8/06/2021

bugs by the pond






If you would walk around this pond today, you might see many insects on the flowers.  

Along with searching for a meal, they also carry pollen from plant to plant. Pollen allows the plants to set seeds and reproduce more plants of the same kind.

Here, a Leatherwing on Boneset flowers. This insect also eats eggs and larvae of other insects.

Below, a Ladybug sits on milkweed flowers.  Ladybugs eat aphids, scale insects, and other plant pests.