Eastern Dobsonfly 2022-06-24 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Marie Freeman. By Marie Freeman The Eastern Dobsonfly is the most commonly encountered dobsonfly in Kentucky. It is among Kentucky's most distinctive insects and is sought after by collectors and photographers. Dobsonflies and fishflies live most of their lives in the larval stage, often 2 or 3 years. Larval dobsonflies and fishflies, often called "hellgrammites", are large, worm-like, aquatic predators that live under rocks and logs in streams. They feed on minnows, tadpoles, insects, and other aquatic prey. Hellgrammites require very clean, unpolluted water to live. Most adult dobsonflies and fishflies do not feed at all. Dobsonfly and fishfly adults are a challenge to find because they are only around for a few weeks each year. Look on rocks and logs near streams in the early summer. Hellgrammites can usually be found under rocks year round in clean, fast-flowing streams. Look out, because they can bite! They are slow-moving, however, and will usually remain still for a photograph if they are not touched. On my outdoor water spicket today. First I've spotted in years. Short season to see. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Black-crowned Night-Heron 2022-06-24 - Bay City, MI - Photo by Pen. This specimen was a bit farther north, but Black-crownd night-herons are plentiful in Kentucky. All About Birds says, "Black-crowned Night-Herons are common in wetlands across North America--you just may have to look a little harder than you do for most herons. True to their name, these birds do most of their feeding at night and spend much of the day hunched among leaves and branches at the water's edge." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Day Lilies from the garden 2022-06-24 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Sharing Mrs. John Walker's extraordinary Day Lilies. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

On the Public Square 2022-06-24 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo from history collection. This picture hangs in the conference room of the Adair County Genealogy and History Center. The name of the little boy is not known but the photo shows a view of the Public Square that includes the exit to Burkesville Street between what is today Red Brick Studio and Bank of Columbia. Across the Square was Nell's Variety Store and First National Bank. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Caroline Wells named 2022 DUO Broadband Scholar at LWC 2022-06-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. Carolines Wells of Russell Springs has been named a DUO Broadband Scholar at Lindsey Wilson College. Pictured, from left, LWC Director of Admissions Charity Ferguson; Well's brother, Lane; Caroline Wells; and DUO Broadband Chief Executive Officer Tom Preston. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Roadwork continues downtown 2022-06-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Roadwork on the Public Square and roads leading off it may make drivers want to take the Veterans Memorial Bypass around Columbia today, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ducks ready for celebration at Bowling Park 2022-06-23 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The ducks are ready to welcome guests for the big Independence Day celebration at Bowling Park in Edmonton on July first. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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