Comments on: Rattlesnakes in the Prairie http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/ Bird Conservation Marketing - Promoting Conservation Through Birding Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:02:31 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Birdfreak Team http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4186 The Birdfreak Team Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:34:05 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4186 Lana - thanks much. We are aware of the Japanese beetles and the problems they cause. Luckily, the prairie plants seem to fair well against them (although we will keep a close watch). Lana – thanks much. We are aware of the Japanese beetles and the problems they cause. Luckily, the prairie plants seem to fair well against them (although we will keep a close watch).

]]> By: Lana http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 Lana Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:19:16 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4185 Be warned; that's a Japanese beetle on your St. Johns wort. Although everything has it's place in nature, these beetles decimated plantlife where I grew up in NY. Love the monarch on milkweed. Thanks for sharing your plants & bugs! Be warned; that’s a Japanese beetle on your St. Johns wort. Although everything has it’s place in nature, these beetles decimated plantlife where I grew up in NY.
Love the monarch on milkweed. Thanks for sharing your plants & bugs!

]]> By: The Birdfreak Team http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 The Birdfreak Team Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:16:51 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4179 Mary - yes, it is a Japanese Beetle (unfortunately). They are certainly pesty as they are attacking some plants in our front yard but so far they are ignoring the Cupplants. We have been exterminating some of them in the front (by hand) but it is hard to keep up! Slugs = gross!! Mary – yes, it is a Japanese Beetle (unfortunately). They are certainly pesty as they are attacking some plants in our front yard but so far they are ignoring the Cupplants. We have been exterminating some of them in the front (by hand) but it is hard to keep up!

Slugs = gross!!

]]> By: Mary Carlson http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4178 Mary Carlson Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:27:16 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4178 That looks like a Japanese Beetle on your third photo. Is it? I remember those bugs as a child and how they practically destroyed my dad's roses most summers. Gosh, are there any birds or other critters around that eat these beetles? And of course I have traded those disgusting bugs for another disgusting pest here in California - slugs and snails. Ugh! BTW, great photos, and I'm glad someone in-the-know commented on the identity of your plants. That looks like a Japanese Beetle on your third photo. Is it? I remember those bugs as a child and how they practically destroyed my dad’s roses most summers. Gosh, are there any birds or other critters around that eat these beetles? And of course I have traded those disgusting bugs for another disgusting pest here in California – slugs and snails. Ugh! BTW, great photos, and I’m glad someone in-the-know commented on the identity of your plants.

]]> By: The Birdfreak Team http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 The Birdfreak Team Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:40:20 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4172 Thanks much for the info!! We have a prairie plant book that we plan to bring out to the preserve the next time we go. Good to know about the knapweed. We will check with those in charge about it. Afton is a wonderful place although we don't make it there as often as we'd like. Thanks much for the info!! We have a prairie plant book that we plan to bring out to the preserve the next time we go. Good to know about the knapweed. We will check with those in charge about it.

Afton is a wonderful place although we don’t make it there as often as we’d like.

]]> By: entangled http://birdfreak.com/rattlesnakes-in-the-prairie/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 entangled Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:57:38 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=1075#comment-4171 I'm originally from northern Illinois and I've been a sporadic reader here for several months. Anyhow, the first plant is Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria). The second looks like Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) - a real pest, but loved by bees and butterflies. The third looks like one of the St. John's Worts (Hypericum sp.), but it's hard to say which one without seeing more of the leaves. There's a good website for Illinois wildflowers at: http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm I think I stumbled onto your blog while searching for info on the Afton "Forest" Preserve, which I love to visit when I'm back in Illinois. I really enjoy the vicarious Illinois birdwatching here! I’m originally from northern Illinois and I’ve been a sporadic reader here for several months. Anyhow, the first plant is Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria). The second looks like Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) – a real pest, but loved by bees and butterflies. The third looks like one of the St. John’s Worts (Hypericum sp.), but it’s hard to say which one without seeing more of the leaves.

There’s a good website for Illinois wildflowers at:
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm

I think I stumbled onto your blog while searching for info on the Afton “Forest” Preserve, which I love to visit when I’m back in Illinois. I really enjoy the vicarious Illinois birdwatching here!

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