Did you think we were going to get rain today? I did. Then as I watched the radar image this morning, it dissipated over Jacksboro. Darn right. However, we’re getting a light shower this evening. One tenth of inch so far!
Eggplant Tortoise Beetle (Gratiana pallidula) and a Tortoise Beetle larva on Western Horse Nettle (Solanum dimidiatum). I am going to make a leap that the larva is also the Eggplant Tortoise Beetle. As that is the only adult tortoise beetle I ever find on the nightshade. In case you don’t see the larva, it is green. Another hint, it has fecal matter on its back. It is near my fingers.
A pupa on Greeneyes (Berlandiera betonicifolia)! So I don’t think I have seen one quite like it before. I should have collected, but didn’t.
Near the above pupa, this spider was inside a folded leaf with its beautiful eggs.
Here is the plant that both the pupa and spider were located.
The Silt Bugs feeds on a variety of plant families including Geraniaceae, Onagraceae, Scrophulariaceae, and Solanaceae. For example, they are on Lizardtail (Gaura mollis). I do not believe the eggs are theirs.
Buprestidae Beetle (Acmaeodera mixta) blends right in with the Mexican-hat (Ratibida columnifera)!
An American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) and another bee dining together! Good thing the bees don’t fight like the hummers do at my feeders LOL.
My first plum of the season!
And oh gosh, it was delicious! For me, the plums are a trail side treat.
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
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Mary,
Can you save me some plum seeds? My plant from you died so now I only have rivularis. It is not tasty or productive like our favorite one. So next ones you eat, save me the pits.
Mary,
Can you save me some plum seeds? My plant from you died so now I only have rivularis. It is not tasty or productive like our favorite one. So next ones you eat, save me the pits.
You got it!
Too bad humans cant be like the bees.
So right!
Amazing camouflage on that buprestid beetle! And I agree about plums as a trailside treat – yum.
And now I have to eat more for Kathy 🙂
Like Mary needed encouragement to eat more plums 🙂
Mmm warm summer plums!!
Certainly is my fav way to eat them. 😊
I love the wild plums too. They’re sweet if you get them at the right time. My ornate box turtles love them too.
Gracie likes them too!😊