Suzanne sent me a photo of a Carolina Sphinx (Manduca sexta) from her garden. What a beauty! Thanks Suzanne!
Since I had not yet found a hornworm on my tomatoes, I was inspired this afternoon by Suzanne’s find. And there they were!
Here is one ID’d by Seek as a Smooth-headed Mummy Wasp (Aleiodes politiceps). However after doing further research on BugGuide, this can’t be that. This genus’ females have a short ovipositor. And this one’s is quite long. Thus I will put them in the Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) family.
Speedy!
The process of a snake shedding their skin is called ecdysis.
Home to two, at least for the moment. 🙂
A pretty white mushroom with their gills still covered!
My first Black Swallowtail cat on my first Prairie Parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii) in the front yard! Yeah for both!
I think this stinkbug, a Trichopepla semivittata, needs a common name. Moreover I found them on the Prairie Parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii). And they like food in the Apiaceae family. How about Carrot Stinkbug?
Good thing carnivorous plants haven’t gotten big. Otherwise we might be living in “Little house of horrors😱
I haven’t seen an adult or larval black swallowtail yet this year.
Learned a new word – palynology – imagine studying fossil pollen!
And that hornworm – all those eyes staring back at you! Perfect angle for that shot!
Also, I forgot to celebrate your garden hornworm friend yesterday! Great that you found one too!
The find for sure made me happy!