This is something I find fascinating:
When plants come up under the leaf litter, they don't just push the leaves aside, they puncture right through them. It sort of makes sense here, where the leaves are piled and overlapping, so there would be some resistance when the plant pushes against them, but I have seen plants that came up in a spot where there was one leaf on top of them, and instead of the leaf being pushed up and away, the plant goes right through it. When you think of how little pressure is required to move a leaf, how do the plants do this?
This has been a pretty disappointing few days bug-wise. Today was about the same temperature as yesterday, or maybe a few degrees warmer, but cloudy with a few raindrops. It did not bring the bugs out.
Backyard Bug of the Day:
That tree trunk that is oozing sap has attracted a few things.
The ants are still there, but not as many as there were the other day.
Springtail
Gnat
Arachnid Appreciation:
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All of the lawn chairs have spiders on them this week.
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