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Hummingbirds are migrating. Most will be gone from Missouri by early October, on their way to Central America. Keep feeding them as they all pass through.
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FIELD GUIDE A-Z
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Learn about the habitat, diet, and life cycle of Missouri's animals, plants, and mushrooms.
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What to look for this month
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Many insects are busy visiting late-season flowers like goldenrods. The attractive wasp Scolia dubia is an example. Did you know it hunts Japanese beetles?
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It’s not a true ironweed, and it won’t win a beauty contest. But this weedlike wingstem is valuable in nature, and it’s a plant that forms frost flowers, too.
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Black walnut is one of our early fall color trees, starting to turn yellow in September. Its golden leaflets will soon be fluttering away in the breezes.
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