Aphids

15 May 2023

Aphid birth part 2

I was surprised that the aphid from yesterday was still giving birth today! Apparently they can give birth up to 20 to 30 days, producing up to 5-12 aphid nymphs per day. Of course aphids are bad for plants. But some amount of aphids is good for a garden. Beneficial insects, like ladybugs eat them.

14 May 2023

Mother’s day aphid!

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I had been taking pics of spiders in the garden when I noticed a winged insect on a leaf. I wasn’t sure at first what kind of bug it was. I hadn’t even noticed the babies because they were so tiny. It wasn’t until I got the photos copied to my computer that I noticed what was going on. I thought it might be an aphid, so I googled “aphid giving birth” and found that it’s a Rose aphid giving birth. Aphids reproduce asexually and to live young through parthenogenesis rather than laying eggs.

22 April 2023

Earth day Snail Hunting and garden pics!

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The first part of Earth Day was nice and sunny, but showers brought out the snails in the afternoon. I had never seen a cream spotted ladybug before. Other pics are of a green aphid and a jumping spider.

28 June 2021

Snail Hunting

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Not many snails in the garden today. Today’s pics are: tiny snails, bee and wasps in a flower, Pale green weevil, Japanese beetle, and a Green bottle fly.

20 June 2021

Bagworm moth ‘houses’!

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These pics were taken on 18 June. I have heard a about bagworm moths and the “houses” their larvae make out of twigs and other materials, but I have never seen one…until today! Today I was tickled to find two of them in the garden!

The bagworm moth larvae collect small plant materials and attaches them around itself to make a nice little home. The bagworm moth larvae are mobile. It drags around everywhere it goes.

Additional garden pics from today

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