Comments on: late summer insect activity http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: david and jake http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-196447 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:01 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-196447 i like bugs too i like bugs too

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181826 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:51:17 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181826 Phantom Midge - Getting an ID from another blog that's writing about the same insect is always a neat thing. I've had the same thing happen on occasion too. I think the odd shapes of moths are mainly part of their camouflage, but I suppose they could have other purposes as well. Phantom Midge - Getting an ID from another blog that’s writing about the same insect is always a neat thing. I’ve had the same thing happen on occasion too. I think the odd shapes of moths are mainly part of their camouflage, but I suppose they could have other purposes as well.

]]> by: Phantom Midge http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181771 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:08:37 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181771 Hey, that moth in the photo is the same kind that I found in the ladies' room here at work the other day (someone had left the window open). After I carefully put the moth outside, I was going to try to ID it at home but forgot....so I'm so glad you had this post! I was very intrigued by its "hump"---which makes sense when you think about it looking like a curled up, dead leaf but when you see it on a white restroom wall not so much;-) Hey, that moth in the photo is the same kind that I found in the ladies’ room here at work the other day (someone had left the window open). After I carefully put the moth outside, I was going to try to ID it at home but forgot….so I’m so glad you had this post!

I was very intrigued by its “hump”—which makes sense when you think about it looking like a curled up, dead leaf but when you see it on a white restroom wall not so much;-)

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181767 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:17:23 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181767 OW - Actually, after I wrote this, Don mentioned that there was a very light film of frost on the windshield of his car earlier in the week. However, it didn't seem to be enough to damage the tomato plants as they're still looking fine. I haven't bothered to cover them at all so far this year. I don't see much chance for frost in the next few days as the weather is very warm here now. - Doug - I was also a little surprised to see Milkweed Longhorns still out and about this late in the year, but there are still a few. They really are difficult to photograph. I believe I've got more shots of them lying upside down, legs folded up, playing dead, than I do of them walking around on leaves. (-: - threecollie - Thanks! That's very interesting about the box elder bugs not having matured just yet. That's always interesting data to try to keep track of from year to year for the sake of comparison. OW - Actually, after I wrote this, Don mentioned that there was a very light film of frost on the windshield of his car earlier in the week. However, it didn’t seem to be enough to damage the tomato plants as they’re still looking fine. I haven’t bothered to cover them at all so far this year. I don’t see much chance for frost in the next few days as the weather is very warm here now.
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Doug - I was also a little surprised to see Milkweed Longhorns still out and about this late in the year, but there are still a few. They really are difficult to photograph. I believe I’ve got more shots of them lying upside down, legs folded up, playing dead, than I do of them walking around on leaves. (-:
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threecollie - Thanks! That’s very interesting about the box elder bugs not having matured just yet. That’s always interesting data to try to keep track of from year to year for the sake of comparison.

]]> by: threecollie http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181764 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:08:29 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/19/late-summer-insect-activity/#comment-181764 Great photos, glad you had a minute to get them....we have an odd situation here, in that creatures like box elder bugs are still not finished developing, rather than the adult form trying to stuff themselves into every nook and cranny of the house at this time of the season. We had a very late spring, which may be the cause. Great photos, glad you had a minute to get them….we have an odd situation here, in that creatures like box elder bugs are still not finished developing, rather than the adult form trying to stuff themselves into every nook and cranny of the house at this time of the season. We had a very late spring, which may be the cause.

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