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Arrrrrgggghhhh!!!!
It seems that my blog is behaving badly this afternoon. I just got an “Error 400 - Bad Request” when I came here to post something a few minutes ago. I’ve heard from a couple of people who have mentioned problems over the past couple of days or so. I don’t know […]
Earlier this week, when I posted the first piece on the Phymata (Ambush Bug), in the comments, romunov posted a photo of a very handsome Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the most common species seen around our farm - I believe all of ours are Spined Assassin Bugs […]
Before I go on to post my “main” post for today, here’s an update on the Monarch caterpillar being kept in the living room. It has grown considerably since yesterday morning, when I posted a brief update on the piece about the caterpillar’s molt. As of yesterday morning, the caterpillar measured about 30mm […]
Picking up where I left off a couple of days ago, I’ll write a bit more about Phymata (Ambush bugs).
The two photos in this post are not new — probably a year or two old, as I’m not really seeing much pair activity just yet. At the moment, the individual insects seem […]
Can you guess what this is?
I found it on a milkweed leaf in the container where I’m keeping the Monarch caterpillar that I wrote about earlier today.
This afternoon, I happened to check on the caterpillar, and saw something very tiny sitting on a leaf inside the container. I got my […]