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Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts
7/19/2021

ladybug on milkweed

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9/03/2020

garden spider

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Hidden in the grasses around the pond, this Yellow Garden Spider wove her web suspended from two plants two feet apart.  It looks like she h...
8/30/2020

planthopper

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  Planthoppers are masters of disguise. A green Acanalonid Planthopper, hiding on a stem, can look like part of the plant -- a seed pod, lea...
8/28/2020

green frogs on rocks

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Usually, the frogs who live here sit on shore hiding among grasses looking for prey insects or invertebrates. But when a rock is available, ...
8/19/2020

black wasp

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  I was surprised and apprehensive to see this big black wasp on a milkweed flower near the pond.  It was alarming because of its size (over...
7/21/2020

dragonflies for lunch

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On 7/18 we thought the Tree Swallows might be ready to leave the nestbox.  But they have not fledged yet.  The adults are still regularly...
7/13/2020

phoebe nestlings

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Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe is a small member of the flycatcher family that nests near water in open woodland and suburbs.  Phoebes ar...
5/29/2017

bee on cranesbill

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While admiring the Cranesbill 'Karmina' in the gardens today, I noticed a fuzzy bee hurrying from one to another of the blooms th...
9/10/2016

milkweed munchers

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One leaf of Common Milkweed was being devoured by both a caterpillar and a beetle.  I wonder if either knew the other was there?