Another really kickass #bug I saw in my client's garden this afternoon. At first I thought it was an injured bumblebee because it has similar coloring.
It was crawling around in the mulch by the brick walkway and it climbed up a piece of mulch and flipped over on its back, so I flipped it back over and it thought I was trying to eat it.
I promised it that I was not a predator.
dog day cicadas (_Neotibicen canicularis_) I've seen recently
heute habe ich ein ziemlich abgefahrenes und wohl auch seltenes #krabbeltierchen gesehen:
ein Schwarzer Schneckenhauskäfer Drilus concolor
das auf dem bild ist nicht die raupe, sondern das weibchen! nur die männchen sehen aus wie klassische käfer.
hypermetamorphose, extremer geschlechtsdimorphismus, interessante essgewohnheiten der larven, was nicht alles, seht selbst:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilus_concolor
an der mauer
an der lauer
hängt ne
rotbeinwanze
Rotbeinige Baumwanze
Pentatoma rufipes
Closeup of the leaf hopper assassin bug, from the big camera #bugs #bugscrolling #bugstodon
A leafhopper assassin bug lies in wait, the little fly barely escaped. All this inside a surprise Lilly that popped up this week. #bugscrolling #bloomscrolling #bugstodon
zwar schmerzt das gesäß, aber doch war es schön :)
heute keine #auwaldrunde sondern eine flussrundfahrt mit dem stromlosen drahtesel.
da mach ich selten bilder, aber ich hab ja noch welche von gestern:
It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em.
(_Conotrachelus crataegi_.)
Earlier this Summer we had some noisy visitors: Cicadas. Here’s 1 I drew in my Perpetual Journal. The Agave flower stalk I drew in ‘23 is still standing! Read more on my blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/cicadas
Look who I just found camping out on the passion flowers that grow over from my neighbour's garden*
*Greatly appreciate gorgeous flowers that I don't have to (fail to) care for.
I can't believe they blurred the giant spider dick. #bugstodon https://www.popsci.com/environment/tarantula-genitals-satyrex/
flutter fly 
it's cool and cloudy enough that a few bristle millipedes are out during the day
auf meiner heutigen #AuwaldRunde hab ich den schirm vergessen und bin tatsächlich auch etwas angetröpfelt worden, war aber nicht wild. außer dass ich teilweise deswegen (jaja, ausrede) nur ein #krabbeltierchen-foto mitgebracht hab. oder zwei. naja, anderthalb.
Streifenwanze Graphosoma italicum
It's Wednesday. Do you know where your weevils are? 
Also, right as I was coming home I saw a pair of mating thread-legged bugs (family Reduviidae, subfamily Emesinae) on the wall! I have only seen them singly before. They're extremely skinny assassin bugs with a mantis-like raptorial first pair of legs.
They're very hard to take photos of as they will try to get away from you and also do this shaky, juddering walk. (Camouflage?) Lots of better photos here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/213
zwei Nördliche Fruchtwanzen Carpocoris fuscispinus, eine auf wilder möhre, die andere auf schafgarbe. schön zu sehen, wie variabel die in der färbung sind, das geht teils noch deutlich weiter auseinander als hier ...
Oh right it's #MothWeek!
I just love these little metallic moths. They are casebearers—as caterpillars, they build little cases or shells for themselves out of plant matter, debris, etc.
Red-spotted Purple
Funny name.
Red-spotted Purples are commonly found in woodlands, forest edges, and along country roads or trails—often basking on sunlit rocks or gravel.
