Takako ๐well, hello silver bug! fancy seeing ya!
#silverFish #bugsAreCool ๐ฉถ
Grasshoppers ๐ at the community garden ๐
Peppa the paperWasp was doing this yesterdayโblowing a droplet of apple juice right out of her mouth and sucking it back inโseveral times. It was fascinating to see. I assume it was enjoyable to her?
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The paperWasp I took in yesterday canโt 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. ๐บ๐
A teeny leafhopper by the front door. Went for an afternoon hike, and when we returned, the hopper was still there. ๐ค๐ฅน
Some paperWasps drink from the droplets on the broad leaves as soon as I water my flowerbed for this reason. They know itโs the cleanest water. ๐๐ง๐โจ
This evening, I was chatting up this blue dragonfly to perch on my fingertips at Fellsโ forest, which they did twice, but didnโt 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. ๐๐คฉ๐๐โจ
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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(The symbols and punctuations depict dragonfly)
Found a cool bug on milkweed! ๐
Spined soldier bug nymph, beneficial insects, according to a search online.
