The word bugging generally implies someone is an annoyance. But people use the word birding for bird watching. Furthermore there is also the term mothing for moths. Well, you get the gist. So I propose for insects it might be called bugging for all of them. What do you think, will it catch on? š Or maybe it has and I was just no aware of the term. LOL.
The female Eastern Amberwings were flying about! Interesting enough while at Caddo I don’t remember seeing any males. The males don’t have the bands on the wings.
The Variegated Fritillary was one of the common bugs we saw on this trip.
The Flower Chafer Beetle (Trichiotinus affinis) is a beetle often seen with its head buried in a flower like a thistle. However this Sensitive Briar (Mimosa quadrivalvis var platycarpa) does not leave much room for that technique.
The Green Milkweed are plentiful at Caddo NG. And the Gray Hairstreaks were abundant as well. However nary a Monarch was seen this week. š And I looked for both eggs and cats. And for the sharp eyes, you might notice another bug on this plant.
The Pale Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) are doing well! The white spot on the disk flower was a mealy bug (I think).
However it was the bug on the stem that caught my attention. I just love this genus of bugs!
It is the Buffalo Treehopper genus of Stictocephala (I think)!
Don’t you love the shape!
The top view is pretty fantastic too!
There is a species called the Two-hornedĀ TreehopperĀ (StictocephalaĀ diceros) with these big side horns. However this one has the wrong colored eyes, legs and body. BugGuide says there are seventeen species but none matched to my satisfaction. The closest was S. stimulea but the wing veins didn’t match. So this will just be in this tentative genus placement for now.
Indeed while you are out don’t forget to go bugging! It’s amazing!
The two horned tree like a Japanese lantern. And i love bugging.
The hopperš
Wow!! What a hopper!!! Excited to look for the aurora if itās clear.
Yes what a hopper! And I vote yes on the “going bugging” term! We could be going buggers too
I think buggers is the noun like birders. š¤£š
Maybe buggers is better Jeanne. Both are good