We got behind with keeping the blog up to date with lots of other pressing things —- like making some photos. Here are the results of a leisurely trip up Hwy 529 a week ago, with minimal text. I want to get these up on the blog, mainly as a record of what is seen in mid-August around here.
This critter had been eating the Evening Primrose petal —
—- and is in the process of launching for another foray … or perhaps heading home with a full belly!
A beetle on milkweed …
And a ladybug on milkweed …
Bald-faced hornet on milkweed …
Unidentified wasp, not even in this wonderful resource:
http://www.scorpionfly.ca/plants/wildlifegarden/Beneficial%20wasps.html
This looks like a Great Black Wasp:
First time I’ve noticed the interesting hooks on the reproductive structures of Goatsbeard.
Fireweed with visitor …
Wild Sarsaparilla with its (apparently) sweet, spicy seeds…
Dragonfly, stopping to chew its food …
Banquet at the Joe Pyeweed patch….
Another dragonfly, this time hanging on to a milkweed leaf…
I suspect that the above female are laying the eggs for the last generation of Monarchs to hatch before they head south. Mary Holland has a very nice article on the subject of the last generation.
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