No complaints from me on the weather today! In anticipation of the rain this week, now would be the time to empty your rain gauge if you haven’t already 🙂
An often overlooked flower that hugs the ground in the prairies, Scarlet-pea (Indigofera miniata)! The flower measures about 1 or so centimeters.
When an insect lands on the flower, its pistil will pop out. So if you want to pretend to be an insect, you can see it shoot into action!
The Western Horse Nettle is being dined on by the bugs. Can you spot any of the bugs in this photo?
Here is a close up of the larva. It carries fecal matter on its back. Good disguise eh! It is either the Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (Gratiana pallidula) or Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata).
A wonderful cool day, however the Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) must have been chilled. It did not move for the close up.
The chilly air did not slow down the assassin bug nymph however!
Another larva! Leaning towards Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata) as an ID.
This was a cool find! It is the Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus) eggs on a sedge.
A closer view under the microscope! You can see the round circle on the eggs. This will be the critter escape hatch into the world!
the tortoise beetle larvae are amazing! I have seen some nightshades on my walk to work so I may grab some fruit to plant in my yard once they go to seed…
Wow, those leaf-footed bug eggs are amazing!
And now they are on my shelf for a predator free environment. Hopefully some will hatch.
Never seen leaf footed eggs before. Really cool looking eggs. Love to see lady bug larva.
the tortoise beetle larvae are amazing! I have seen some nightshades on my walk to work so I may grab some fruit to plant in my yard once they go to seed…
I will bring you the Silver leaf nightshade from my garden if you want it.