Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
article: Pollinator Diversity: Beyond Bees (Melissa Starkey/Mt Cuba Center)
photo essay: Photos of the Week – August 24, 2026 (Chris Helzer/The Prairie Ecologist) Some gorgeous shots (many of them macro) from the high summer east-central Nebraska prairie.
essay: How Milkweed Tussock Moths Evade Predators (Ben Applegate/The Outside Story/Northern Woodlands) Nature is lit, chat: “Bats, which use sound rather than sight to hunt their prey, are the primary nighttime predators of milkweed tussock moths. Incredibly, the moths have developed a way to communicate to bats that they are distasteful: using a pair of specialized organs called tymbals, they produce high-frequency clicks. When moths detect ultrasonic pulses from an attacking bat, they respond with clicks of their own that match the frequency of the bats’ sonar. Scientists have tested this evasion strategy and shown that the auditory clicks need to be paired with actual toxic compounds [which milkweed tussock moths derive from eating milkweed sap] to deter the bats’ behavior. Other species of tiger moths, the family group to which milkweed tussock moths belong, use a jamming technique to distort the sonar to evade bat capture.”
essay with photos: How Did the English Build Such Beautiful Villages? (Architecture & Tradition) The short answer: they were built over time, with roads that aren’t straight, using local building materials, a church in the center.
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