Okay @vlrny Here are a couple of these cuties- I believe they are some sort of Lappet moths, I'll see if get a better id when I get some posted on iNat. I've seen a nmumber of them over the last week or two, on walls near outdoor nightlights. They blend in well with dried leaves, wood etc- can be more obvious on walls, but where there's some dbris caught in spider webs etc, they can still be hard to spot!
#moth #inverts #insects #InsectFriday #Alberta #Canada #nature

Hoverfly- there were 2 huddled on a wall yesterday: temps below 10C/50F after a few days in the 20C/68F range + threat of showers. Today dipped a few degrees further + scattered snow flurries + strong winds. Next days near/below freezing daytime with possibility of a little to a lot of snow. Surprised to see these little people out already- only flowers so far are *some* of the aspens + willows.
#insects #InvertBeauty #FlyDay #InsectFriday #spring #weather #Alberta #Canada #photography

@friesen5000
Here's a cool moth I saw the other day- a first for me, and seems the id is a bit interesting: Haploa genus, maybe lecontei, originally expected only as far west as Manitoba, seems it has been moving West with University of Alberta having found larvae near Edmonton... I'm not sure if there is another species that is a better fit, another I saw seems even more eastern, and south...
#NationalMothWeek #InsectFriday #insects #Alberta #Canada #nature #garden

#FlowersOnFriday @plants
Another #NativePlant Geranium richardsonii White (Richardson's) Cranesbill; abundant here including self sown into many of my garden beds +vary considerably from nearly to entirely (?) white to noticeable or conspicuous red-violet veins that give the #flower a pink look at first glance. Petal shapes can also vary considerably smooth to raggedy. Bonus Ornate Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus
#Alberta #Canada #nature #InsectFriday #BloomScrolling

#InsectFriday Police Car Moth (named for a time and place when police cars were black and white!) Gnophaela vermiculata. Not super abundant, but not uncommon here and sometimes a number seen at once. This one was late July last year on Achillea/Yarrow in the yard or #garden (there are wild, cultivated and self sown hybrids around) #insects #inverts #NaturalGardening #pollinators #WildlifeGarden #Alberta #Canada
#nature #SolaceInNature #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe

#InsectFriday #FlowersOnFriday From June we have this Evodinus monticola one of the Flower Longhorn Beetles on both Rhodiola rosea ex Newfoundland seed and Trillium grandiflorum in the #garden.. #Beetles are one of the first (long before bees existed) and still important #pollinators.
#inverts #BloomScrolling #florespondence #NaturalGardening #Alberta #Canada #macro

Hmm I could make this #InsectThursday or #InsectFriday or how about #FlyDay
Anyway, this cool customer was in the garden last #June so I guess #ThrowbackThursday works too 😉
Funny:posted it on iNaturalist, their system recognised right away that it was a photo of a Lonicera/Honeysuckle - the plant the fly is sitting on- from the close-cropped photo! Impressive, except it didn't notice the fly at all..
#nature #garden #WildlifeGarden #NaturalGardening #Alberta #Canada

Snow break! Random photo from #September - still Thurs here, so works for #ThrowbackThursday also #FlowersOnFriday #InsectFriday and #FlyDay for tomorrow! This is Papaver alpinum / Alpine Poppy in the #RockGarden with a cool #Fly #garden #Alberta

#FlowersOnFriday Given the forecast for next week, this *could* be the last time for this year I'll be posting things still flowering outdoors!
Plenty of unposted #flower pics to get through winter, besides the season's own beauty!
#florespondence #BloomScrolling #October #WinterIsComing #Alberta #gardening #Rockgarden with bonus #weed and an interesting tiny #fly -#FlyDay #InsectFriday details in replies