Got a little side tracked yesterday and wasn’t able to post my pictures. I managed to catch an American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) at our feeder though the screen in the window makes for a very soft looking picture. I’ve been seeing these clusters of insect eggs and managed to figure out that they are from Wheel Bugs (Arilus cristatus), which are good at eating other insect pests. Also we have a small lilac (Syringa sp?) bush that seems to only have a few blossoms at a time. Interestingly lilacs are in the olive family Oleaceae.
Wheel bug eggs (Arilus cristatus)
Lilac blossom (Syringa sp?)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
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May 6th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
[…] be a milkweed bug nymph away from its usual milkweed host. Also the egg cases similar to those from Day 58 have hatched and a large number of new wheelbug nymphs have been unleashed. As unsightly as these […]
June 27th, 2012 at 11:39 am
[…] a bright orange abdomen, that I suspect is a wheel bug nymph due to their presence in the yard (day 58 and day 69) and not a leaf-footed bug nymph because the leaf-footed bug pictures online seem to […]
August 21st, 2012 at 8:06 pm
[…] saw one of the mature wheel bugs possibly from the eggs from Day 58 and nymphs on Day 69. Share this:FacebookTwitterStumbleUponPinterestTumblrEmailRedditLinkedInLike […]