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In the woods we return to reason and faith-Emerson

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Monday, August 4, 2014

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8-4
A pair of small terrestrial snails has a slo-mo tryst on a milkweed leaf. Snails are hermaphroditic, both should leave the leaf pregnant.
Minuscule translucent Ram's Horn type snails litter an oft flooded farm lane.
And the rather sculptural seed pods and softly furred heart-shaped leaves of Velvet Leaf make it easy to identify even when not in flower. Velvet leaf can reach pest status on cultivated land.
John
mating snails

small Ram's Horn Snail

Velvet Leaf seed pod

Velvet Leaf leaf

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