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Blog Entries - Aug. 2022
![Jumping spider on a leaf with a green background](https://www.cincynature.org/media/blog/Jumping Spider.jpg)
The Cute Factor
by Cory Christopher, Director of Conservation I have an uncle who is the hairiest human I’ve ever seen. He’s the meanest and tiniest person in our family, and his eyes are lost beneath a hairy thicket of
![Monarch butterfly sits atop a field thistle bloom.](https://www.cincynature.org/media/blog/Field Thistle.jpg)
Spotlight on Native Plants: Field Thistle
by Jason Neumann, Public Programs Manager Who would intentionally plant thistles in their garden? If you overlook its spikiness, field thistle has a lot to offer. Field thistle, Cirsium discolor, is one
![Four pawpaw fruit in a tree](https://www.cincynature.org/media/blog/Pawpaw Hunting Square.jpg)
Clones and Caterpillars
by Cory Christopher, Director of Conservation I love pawpaw trees. And it's probably not for the reason you suspect. Among the leaves of this unassuming native tree lives one of my favorite creatures. Hungry and armed
![Several Emerald Ash Borer in person's hand](https://www.cincynature.org/media/blog/Emerald Ash Borer.jpg)
Twenty Years of the Emerald Ash Borer
By Tom Brochu, Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist and Member of the Society of American Foresters As we walk the trails of the Cincinnati Nature Center—or just about anywhere in the Central Hardwoods