Skipper

I am tired, and mentally overtaxed, and running late, so let's just get to the bugs.

[posting unfinished again. Slooooow internet tonight]

Backyard Bug of the Day:

Skipper. The honeysuckle is invasive, but the butterflies sure like it.

I'm not sure if this is the same one, but I think it's the same species.

Two cooperative butterflies in one day:

Cabbage white. My husband's least favorite butterfly, because they lay eggs on the Brussels sprouts in the vegetable garden.

This is the tiniest hopper nymph I have ever seen. I thought it was a mite when I first saw it, but then it hopped, and mites don't hop.

More hopper nymphs. Can you see all 4 of them?

I think this one is in the process of molting.

I think this is a damselfly, even though the wing position is more dragonflyish. I didn't get a close enough look.

Spittle bug. This bug excreted honeydew on my hand repeatedly.

Speaking of spittle bugs, you can just see the one inside this... blob? Is there a name for this? Anyway, the purpose of the spit blob (it's not really spit. It's excreted from somewhere not its mouth, and then frothed into bubbles with its legs. I think) is for protection. I don't know if it's just a hiding place, or if other insects getting stuck in it like this one is the whole point.

Potato beetle. I know it's a garden pest, but it's not in the garden, and it's so cute! It has a little picture of a butterfly on its pronotum.

Some kind of fly, I think.

Cool eyes

Candy striped leaf hopper

 

Still elusive...

Arachnid Appreciation:
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