Oh Horse Apples!
Harvestman or Daddy Short-legs(Eumesosoma roeweri) Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) in my backyard with the Cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) in the background. The Sweetgum is one of the host plants for Luna moths. One fresh and two old and used up ones of the Lycoperdon species of puffballs. These are the Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) which are from Brazil….