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A northern bobwhite (quail) at TNC’s Platte River Prairies preserve.
© Chris Helzer
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A northern bobwhite (quail) at TNC’s Platte River Prairies preserve.
© Chris Helzer
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Ring-necked pheasant feathers on pheasant found in Butler County, Nebraska.
© Chris Helzer
The Camouflaged Looper: This Inchworm Makes Its Own Flower “Costume”
Meet the caterpillar with incredible ability to disguise itself by attaching pieces of plant to its back.
Synchlora aerata, otherwise known as the camouflaged looper or wavy-lined emerald moth.
© Chris Helzer / TNC
The larva of the wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora aerata) feeding on plains sunflower(Helianthus petiolaris). The caterpillar disguises itself by gluing bits of the flowers it eats to its back as camouflage
Juvenile bison have horns that stick out in a v-shape from either side of their head.
By Chris Helzer
A North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in restored prairie.
© Chris Helzer / TNC
A least chipmunk on ridge top south of Idaho Springs, Colorado.
© Chris Helzer / TNC
Plains garter snake on gravel road on a warm spring day, Stockham, Nebraska.
Photo © Chris Helzer / The Nature Conservancy