bugs

[low_delta]

Seems like a big year for bugs in our yard. I've seen a lot of dragonflies all summer. Yesterday there was a brilliant blue one which would hover over the patio, and fly out for prey. They usually just circle back and forth across the back yard for a while. There's a bumper crop of crickets, both the big black kind and the small brown kind. There have been a lot of butterflies around. I was surprised how fast they can fly. I saw one that I thought was a bird, at first. It's a big year for red admirals. I haven't seen any cicadas, though. Nor heard many. I haven't seen any box elder bugs or those ladybug-like beetles yet.

Comments

[mummm.livejournal.com]

What??? You get all the cute bugs and we get the ****** Japanese Beetles???

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

We haven't gotten them yet. Seems like they come out at the end of the summer. Do you have yours now?

[mummm.livejournal.com]

We've had them for a long time. They had destroyed the ferns around the pond by the second week in July and they are STILL here . I hate those things.

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

A couple of years ago I saw what I thought was a bird feeding from flowers - after looking closely, it turned out to be a "humming-bird moth" or "hawk moth". It flew exactly the way a hummingbird would, but was a large - and VERY fast - moth. It even hummed from how fast it moved it's wings!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've seen those on occasion. I don't remember if we have them in Wisconsin, though. I think they're actually bigger than hummingbirds. And their wings aren't quite as quick.

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Yes - they hum a couple octaves lower, and their body is a tad smaller than a sparrow. Pretty neat moth-dudes. :)

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! We had one of those come around summer before last. That was the coolest moth ever! We haven't seen one since then. :-(

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I've been so happy those lady bugs haven't shown up. They were such a pain.