Takako 🐀well, hello silver bug! fancy seeing ya!
Grasshoppers 💞 at the community garden 💚
Peppa the paperWasp was doing this yesterday—blowing a droplet of apple juice right out of her mouth and sucking it back in—several times. It was fascinating to see. I assume it was enjoyable to her?
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The paperWasp I took in yesterday can’t seem to fly. I let her be outside on the jasmine plant for a while, but she appeared eager to come back to her safe container. So, I took her back inside. There are too many birds here (because I offer a few cups of birdseeds) and not safe for a disabled insects.
Anyway, she just ate some apple and went to rest on begonia flower. 🌺🐝
A teeny leafhopper by the front door. Went for an afternoon hike, and when we returned, the hopper was still there. 🤍🥹
Some paperWasps drink from the droplets on the broad leaves as soon as I water my flowerbed for this reason. They know it’s the cleanest water. 💚💧🐝✨
This evening, I was chatting up this blue dragonfly to perch on my fingertips at Fells’ forest, which they did twice, but didn’t stay on long enough for a photo. I love how some of them are so friendly. I was telling them how I could summon some mosquitos for them to snack. lol
*SQUEE*
A plump monarch butterfly caterpillar on milkweed in the under-the-cherryTree flowerbed on the sidewalk.
This made my day. 💚🤩😍🐛✨
I grew the milkweed from seeds and planted them several years ago.
The rains also brought dragonfly army! This one guards my community garden plot from mosquitos.
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Found a cool bug on milkweed! 💚
Spined soldier bug nymph, beneficial insects, according to a search online.
