Insects

[ZackB]

@SKT same over here with the ants. Feel like I’ve been fighting off ants all summer.

[Oaktavia]

@SFMCfranky i frickin love monarchs

[SFMCfranky]

@Oaktavia

Me too,
Unfortunately, they’re getting rarer every year. They used to be common hereabouts in the summer. Now I get excited when I spot just one. I’ve planted milkweed to try and help out. But I’ve yet to see any caterpillars.
At least I have lots of flowering plants the adults seem to favor.

[Oaktavia]

@SFMCfranky I see least one or two each time I go down to the Potomac. My wife and I saw a pair of them flirting about one another, spinning and spiraling in the air. It was a magical moment. We planted milkweed too, three different varieties. The monarchs haven't found them yet I guess. I do see hummingbird hawk moths that love the milkweed and other small moths. Sometimes yellow or black swallowtail. I have seen monarchs in our backyard but that isn't where the milkweed garden is.

[SKT]

Poor backgrounds but some cool bugs

[SKT]

Can’t remember if I posted a cicada lately but we seem to have a lot this year. Boone eats them if he can catch them

[Oaktavia]

@SKT beautiful, strange creatures

[SKT]

[ARNC]

This guy was too busy feeding to stop for a decent photo!

[Oaktavia]

Finally was able to take a photo of a monarch.

[Nocturama]

[Oaktavia]

@Nocturama wow! That orange is incredibly beautiful.

[Nocturama]

Absolutely - it’s a Red Admiral, but definitely a beautiful orange @Oaktavia

[ARNC]

Some kind of caddisfly, I think.

[endo]

a hornet on the window pane

[ARNC]

@endo glad it’s on the other side to you!

[SKT]

More beautiful natural camo

[SKT]

Another little beetle

[catdad1]

Interesting little battle wound on the left wing

[SKT]