Yep my fingers are crossed that we all get some rain tomorrow!
Indeed, the Prairie Parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii) had a boat load of Spittlebug (Cercopoidea) spit!
There were several exoskeletons in the spit!
Just the hind end of a spittlebug nymph!
Here I encouraged one spittlebug nymph to leave their spit.
The grasshopper nymphs were jumping around like popcorn popping. Makes me happy that Loggerhead Shrike I saw a day or two ago will have some food!
So I was looking for a Painted Lady caterpillar, but found this one instead. So couldn’t see their prolegs so not sure to which family they belong to. 🤷🏻♀️
That faux caterpillar sure had me fooled at first glance. Yes glad there are hoppers for all the birds.
🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Thank you for extra fingers crossed! Are you dancing 💃 too? 😉
Catkins have fooled me many times. Cool to find spittle bug exoskeletons! I’ve never seen one and have disrupted many globs of spittle…
Ha ha I guess I’m not alone getting fooled. Maybe it just the right time for spittle bugs because I have seen multiple of them over the last few days.
I have been doing the rain dance for a week now – definitely fingers crossed!