July 2013 Photo Challenge: Bug Off!!

Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:06 pm

Pretty much. I take a break to eat a bowl of cherries every couple of hours or so, though.

Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:23 pm

And a couple of cases of "nobody home"

Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:37 pm

A male goldenrod spider, I think.

Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:50 pm

Kelly wrote:Well isn't he a handsome chap?!

This one of mine isn't all that sharp - but what I like about her, is the heart on her back!

Milkweed bugs. They are toxic to other bugs, and birds. They actually get their toxin from eating the milkweep sap, which is kind of toxic to us too (diarrhea, I think).

Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:03 pm

Kelly wrote:I don't know what this one is called, but it seems to have a cream cheese filling!

never seen anything like this... my guess would be beetle larvae out of water, but could be something on the primitive side, related to earwigs perhaps.

Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:09 pm

Kelly wrote:

Although it looks like a bee, it's a Hover Fly. Can't sting or bite. Has fly mouth parts and feeds on sugary things.

Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:14 pm

Kelly wrote: But he has a cool whisker!

Cool looking candy-striped leafhopper. A pest though (it has a toxin that kills fragile plants).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphocephala_coccinea

Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:15 pm

Thanks for all the bug IDs, Matt! My first field guide arrived today so I'm slightly better equipped to get them figured out myself. I am glad to finally know that these guys are rosy apple aphids. I've only ever seen them on one plant.

Kind of a side note......my girlfriends want to know why I don't want to come to their week night rug hooking classes. I told them I'm too busy photographing bugs. Nothing but perplexed looks!

Still don't know what that armadillo looking guy is though...