Dahlia/Beetle

 

I'm not sure what exactly this green fig beetle was doing on my dahlia, but I moved it along after I took this photo. (I love them--so beautiful and so weirdly clumsy...their grubs, however, are another [gross] matter altogether.)

Rest In(Sect) Peace

 I found two deceased insects yesterday. One of my bee girls and this lovely "june bug" (they are really figeater beetles).

RIP, buggies!

After the Rains

After the torrential rains we had at the beginning of the week, this bit o'beetle washed out of the downspout. The color really is lovely, isn't it? It looks like an emerald in the rain...

Sunny Flowers

 Last week I treated myself to an afternoon at the U-pick sunflower field at Suzie's Farm. So fun! The flowers were in various states (attractive--to me, at least--in whatever condition), and there were TONS of bees: honeybees, bumble bees, little native bees. Also lady bugs! I had a wonderful time.

Bugged