Year: 2010 (Page 42 of 70)

Bug of the Week: Green Lacewings

I could have chosen a number of insects for bug of the week today. The mother crab spider’s eggs hatched, and the babies were ballooning away last night. I finally caught a cixiid in the act of laying eggs. The list goes on.

But this one really caught my imagination.

lacewing

I’ve shown you the beautiful, delicate green lacewing adult before.

Here’s a mystery:  How many lacewings do you see in the photograph below?

lacewing-hide

Edit: There are three lacewings on this carrot flower.
Post on green lacewing life cycle showing photos of all the stages.

Seed of the Week: California Poppies

The mini-meatball seeds from last week were from California poppies, Eschscholzia californica.

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orange-poppy

poppy-n-bee

California poppies are great sources of pollen for bees.

poppy-bee

This little gal is about the size of a pencil lead.

yellow-poppy

The poppies found in southern Arizona tend to be lighter in color, almost yellow at the tips. They were once considered to be a separate species, but are now considered to be a subspecies, They are commonly called Mexican gold poppies.

Here is the unrelated oriental poppy (Papaver) for comparison.

poppy-oriental

Do poppies grow where you live?

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