Yellow Tiger

 

Yellow Tiger Swallowtail on Ironweed

Friday Friend and Floral.

 

Amiable Light

 

Amiable Light

Another Wordless Wednesday

 

Bog Beauty

 

Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve, Northeast Ohio

Another Wordless Wednesday

Not sure, but I think this is Astilbe?

 

 

Predator & Prey

Predator & Prey

I spent Sunday evening entertained my this insect cat and mouse game in our front flower garden. After watching grasshoppers dine on my wife’s flower pots I was quietly encouraging my resident pest controller to do it’s job. After jockeying for position it struck with the blink of an eye…and missed. It just proves that the predator’s life owns no guarantees.

Insect Cat and Mouse

I guess you could say this is a Friday Friend and Foe Post.

Soothing Waters

 

Dundee Falls

Another Wordless Wednesday

 

On the Prowl

This Preying (or praying if you prefer) Mantis seemed to be reprimanding me to be still and quiet. It’s not very nimble but does exhibit a fair amount of patience while prowling for the flies that were landing nearby.

 

Is it a Bee? or a Wasp or a Fly?

 

Look, Its a …

I don’t really know my way around insect identification since plants were more of a fascination to me growing up. But the wonder of creation has always been my fascination and once you embrace a camera, wonder expands.

I captured this fly, or is it a bee, or maybe a wasp, on Rattlesnake Master at the end of July. Its full of wonder. The prairie in full bloom is a array of wonder. I’m inclined to think its a fly. Eventually I’ll sort it all out, but until then I can behold it’s wonder.

Another Friday Friends and Floral