Just a few steps from the Prairie Gaillardia were the Soft Golden-aster (Bradburia pilosa).
A Gray Hairstreak stopped.
A tiny spider was there too!
Green egg on stick! This is a Lacewing’s (Hemerobiiformia) egg. However, most of the time I find white eggs. I guess this was a different species of a Lacewing.
Jeanne asked me zoom in on a spot. It was just an injury. Then she said no, not that spot.
This spot in the middle of this photo. Well, it turned out be just some debris. However a red mite crawled into the picture (above and to the left)!
Talk about a coincidence Jeanne had brought an envelope with one of these for me to look at that day. And then she spotted another on a grass stem!
The top part are the eggs of a Split-eyed Owlflies (Ululodes)!
Just under the eggs you may have noticed these. Not the seed but the little brown thingies. These are called rapagulas. Furthermore these are abortive eggs which are used as ant barrier. The rapagula are sticky and coated with an ant-repellant to protect the fertile eggs above. Check out this link on BugGuide for some really good photos.
Wow such elaborate egg uses!
The rapagulas are really cool – who’d have thought that the owlflies could create such an obstacle course!
I love the lacewing egg. Wonder why it in a stick. And now i know why im not miserable😄
Lacewing egg looks like a Popsicle treat. Not exactly camouflaged.
Well, not in the photo, but lacewing egg is real tiny.