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Jul 9, 2012 5:11 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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A wasp ..by the calamondin fruit tree:
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Jul 10, 2012 5:29 PM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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Well, looky here! Now I have my own red dragonfly! Actually, I was thinking about removing that pole...couldn't even remember what it had been there for. But now, the dragonfly has been using it for a while, so I'll leave it alone.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Jul 10, 2012 5:52 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Hurray! Hurray! Always so cute isn't it? Gripping tightly any tip it can find Lovey dubby
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Jul 10, 2012 6:11 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Predators on the stucco..

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Jul 18, 2012 4:37 PM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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Just waiting around for prey, huh? The insects below have been having quite a population explosion. They're flying around looking for what they want and there are plenty for them to find on the property, thanks to the deer coming around lately.
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Obviously, Dung Beetles.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Aug 29, 2012 1:19 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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This resident grasshopper has been feasting on my Hymenocallis leaves this summer..colorful looking but such a menace of sorts.. Grumbling
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Aug 29, 2012 2:57 PM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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Nice pic! They DO like to munch, don't they?
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Aug 29, 2012 9:55 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Yup..munching up and down and leaving their poop everywhere... Rolling my eyes.
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Sep 10, 2012 1:52 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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A pair of praying mantids found under the Yucca leaves this morning, 10 Sep2012:

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Sep 10, 2012 4:48 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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The pair of mantids has moved up a bit, this time a better top view: the way the bigger one is gripping on the yucca leaf sure is making the leaf ooze.
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Sep 10, 2012 4:55 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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A grasshopper hovering by our patio sliding door:
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Sep 10, 2012 5:55 PM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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OMG, tarev! It looks like the smaller mantid lost its head! I've always heard that the female kills the male after mating. Maybe that's what is going on there!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
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Sep 10, 2012 8:42 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Hi Linda..now you made me do a 2nd look...hmmm..I think the head is still there for now..can still see the bluish-like antennae on the smaller mantid. Blinking
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Sep 26, 2012 2:50 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Grasshopper by the dwarf schefflera..hope it does not cause too much damage on the plant Rolling my eyes.
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I guess it also wants some shade:
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Nov 7, 2012 11:03 AM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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My resident grasshopper this time hovering around Eve's needle...sure knows how to avoid the sharp pointy spikes Big Grin

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Nov 7, 2012 12:30 PM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
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I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
I guess it also wants some shade:
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Oh these are good. Just hanging out, just hanging out. Literally. nodding
I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 22, 2013 11:32 AM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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A lacewing exploring my tulip and muscari planter.

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Trying to get a better close-up:
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Mar 22, 2013 1:18 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
Region: Canadian Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Tip Photographer Garden Ideas: Master Level I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Charter ATP Member
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I just love lacewings, I think they are so pretty. Hurray!
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Mar 22, 2013 2:16 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Yeah! They look dainty and regal..but lions to the aphids Big Grin A gardener's friend!
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Mar 26, 2013 6:23 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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A syrphid fly by the muscari blooms: thanks Janet for the ID Smiling

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