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  • Field Mice Tunnels revealed under melting snow
    mouse_tunnels-086.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35157-2940.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35201.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35183.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35175.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35165.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35229.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    snow_tunnels-E35195.jpg
  • Tracks in the snow show rabbits and voles going about their winter lives. An Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) leaves its tracks alongside the tunnels of an Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus). The vole burrows through the fresh layer of snow on top of old packed snow above the frozen ground (called the subnivean zone).
    Snow_Tracks-E35075.jpg
  • A Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) has tunneled through a fresh layer of snow on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    Snow_Tunnel-E35218.jpg
  • The morning after a light snowfall shows where a meadow vole has been busy tunneling through the fresh layer, on top of old packed snow (the subnivean zone).
    Tunnel-E35218b.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows the plug pebble covered with sand.
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  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows how it bends its front legs,  using the stronger hairs on them to move the sand quickly.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg