Tropical

Ah, today was a balmy, beautiful day after a tempestuous night - we got 2.75 inches of rain, the temperature was 68ºF at 2:00 in the morning (and the high today was in the 70s), and it was just a lovely, lovely fall day (Only one problem - there was something in the air that made me sneeze). I wish more bugs could have been here to enjoy it.

Backyard Bug of the Day:

 It's a lot like yesterday's Backyard Bug of the Day, but with black wings instead of clear. And bigger. This one seems to have a problem with its wings. They look damaged, and like they are not supposed to be at that angle when the bug is at rest. Also, I didn't see it fly at all, just walk.

Speaking of yesterday's Backyard Bug of the Day, remember that I said that around this time of the year they are all over the place?

 Today they were all over the place.

 Specifically, all over the raspberry plants, which are about the only thing left with green leaves. This plant had about five or six on different leaves.

 This shows only two, but that branch of the plant had a bunch of them.

Random Bugs:

 Weevil hiding out under the rain gauge.

 Ladybug

 Fly

Once again the most interesting thing I saw in the backyard was not a bug. It wasn't even an animal. Or a plant. It was a fungus:

 These are teeny, tiny mushrooms crowing in the crevices of tree bark. Each one has a cap about a millimeter wide.

 They were growing all over the base of this tree.

Arachnid Appreciation:
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 Daddy-long-legs

I wonder if that gray thing is anything...