Now that summer has settled in, I guess we won’t be getting much more rain for the summer, eh.
The Common Wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala) has been pretty good at our house. But not as many of other species. 🙁
Surprise! This Rain Lily (Zephyranthes chlorosolen) is usually more common in September. Do you suppose with our recent rains they have been fooled?
A crab spider was king of the petal (hill)!
A day later!
Stink Bugs are supposed to emit a foul odor. However I have not disturbed, crushed, or threatened one enough. Tentatively I am placing this one in the Euschistus genus. They have a groove in the upper surface of the rear tibia. So I will be looking for that groove more closely on the next stink bug. 🙂 There are some very cool stink bugs in the family of Pentatomidae. Additionally the nymphs are often colorful too! Example here. Most are plant feeders with the exception of the subfamily Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae). Very few of the plant feeder species are pests to agriculture according to Borror and DeLong’s “Introduction to the Study of Insects”. Sorry this was probably more than you wanted to know. Maybe you just skipped over this. 🙂 But I sometimes get sidetracked and I find it fun!
Tis the season for the sticktights (Tick-clover – Desmodium)! If you have a loupe, get it out to examine the tiny hooked hairs.
3 good stories. Hope the adopted gosling makes it. Wonderful news about the 8000 acre E O Wilson preserve in Alabama.
And plastic in glass beverage containers – who would have even thought to look?!
Wow! Hard to believe more plastic in glass.
It really is🤷🏻♀️
3 good stories. Hope the adopted gosling makes it. Wonderful news about the 8000 acre E O Wilson preserve in Alabama.
And plastic in glass beverage containers – who would have even thought to look?!
Such happy news about the preserve!
No worries here about sharing too much info – please continue!
Thanks!☺️