Taking up station near blooming goldenrod in September gradually reveals an airport-like busyness of insect visitors. Buzzing, flitting, clambering, they animate the flower clusters with fantastical creatures. Nearly all the ones pictured here are less than half an inch long. Optical magnification opens a Lilliputian world to your amazement.
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Chalcid Wasp, Monodontomerus sp. |
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Flower Fly, Toxomerus geminatus |
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Predatory Ground Beetle, Lebia viridis |
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Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus maculiventris |
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Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp, Eremnophila aureonotata |
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Tachinid Fly, Trichopoda pennipes |
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Jumping Spider, Hentzia palmarum |
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Bicolored Striped-Sweat Bee, Agapostemon virescens |
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Green-winged Lebia Beetle, Lebia viridipennis |
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Ichneumonid Wasp, Cryptus albitarsis |
good lord.
ReplyDeleteBugs and their lunch, aplenty.
Amazing pics. Sharp and detailed, telling a story that my (older) eyes would not perceive as I walk thru a thicket of goldenrod. And the jumping Spider shot?!? WHERE did he buy his goggles??