Late Summer Bugs

 Although the temperatures this week have started to cool, there were several damselflies and dragonflies out today.   Many of the grasshoppers have grown their wings.  And I found a milkweed beetle along the creek path.

Enjoy!

~ Robin

Pouncing Sidewalk Tigers

This little green guy is a Green Tiger Beetle.  They are known to be among the fastest runners in the insect world.  They like to eat ants and other small bugs.  It's a jungle down there!

Enjoy!

~ Robin 

Lake Feasting

Insect eaters were swooping in mass on the east side of the lake.  Primarily, these were tree swallows.

Enjoy!

~ Robin

Cup Plant Full of Life

Not to be confused with the Prairie Dock, or the compass, a number of Cup Plants are now in bloom along Boone Avenue. All three flowers look similar and all three are tall.  The Cup Plants are easy to identify by their leaves.  They form a 'cup' on the stem.

I couldn't help notice so many forms of life to be found on this amazing plant.  Bees, Japanese Beetles, Golden Finch,


Assassin bug nymphs.            
Soldier beetles and a Jumping spiders.
Enjoy!
~ Robin