Friday Bug Blogging
What Is It?
[Editor: The body is approximately 1 inch long. I’ve never seen anything like it down here. It is a brighter red than the picture makes it seem.]
Update: Hipparchia has identified it as a Milkweed Assassin Bug [Zelus longipes]. It is not fully mature so the wings are just beginning to come out on its back between the middle and rear legs. It ‘assassinates’ all the right things [mosquitoes, flies, caterpillars] so it is a welcome addition.
January 17, 2014 11 Comments
Friday Cat Blogging
Thar’ He Goes!
Bloody Ahab!
[Editor: My neighbor’s tom that I call Moby Dick. Despite not so subtle hints, he hasn’t been neutered and is really annoying.]
January 17, 2014 Comments Off on Friday Cat Blogging