I have been noticing the diversity of insects visiting my North Texas backyard. I realize that some of these insects, such as caterpillars, are in their larval form and ultimately change to other insects (butterflies) but the caterpillar form is interesting to me also.
Below are pictures of insects that I have found this past year. Some of these pictures are seen in my other blog posts (bees for example). However, because of the subject (insects), I am posting them here also.
Beetles
Texas Bumelia Borer Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Blister Beetle - loves Swiss Chard, which I have growing in my garden.
Spiders
These are Daddy Longlegs. Although these pics were not snapped in my yard, they were found in the Dallas metroplex.
Garden spider
Small spider with eggsack. I can't identify - can anyone help?
Grasshopper
Small jumping hopper or a rosebush - I can't identify. Can anyone help?
Cricket
Flying insects
Cicada
Cicada in the evening - see his beautiful translucent wings in the evening.
Dragonfly
Green housefly
Crawling Insects
Luna Moth caterpillar
Blackswallowtail on dill
Millipede
Bees
Solitary bee on prickly pear cactus flower
Bumblebees
Honeybees on Silverado Sage
Honeybee on aster
In your pictures 14 and 15, the "little green hopper" is a Katydid nymph. They are adorable aren't they?!
ReplyDeleteThe spider in photos 4 and 5 is a crab spider.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda!
ReplyDeleteFurther known as a Scudderia Bush Katydid nymph. I wish I'd seen Brenda's post before I went on my own search additionally fueled by your want of knowing. Eventually, I searched North American Katydids and found out there are more than 6400 Katydids, of which we only have 255. This lead me to pbase.com . Anything that hops or jumps he shoots and classifies, really cool imagery. Anyway... Now we all know more than before.
ReplyDeleteHappy Shooting
- Forrest