Turn over a bean leaf in July and you may find a row of white pinheads hovering beneath it. They are too orderly for dust and too widely spaced for mold. Each one hangs at the end of a filament so fine that the egg seems to be floating a fraction of an inch away from the leaf. The obvious…
If you ever find a dead fly glued to a window, a fence rail, or the tip of a late-summer plant stem, do not wipe it away too quickly. Look at the wings first. If they are lifted like tiny glass doors, and a pale dusting sits around the body, you may be looking at one of the strangest deaths…
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