.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Fairly confident it's a tiger moth. Virginia tiger moth according to Google.

Close up of white moth with a fuzzy head and a few black spots. It sits on a rough-textured white wall.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hall Ranch Natural Area, near Lyons, CO . Not much flowering because the area is in an extreme drought.

Two rocky hillsides. They are flat-topped, but leaning to the right from geological lift. Rocks are red. Hills covered in low, green vegetation.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Broad-winged and rufous hummingbirds from Allenspark, CO. Normally, we see a few but this year there were a crazy amount. Maybe because of the drought. Being unusually peaceful here.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Juanita sphinx moth from Mt. Mitchell prairie in Wabaunsee County, KS

Caterpillar with striking red and black pattern.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Spring ladies tresses flowering at Leadplant Prairie. Also, the spider milkweed has gone to seed. #nativeflowers #wildflowers

A single stalk lined with white flowers rises out of the prairie. It's surrounded by yellow black-eyed Susans.

Fuzzy white seeds emerge from a broken seed pod.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Rainbow scarab beetle. Wikipedia says they are a true dung beetle. Nice to meet someone authentic in this age of fakery. I guess males have a rhino horn, so bummed to miss that. From National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

Large beetle with an iridescent red thorax and iridescent green abdomen.

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ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social @ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is what it looks like when you have to detour off the main route and go out into the prairie because somebody else is using the trail. From the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

A lone buffalo silhouetted against the green prairie.

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