Sometimes it takes a while to notice that something is missing. So I wonder, when the day comes that it is too cold for crickets, will I walk outside and immediately notice that they have gone quiet, or will it take a while for it to sink in that I am not hearing them? I do notice them right away when I go outside these days, and if for some reason I could not simply feel how warm or cold it was, I might be able to tell based on how loud and numerous the crickets sound. I guess that remains to be seen. It did take me a while today to notice that for the first time in ages it was not windy outside, possibly because there was still enough of a breeze to make photography difficult. The problem lately is that so many of the bugs I find are on leaves, as opposed to tree trunks or some other solid surface. And even the tiniest breeze will send a leaf dancing on its stem, foiling attempts to photograph the tiny creatures upon them.
Backyard Bug of the Day:
Yesterday I found a case moth caterpillar that did not have a case yet. Today I found a couple that did. These are really tiny caterpillars.
Other Bugs:
Just the potters wasp on the asters today. You can see that there's not much bloom left in them. I wish the chrysanthemums would hurry up and bloom so there would still be flowers in my backyard.
Thread-waisted wasp
Lots of candy striped leafhoppers congregating on leaves again today:
I haven't been seeing stilt bugs lately, but today I found one in the asters patch. About a month ago there was at least one on every plant. Today there was just one.
After not seeing spiders for a couple of days, I found several different species today for Arachnid Appreciation:
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This is a new spider for me this year; this is my second sighting. It looks like a grumpy face with a mustache on its back end.
I found a really pretty spider:
Jumping spider
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