Category: Bug of the Week (Page 28 of 219)

Bug of the Week: Bee Haiku

February 27, 2019 / Roberta / 2 Comments

This month is National Haiku Writing Month.

Desert mallow flower

Sunlit umbrella holds tiny bee

Orange respite from cold

Have you written any nature-inspired haiku this month?

February 6, 2019 / Roberta / 1 Comment

Look who visited the flowers in our yard this week:

It is a painted lady butterfly.

In addition to flowers for nectar, we also have hollyhocks because they are a larval food plant.

If you grow it, they will come.

January 30, 2019 / Roberta / 0 Comments

A short post today:

These oleander aphids on rush milkweed are in trouble.

Can you see all the reasons why?