jblue , 14 days ago to plants group

Papilio palamades, Palamedes swallowtail

Cirsium horridulum, bristle thistle (aka horrid thistle)

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jblue , 15 days ago to plants group

Syrphus ribesii, flower fly on Coccolaba spinescens

First black swallowtail caterpillar of the season on fennel, Papilio polyxenes

Dolichovespula maculata, bald-faced hornet

#InsektenSamstag #insects #insectodon #bugstodon #insectos #昆虫 #butterfly #mariposas #papillon #schmetterling #蝴蝶 #gardening #jardin #garten #GrowYourOwn #pollinators #organic @plants

A close-up image of a tiny black caterpillar with a middle white stripe on fennel fronds. The tiny caterpillar has lots of spines. The image of the fennel is so close-up, it looks like the nervous system of an animal except completely green.
A close-up of a bald-faced hornet on a wooden plank. The hornet has its head down and is scraping off bits of wood which you can see bc it is leaving a trail where it is scratching. The hornet is mostly black with yellow markings on its head, ventral side of its thorax and anterior of its abdomen. The wings are brown and translucent.

jblue , 20 days ago to plants group

Please like these photos.

This bug was so fast. Followed it around for 15’ and these were the best pics I got. Oh well.

Hemaris deffinis, snowberry clearing (aka hummingbird moth) on Salvia lyrata, lyre leaf sage

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A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped flowers with a green background. There are new buds of flowers at the top of the pic and those are dark purple. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. In this pic, the moth has pulled away and its proboscis is hanging out in front.
A hummingbird moth with black and yellow coloring hovering near purple flowers. This is a download facing pic. Its head is in the flower.
Close-up of a hummingbird moth feeding on purple flowers against a green grassy background. This pic the hummingbird moth is facing right with its head in a flower.

TheManyVoices , 27 days ago to Random stuff

🧵Signs of the 17-year #cicadas are already showing up in #Elmhurst #Illinois. The city is a 25-min drive west of #Chicago and had overwhelming numbers of these cicadas in 2006 and 1989. This year, sections of the state will also be hit with a 13-year brood, an event that hasn't happened since 1803.

If you're wondering if you might be seeing them near you, this is what to look for in the soil.

#Cicadas2024 #Cicadadon #BroodXIX #Cicadapocalypse #BroodXIII #Bugstodon #Insectodon #Insectsmews

Zooming in on a small immature cicada (hard to see). Around the insect, there are holes in the ground. Each hole has a top that juts out of the ground, shaped like a topless muddy hut. (Photo credit Haley Hogan, Elmhurst, Illinois.) Note that I did not believe a content warning was warranted when posting these images, because the insects in these images are so incredibly difficult to discern.