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Fruit Flies: Cooking Up a Habitat
Naturalist Kelly Rypkema endeavors to answer a viewer’s question and ends up with an infestation of dizzying Drosophila – melanogaster, that is – Fruit flies. Tune in to see how to make your kitchen a ripe habitat for these impish insects. more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Fall, Habitats of City Wildlife, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Plants, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer, Videos, Winter
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Leaf Miners
Leaf miners are on the loose in Central Park, unleashing their own kind of vandalism. Kelly Rypkema is hot on the trail of these marauding insects. They’re frass-king for it…
Posted in Animals, Nature by the Seasons, Plants, Poop, Droppings, and other Calling Cards, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer, Videos
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Cicada Killer, Forest Predator
Kelly Rypkema finds a stinging “killer” of the forest, and an example of how the fiercest predators can fall prey to the smallest animals in Nature’s circle of life.
Posted in Animals, Nature by the Seasons, Predators and Prey, Spiders and Insects, Summer
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Cicada, the Chubby Bug
Droning cicadas rattling out their mating call are a sure sign of summer. Kelly Rypkema shows how to get a close look at these very large insects – from a safe distance.
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Communication, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Poop, Droppings, and other Calling Cards, Spiders and Insects, Summer
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Fireflies: Part Deux
Kelly Rypkema takes a closer look at just what’s being said at those firefly light shows on warm summer nights — and how you can join in the fun!
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Communication, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Spiders and Insects, Summer, Talking with Animals
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Fireflies
When these summer flashers come courting, body language really is better.
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Communication, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, Spiders and Insects, Summer
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When Ants Go Marching
Host Kelly Rypkema takes a look at how ants find their way through the urban jungle!
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Communication, Fall, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer, Talking with Animals
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