September Bug-off

[Kelly]

short-winged blister beetle - maybe

[Kelly]

Belly



same spider - Back

This thing was BIG! Calling all spider experts; does this guy/girl have a name?

Possible ID: Female Argiope bruennichi (wasp spider)

[Shaye]

Awsome Kelly!!! I think its a banded orb spider. Arnt they beauties? Some type of orb spider anyway.

[Brenda]

I think you're right Kelly. Beautiful girl, whomever she might be! Interesting tidbit about these gals: You know how they weave that zig zag pattern into the web? Well, while no one really knows for sure why they do it, one theory is so that it's visible to larger animals so they don't destroy the web by walking or flying through it. It makes sense that when you put that much time and effort into a web, you wouldn't want someone coming along and ruining it.

[americanhero]

simply awesome shots, Kelly.
Looks really scary to me, but very beautiful.


@Shaye:

I'm speechless!! What a shot!! How far away have you been?

[Kelly]

Just a plain ol' honeybee. There were many dozen bees of all sorts enjoying this very fragrant plant outside at the Highland Park Conservatory. I wasn't familiar with the plant, but I think the worker told me it's called Snakeroot.

[Eddiebauer]

This is a tomato bug and the white specs I have heard are the larve of a kind of bee. I have see one with hundred of eggs on it.

[Eddiebauer]

I looked this worm up again. I believe its a Tomato Horned Worm. It turns into the Five Spotted Moth. The white parasites are Wasp eggs.