We’re taking things a little on the easy side this year. Vacation coming up and all, don’t want to have too many projects outstanding.
Combined with the garden expansion, and the need for a new point and shoot, it’s allowed me to rediscover my love of bugs.
Long before the Halloween bug bit me, I had a thing for insects. At one point I wanted to be a hollywood bug wrangler, thanks in large part to Indiana Jones.
But, the boss didn’t like the idea of the bug collection. No bugs in the house, not even dead ones. Thus, it’s a minor miracle we have our little baby wiggles.
Playing with the macro setting on the new camera…
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I soon started taking bug pics.
Squash bee.
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Damsel fly.
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Long Legged Fly.
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It’s really made me want a proper macro lens for Bertha (the nice camera).
It wasn’t long before I noticed a Monarch butterly. Now, I’ve been purposely allowing milkweed to grow for a few years now, and planted butterfly bushes in the hopes that food and habitat would attract them. I’d just about given up. But, mom has been fluttering about our ‘butterfly garden’ for a week now. Noticing her struggling in a windstorm, I considered catching her and bringing her in, but she fluttered over to the neighbors. So, I went checking in the milkweed.
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A day later, that egg was showing signs of life.
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And, we had “Wiggles” (as Talia has named it).
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2 days after hatching, Wiggles is still first instar, but starting to show some of the characteristic patterns.
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| From 2013 buildup |