Pearl Crescent, Eib's Pond, Staten Island. Its eggs are laid in clusters on leaves of asters, which the caterpillars then eat.



Silver-spotted Skipper, Eib's Pond, Staten Island. Host plants include wisteria, locust trees and beggar's tick.


Tiger swallowtail. Green Belt, Staten Island.

Bloodroot. Bloodroot valley, Staten Island.




Fishing for Striped Bass,
Staten Island



Oyster History, Staten Island



Seining for Riches. Conference House Park. Staten Island



The Bottom of the Harbor. Arthur Kill, Staten Island



The trouble with cormorants. Arthur Kill, Staten Island



Dazzling butterfly seeks nutritious nectar, Eib's Pond, Staten Island
Snapping Turtles,
Eib's Pond


Female Blue Dasher, Eib's Pond

Musk Turtles,
Eib's Pond

Black Crowned Night Heron Nestling (Hoffmann Island, August)

Goldenrod Flowers
(Mt. Loretto, September)


Caterpillar of an Io Moth
(Mt. Loretto, September)

Mockingbird

Halloween Pennant
(Eib's Pond, June)

Blue Dasher (Eibs Pond, June)

Snapping Turtle (Eibs Pond, June)


Seajelly (Great Kills Park, August)

Praying Mantis
(Mt. Loretto, September)

Images by Valerie Druguet


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