Drumlin Farm wildlife

[urbpan]

(I think) a skipper and (I think) a plant hopper nymph share space on (I think) bee balm.


This chrysalis, on the deer pen fence, is unknown to me.


Pretty cool, though!


Raspberry slime mold! (Tubifera ferruginosa)

Comments

[ssejooz.livejournal.com]

I love that first pic!

Looks like you may have another critter in there- top right of flower.

[agelena.livejournal.com]

Looks like a little white spider in there, at about the one o'clock on the base of the petals.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I totally missed that little white spider! Thanks you guys :D

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

Well... the chrysalis is some type of Papilionid - they do the suspended hanging thing.

That is a skipper, possibly a Hoary Edge, Achalarus lyciades.I don't think that's a plant hopper - you can already see the prominent scutellum, so it'd be a true bug in the old order Hemiptera. Based on the body shape, I'd guess Miridae or Lygaeidae, but those are hardly reliable ID's.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, entomistress!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I really love that slime mold!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

At least it didn't explode into spores and kill me!

[agelena.livejournal.com]

That is the prettiest slime mold I've ever seen. It looks like Crunchberries from Captain Krunch cereal.

[bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com]

Chrysalis(i?) are cool! I haven't seen one in forever...Gorgeous picks as usual...
RASPBERRY SLIME MOLD??? That is so cool!!! :)