Organism of the Day

A Regular Mountain Lake Natural History Essay Series

The "Organism of the Day" natural history display appears Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Lewis Hall entrance foyer during the summer months.  Residents and station visitors enjoy new organisms each day. The tradition was started by then Station Director Henry Wilbur in the 1990s, and in 2010 Wilbur passed the responsibility for Organism of the Day to life-long station resident Hazel Galloway. She completed the 2010 essays with assistance from Jesse Galloway, Eliza Brodie, and Fisher Brodie. Henry Wilbur and Mary Jane Epps have helped immensely with the organisms which fall into their own broad fields of expertise. 

- Hazel Galloway

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Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
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Past Essays
August 01, 2012 Yellow Buckeye / Aesculus flava
July 27, 2012 Eastern Hay-Scented vs. New York Fern /
July 25, 2012 Leaf-footed Bug Nymph / Acanthocephala terminalis
July 23, 2012 Timber Rattlesnake / Crotalus horridus
July 20, 2012 Smooth Chanterelle / Cantharellus lateritius
July 19, 2012 Black Rat Snake / Pantherophis obsoletus
July 15, 2012 Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
July 13, 2012 Mantleslug / Philomycus (carolinianus?)
July 11, 2012 Common Rush / Juncus effusus
June 29, 2012 Water Scorpion / Ranatra sp.
June 24, 2012 Eastern Hemlock / Tsuga canadensis
June 23, 2012 Pickerel Frog / Lithobates palustris
June 20, 2012 American Witchhazel / Hamamelis virginiana
June 18, 2012 Jefferson Salamander / Ambystoma jeffersonianum
June 15, 2012 Luna Moth / Actias luna
July 27, 2011 Scarlet Caterpillar Club / Cordyceps militaris
July 26, 2011 Artist’s Conk / Ganoderma applanatum
July 15, 2011 American Chestnut / Castanea dentata
July 11, 2011 Cup Fungi / Microstoma floccosa & Crucibulum laeve
June 27, 2011 Lichens /
June 24, 2011 Northern Water Snake / Nerodia sipedon sipedon
June 17, 2011 Fly Poison / Amianthium muscaetoxicum; also, A. muscitoxicum
June 17, 2011 Galax / Galax urceolata
June 15, 2011 Eastern Chipmunk / Tamias Striatus
July 30, 2010 Rodent Bot Fly Larvae / Cuterebra (fontinella?)
July 26, 2010 Cave Salamander / Eurycea lucifuga
July 26, 2010 White-tailed Deer / Odocoileus virginianus
July 23, 2010 North American Millipede / Narceus americanus
July 21, 2010 Woolly Bear Caterpillar / Pyrrharctia isabella
July 20, 2010 Striped Maple / Acer pensylvanicum
July 17, 2010 Northern Short-tailed Shrew / Blarina brevicauda
July 16, 2010 Hermit Flower Beetle / Osmoderma eremicola
July 15, 2010 Predaceous Diving Beetle Larvae / Cybister sp.
July 14, 2010 Rosy Maple Moth / Dryocampa rubicunda
July 12, 2010 Slimy & Jordan's Salamanders / Plethodon glutinosis & P. jordani
July 09, 2010 Slime Molds / Myxogastrias
July 07, 2010 American Bullfrog / Rana catesbeiana
June 29, 2010 European Earwig / Forficula auricularia
June 28, 2010 Barometer Earthstar / Astraeus hygrometricus
June 24, 2010 Bull Thistle / Cirsium vulgare

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