Despite their name, spotted sandpipers – often referred to as “spotties” or “teeter-bobs” – are spotted for only about half the year, during breeding season.

The way some Texas places are “football towns” that pump out NFL stars, Cambridge could be known as a town of cultivators, where kids grow up at the forefront of an urban farming movement, the director of the nonprofit Green Cambridge says.

The female locust borer feeds on goldenrod pollen in the morning and flies to lays eggs in black locust trees, which have a complicated history in Massachusetts.

They dive into the water feet first, head between the legs like a guided missile, then lift straight up out of the water clutching prey about 75 percent of the time.

The male Carolina wren builds several nests and lets the female choose the one she prefers – and they might be in mailboxes, flowerpots, buckets, old boots or even the pocket of an old coat hanging on a porch.

Without enough larvae to feed and be fed by, wasps scavenge for alternate food such as sugary drinks or fruits on picnic tables. Worker wasps at this time of year are near the end of their life cycle, and they are hungry and aggressive.

Red-tailed hawks are relatively common and well-known in the city. But you might see thousands of a different kind of hawk – a broad-winged hawk – in a single day if you look in the right place.

I hope you caught a glimpse of the moon Wednesday night, because it won’t be back until 2037 – not as the so-called “super blue moon,” anyway.

Fruit flies have made enormous contributions to our understanding of genetics, human development and medical conditions, but there are aspects to them that are bizarre and even a little gruesome.

Boston Mycological Club hikes into conservation lands offer a glimpse into – and revelations about – the sometimes bizarre complexity of the fungus world.