todays capture: 05/07/12: Looks like the lady bug can't get her wing back in place. Did not seem to bother her as she was on the move. The mosquito hawk is 1-1 no crop...

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todays capture: 05/07/12

May 7, 2012 17:20:51 #

jdeanb Loc: Texas / central

Looks like the lady bug can't get her wing back in place. Did not seem to bother her as she was on the move.
The mosquito hawk is 1-1 no crop

Lady bug cropped

mosquito hawk

May 7, 2012 17:35:28 #

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Awesome shots. Looks like a bird almost had Lady Bug for lunch. :)

May 7, 2012 18:28:28 #

tinusbum Loc: east texas

nice shots,#2 cranefly,we called them mosquito hawks too.tom

May 7, 2012 19:09:01 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

tinusbum wrote:

nice shots,#2 crane fly, we called them mosquito hawks too.tom

I used to call them mosquito hawks, until I read that they do NOT eat mosquitoes, only nectar from flowers.

The beetle is a Seven-Spotted Lady (Coccinella septempunctata).

May 7, 2012 23:14:48 #

travlnman46 Loc: Yakima WA

Nikonian72 wrote:

tinusbum wrote:

nice shots,#2 crane fly, we called them mosquito hawks too.tom

I used to call them mosquito hawks, until I read that they do NOT eat mosquitoes, only nectar from flowers.

The beetle is a Seven-Spotted Lady (Coccinella septempunctata).

Dang Nikonian: There you go destroying another illusion... lol.. We used to call them skeeter eaters...

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