All Tucked In
Activity
Transformation
When I went back to check on the progress of the transformation, a lizard ran out of the area. No insect to be found. Did it run off? Or…?
Adult
Archive for the ‘Insects’ Category
Largus californicus
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021Largus californicus
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
Dragonfly
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021Nearly stepped on the dragonfly. Until it flitted away, I thought it was just another pine needle.
Everything Loves Brugs
Monday, July 26th, 2021Often the first clue is leaf damage.
Some insects are so camouflaged it can be difficult to see them. Even when they are quite large.
Gulf fritillary Butterfly
Friday, July 23rd, 2021The Gulf fritillary was visiting the Passiflora and resting on a Salvia.
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Common Swallowtail
Friday, July 16th, 2021How can something so beautiful be common?
The Swallowtail visited one of my potted milkweed.
Papilio zelicaon
Wikipedia–Anise Swallowtail
Images of the Lifecycle of the Anise Swallowtail
Protected Datura
Sunday, June 27th, 2021The morning after I planted Datura seedlings, I found the leaves eaten and some plants totally missing.
This is a seedling I popped in a pot of evening primrose and morning glories, all protected.
Pandorea jasminoides
Sunday, June 27th, 2021
After Bee Visitors
This Morning
First glance, I felt a bit frustrated.
A closer look…
…it’s a beautiful vessel!
A Bee and a Blue Butterfly
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021While I was watching the bees, a lovely blue butterfly stopped by.
May Be Icaricia acmon–Acmon Blue
Alcom Blue
Wikipedia
Datura Seedlings–Leaf Damage
Friday, June 4th, 2021
When I was organizing photos I shot yesterday, I noticed eggs on the underside of the damaged Datura leaves. They were so small I didn’t see them until I enlarged the photo. The shape of the eggs is fairly clear, but the image is not in focus.
Everything loves Datura and Brugmansia. Every seedling I transplanted to the garden, was eaten by the next morning. Even hidden plants, were found and damaged by the next morning. I hid this plant inside Hellebore leaves. Still somehow found and damaged.
