If you remember, I only said we had not walked in this next area before. So we continued on into the unknown at Dixon.
Two Golden Dalea (Dalea aurea) heads with an unknown hairstreak or blues butterfly larvae. From my reading it is near impossible to know for sure which unless you raise them.
As far as we could see the ants were not harming the cat.
Also on the Golden Dalea were these really tiny specks of black. On close examination we found they were weevils.
The really colorful jumping spider, Phidippus texanus! Surprisingly neither BugGuide or iNaturalist gives this species a common name. Though I think the obvious name should be Texas Jumping Spider. LOL.
So many cool critters. Nice outing.
It was a great day😀
Always wondered about those wrinkly fingers and feet – now we know!
The yellow dalea has been wonderful this year – beautiful details.