Summary: From the Northern reaches of the Llano Estacado in Eastern New Mexico to the Big Bend Borderlands of Texas, this is Nature Notes. The explosion of life after a rain is amazing – winged forms of termites and ant swarm into the air with scissortails, nighthawks and kingbirds gorging themselves on the flight. From Marfa Public Radio, in cooperation with the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas, this is Nature Notes. Hello, I’m Dallas Baxter. Dinothrombium pandorae , or" Rain bugs” or “Santa Claus bugs” also appear, tiny velvety red plush cutie-pies. Even though they are called “bugs”, they are not insects at all, but arachnids, related to spiders. They’re the large...
