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Cicadas aka “Jar Fly”

article by Rose Collison Cicadas begin life as a rice-shaped egg that the female deposits in a groove she makes in a tree limb, using her ovipositor. The groove provides shelter and exposes the tree fluids, which the young cicadas feed on. These grooves can kill small branches. When the branches die and leaves turn […]

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Amazing Tree Frogs!

article by Rose Collison, photos by Patrice Johnson and Rose Collison Tree frogs represent a diverse family of amphibians that includes over 800 species. Not all tree frogs live in trees. Rather, the feature that unites them has to do with their feet. The last bone in their toes is shaped like a claw. Tree […]