Category: Bug of the Week (Page 187 of 219)

Bug of the Week: Katydid

We found another insect songster this week taking a nibble on the sweet potato vines.

katydid nymph

This katydid won’t be singing right now, because it is still a nymph.

katydid nymph

Both male and female adult katydids sing.

In case you aren’t sure how they sound, here’s a short video of katydids singing at night.

Bug of the Week: Native Bees on Sunflower

Did you know that honey bees aren’t native to the Americas? The honey bee came to North America with the Europeans. The continent wasn’t lacking in bees before honey bees came, however, because a vast assortment of native bees were already happily pollinating flowers.

Like these busy native bees working our sunflowers.

sunflower bee

The pint-sized pollinators have been coming in a constant stream since the sunflowers opened.

sunflower bee

They leave each flower with yellow pollen-laden legs loaded to overcapacity . How do they even fly?

sunflower bee

Thanks to these bees we have a heavy crop of sunflower seeds. Go, bees, go!

sunflower bee

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