Bug Shots

Just a few other living things that we've observed

in or near our gardens:

Baby grasshopper
on a daylily petal


Bee-fly (Bombylius major)
on Rock Cress


Giant Ichneumon Wasp
on Virginia Bluebells


Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemarus thyshe)
on Petite Monarda


Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum)
inside Canteloupe blossom

Running Crab Spider (Tibellus oblongus)
on Iris leaf, with prey


White-Marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma)
caterpillar found feeding on miniature roses


Blue Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
found in the swimming pool

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Butterfly on Sea Holly


Bee
on Drumstick Allium


Katydid
on Dieffenbachia


Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
on white peony


I did not find these in my garden (thank goodness!), but in a public park in Bryan, Ohio, last Monday, where we had a picnic before visiting Goll Woods. I can't believe how brazen those Japanese Beetles are...