5 August 2023
Some superb issues had been fairly actually exterior my window final week.
Above, close by thunderstorms at dawn on 29 July produced these ominous mammatus clouds.
Two days later an entire rainbow with purple arcs crammed the sky. The purple is just too faint to see on this photograph.
It was additionally every week of enormous flying bugs.
Bigger elm leaf beetles (Monocesta coryli) have been flying by 60 toes above the pavement. This one rested on my window.
And noticed lanternfly adults (Lycorma delicatula) fly increased than you’d assume. Their numbers elevated dramatically previously week.
Nobody’s speaking about wildfire smoke however one thing was inflicting Code Orange air on Thursday. Air high quality improved lengthy earlier than sundown.
(pictures by Kate St. John)
