Tag / Flying Insects

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Took only a few insect photos this past summer so today will share these with you.   I find dragonflies fascinating in that they come in such a variety of colours and sizes and hatch from alien looking nymphs.  Although I don’t like spiders they also come in such a variety of colours and sizes and today’s blog has another variety of orb-weaving spider.

Below:  Dragonfly newly emerged from nymph stage

Below: Orb Weaving Spider in the web

Below: Bee approaching a lambs ear plant

Enjoy!

~Sharon

I came across some insect photos in my collection the other day and thought they would be worth sharing.   Caterpillars come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours and can be quite attractive.   Their body armour and colours serve as warnings to predators as well as to camouflage them during their transitions.  Below, a very fuzzy caterpillar that curled up into a round ball when I touched it.

I have no idea what this bug is (below).  It was quite large, had long feathery antennae and appeared to be feeding on leaves.  It is not one that I recall seeing before.  Curious little insect!

Enjoy!

~Sharon

There are three stages in the dragonfly life cycle – egg, nymph and the adult dragonfly. Today’s blog features dragonfly nymphs. They look absolutely alien! The eggs are laid in water and the nymphs live in the water only to come up on shore on a suitable day for the adult dragonfly to emerge and unfurls its beautiful translucent wings.  These photos were taken in June alongside a small creek and there were many nymphs on the grass in various stages of emergence.  It was quite fascinating to watch. It looked to be a struggle crawling out of the casing and took quite a while but, after freeing themselves of the nymph casing, the dragonfly would slowly unfurl its wings and then proceed to dry them before taking to flight.

Below: The empty nymph shells stuck to the side of a boathouse.

Enjoy!

~Sharon