Tuesday, August 13th: Neighborhood bugs

[mistressofmuses]

On Tuesday, we took a quick walk through one of the neighborhood parks. It was a chance to give Cy a good brushing (he is shedding SO much), and let the dogs walk around a bit.

Also a chance for me to check out the local bugs! Sadly no praying mantises. :( I was hopeful, because my mom had found one in her garden a few days before, but alas.

Regrettably my phone wasn't being as cooperative as I could have hoped, so they aren't the highest quality pictures I've ever come away with, but a few that are at least okay.


Bee-flies are so cute!


Pretty big grasshopper!




A pair of ambush bugs sharing a honeybee snack.


More ambush bugs, hanging out on the black-eyed susans.


Different individual, but very similar big grasshopper.


Adorable little bee-fly, drinking some nectar.


A little moth on the far side of the flowers.

Comments

[spikedluv]

I've never seen grasshoppers that color!

Ti has started shedding like crazy, too! We got a new comb/brush thing that gets down to his undercoat. It's called the Furminator, lol! Pip calls it the Wonder Comb, because it really does do a great job. *g*

[mistressofmuses]

We have soooooo many grasshoppers this year. (We keep getting local news articles about how many grasshoppers there are, ha.) It amazes me how many different kinds there are, too! So many different colors and patterns and sizes.

Ugh, the shedding is crazy! For Cy we've been using a rubber sort of "currycomb" style brush that's actually a cat brush, but it seems to work pretty well and be gentle enough for him. But there's just so. much. hair.
Though furminator is a great name, haha. Especially since it works!

[scarlipswolfwife]

Lovely big grasshoppers! Those have some good detail to them - the photos of the grasshoppers, especially the first one.

[mistressofmuses]

The grasshoppers were pretty cool, and are definitely the pictures that turned out the clearest.

[olivermoss]

You got some great close ups of the bugs, especially those grasshoppers!

[mistressofmuses]

I was pretty happy with the bugs we did see. The grasshoppers definitely came out the clearest!

[umadoshi]

Those grasshoppers are amazing!

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you!

We have so many grasshoppers this year, to the point we've gotten frequent local news articles about it, ha. I genuinely find it really cool how much variety there is among various grasshopper species, though! So many sizes and colors!