Mostly I found one kind of insect, all over the place. Backyard Bug of the Day:
Springtails. After weeks of searching in vain, I finally found springtails, lots and lots of springtails. They were EVERYWHERE.
Skating on the surface tension of a puddle–I looked on the puddles for them yesterday and the day before, and there were none. Today... all over. This is probably my favorite thing about springtails, the way they glide along on the surface of water.
Hard to photograph, though, because I did not want to kneel in the mud.
On a tree trunk...
... one a leaf...
A different species, on a tree trunk...
On the lawn furniture...
So, what else was out there on this chilly, gray day?
Biggest surprise: candy striped leaf hopper. Not that unusual, in that I have seen them basking in the sun on warmer winter days (think 50s) when it is sunny, but today was NOT warm (I think it was about 42ºF when I went out) and it was definitely not sunny.
I think this is some kind of weevil.
Twice-stabbed lady beetle
In spite of the swarm I saw outside the window, this is the only crane fly I saw on my bug walk.
Arachnid Appreciation:
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Tiny spider, on the side of the garden shed, where there were also a lot of springtails, which I presume provide food for the spider.
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