Sunday, September 8, 2013

Newly Found Critters

 This cricket is a familiar sight in many flowering plants in our garden. It is slow and doesn't get really scared with my presence. But when really agitated it just jump or fly away. It seldom do that, most times it allows me to take its many angles. This time it is caught in the act. I watched it when it was still alighting on the flower, waited till it ate the flower petal.
 Stingless bees also love the nectar of the Turnera subulata. Actually, many insects love it, although the rest of them are so quick to leave without letting me document them.

 This cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus, can also be seen in many flowering plants and weeds. I don't often see them in this flower but now it stayed there for a very long time.  Its long proboscis never retracted and for a long time just inserted deep down the flower throat where the nectar is.

A nocturnal hawksmoth, but its voracious larvae sometimes never leave a leaf for the plant to continue life, in other words the larva normally never leaves until the plant is completely bald.

This is an exoskeleton of a spider, but i didn't see the owner within the vicinity of its discarded clothing. 

14 comments:

  1. Neat insects and great shots! Have a happy day!

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  2. Fantastic insect photos ~ some of nature's gems ~ carol, xo

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  3. Cool shots. I like the hawksmoth - looks like a stealth jet.

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  4. Gorgeous shots! This hawksmoth is really impressive!

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  5. Lots of different critter photos.... Neat!!!! I'm not much of a 'bug person' ---and we really have a hard time with the Japanese Beetles eating our roses.... They don't just eat the nectar like the bees do.. They EAT the petals... Drive us crazy!!!!! BUT-- it takes all kind of critters to make up nature, doesn't it?

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  6. You got some great macros of the critters 'enjoying' your blossoms. All of these photos are wonderful.

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  7. great macro shots. how have you been?

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  8. You got some great closeup shots of these tiny creatures.
    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  9. Lovely shots of these tiny critters!

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  10. Hi Andrea, just stopping by to say hello. Its been a while since I did a post, been busy.

    The flowers are so bright and love your macros!

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  11. Beautiful picture, Andrea. Sigh... I battle yearly with the Tomato Hornworm. Yet, when I come across the hawkmoth I cannot but admire its beauty. A healthy garden is an ecosystem. As long I am left with most of my tomato plants, I do not "hunt" till the very last hornworm- only those I see while harvesting tomatoes and tying up the stalks.

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  12. That moth is cool but the spider is just amazing.

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