{"id":192,"date":"2019-08-22T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/?p=192"},"modified":"2019-08-22T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:38:31","slug":"arboretum-as-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/2019\/08\/22\/arboretum-as-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Arboretum as Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-192 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/2019\/08\/22\/arboretum-as-habitat\/b788f90e-97d9-4c22-b29a-623037740583\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/b788f90e-97d9-4c22-b29a-623037740583-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/b788f90e-97d9-4c22-b29a-623037740583-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/b788f90e-97d9-4c22-b29a-623037740583-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/b788f90e-97d9-4c22-b29a-623037740583.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/2019\/08\/22\/arboretum-as-habitat\/e1e58449-f090-4ec4-b3da-d531433e0ab0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/e1e58449-f090-4ec4-b3da-d531433e0ab0-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/e1e58449-f090-4ec4-b3da-d531433e0ab0-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/e1e58449-f090-4ec4-b3da-d531433e0ab0-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/e1e58449-f090-4ec4-b3da-d531433e0ab0.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-193'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Black Swallowtail Chrysalis\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/2019\/08\/22\/arboretum-as-habitat\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/6f5e3ec3-dc31-48e7-8e80-5d717c6e2de5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-197'>\n\t\t\t\tNewly Emerged Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/2019\/08\/22\/arboretum-as-habitat\/swallowtail-compressed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/swallowtail-compressed-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/swallowtail-compressed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/swallowtail-compressed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/swallowtail-compressed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/swallowtail-compressed.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-198'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst Wing Spread of Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Seems to be a bumper crop of butterflies around this summer. Have you noticed this too?<\/p>\n<p>Feels like everywhere I look I find <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.ncsu.edu\/cals\/course\/ent425\/library\/compendium\/lepidoptera.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lepidoptera<\/a> in various stages of development.<\/p>\n<p>When I find one of these, or participate in our annual <a href=\"https:\/\/ambler.temple.edu\/research\/earthfest\/ambler-arboretum-bioblitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BioBlitz<\/a>, or pause to consider the damage the deer, rabbit, groundhogs are causing to our plantings I find time to reflect on the fact that the Arboretum is a home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/64906dd3-923f-4053-8617-aa231a14ad83-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/64906dd3-923f-4053-8617-aa231a14ad83-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/64906dd3-923f-4053-8617-aa231a14ad83-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/64906dd3-923f-4053-8617-aa231a14ad83.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polyphemous Moth<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I know the Arboretum as an outdoor classroom for our students, as a living laboratory for our faculty, and as an inspriational and connective resource for our community and I know it is a home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle.jpg 632w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dogbane Leaf Beetle on Dogbane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We embrace the violets some consider weeds to support Firillary butterflies. We embrace the chewed leaves of milkweeds to support the Monarchs. We welcome spiders and beetles as part of our integrated pest management program. We plant for the bees, and bats, and birds. We leave weeds because sometimes having them around is the only way to encourage something interesting to the gardens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"wp-image-205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Bumble-and-Japanese-Beetle-on-Echinacea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Bumble-and-Japanese-Beetle-on-Echinacea.jpg 401w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Bumble-and-Japanese-Beetle-on-Echinacea-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese Beetle and Bumble Bee on Coneflower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Arboretum as habitat is something I have been thinking a lot about. As we make management decisions, prioritize work and develop new exhibits and displays we have to work to balance the home we are provide with the lessons we want to teach and the research we want to conduct.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_203\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-image-203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Sweat-Bee-on-Cactus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Sweat-Bee-on-Cactus.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Sweat-Bee-on-Cactus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Sweat-Bee-on-Cactus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Sweat-Bee-on-Cactus-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sweat Bee on Cactus Flower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is a balancing act, just like nature is a balancing act. What is a weed in one place is welcome in a nother. What is encouraged in one area is eliminated in another.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200\" style=\"width: 1278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-image-200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Honey-Bee-on-Clover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1268\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Honey-Bee-on-Clover.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Honey-Bee-on-Clover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Honey-Bee-on-Clover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Honey-Bee-on-Clover-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey Bee and White Clover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have threats to our equilibreum like Spotted Lanternfly, Emerald Ash Borer, and Wooly Adelgid &#8211; all invasive pests who have found the Arboretum just the perfect habitat.\u00a0 We have challenges in a human-caused excess of deer in the gardens. But we also have splendid opportunities to teach about these pests, raise awareness, speak to beneficial insects and the power of plants and landscapes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-image-204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Beetle-on-Obedient-Plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Beetle-on-Obedient-Plant.jpg 402w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Beetle-on-Obedient-Plant-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower Beetle on Obedient Plant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is a privelege and a challenge to lead this Arboretum. Every day choices and decisions are made balancing the needs and wants of our various audiences and those that call the Arboretum home. Do we keep seedheads on the plants so students can learn about seedheads (and student workers can learn about weeding all of those iminent seedlings) or do we show proper horticulture technique and deadhead the plants, where can we strike balance?<\/p>\n<p>How do we support those with a voice and the voiceless?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-image-201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Skipper-on-Monarda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Skipper-on-Monarda.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Skipper-on-Monarda-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Skipper-on-Monarda-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arboretum\/files\/2019\/08\/Skipper-on-Monarda-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skipper on Bee Balm<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems to be a bumper crop of butterflies around this summer. Have you noticed this too? Feels like everywhere I look I find Lepidoptera in various stages of development. 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