Cinnabar moth cats
Jul 17, 2020 21:52:29 #
The moths were imported to deal with the invasive Tansy ragwort.
And a future what? A snakefly, Lacewing? The bees & flies have made a mess of the flower & this little guy kept working the perimeter & digging in, except for a brief sojourn out on a petal where I caught him.
And a future what? A snakefly, Lacewing? The bees & flies have made a mess of the flower & this little guy kept working the perimeter & digging in, except for a brief sojourn out on a petal where I caught him.
Jul 17, 2020 22:19:22 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
The moths were imported to deal with the invasive Tansy ragwort.
And a future what? A snakefly, Lacewing? The bees & flies have made a mess of the flower & this little guy kept working the perimeter & digging in, except for a brief sojourn out on a petal where I caught him.
And a future what? A snakefly, Lacewing? The bees & flies have made a mess of the flower & this little guy kept working the perimeter & digging in, except for a brief sojourn out on a petal where I caught him.
Probably a nearly ready to pupate lacewing.
It is seemingly large, and could be a 'Giant Lacewing', Polystoechòtidae, but not likely, extremely rare.
Well shot.
Bill
Jul 17, 2020 22:28:09 #
Jul 17, 2020 22:29:31 #
newtoyou wrote:
Probably a nearly ready to pupate lacewing.
It is seemingly large, and could be a 'Giant Lacewing', Polystoechòtidae, but not likely, extremely rare.
Well shot.
Bill
It is seemingly large, and could be a 'Giant Lacewing', Polystoechòtidae, but not likely, extremely rare.
Well shot.
Bill
Thanks Bill. It's about 1cm long. Not all that large, the flowers are small ones.
Jul 18, 2020 08:48:24 #
If things never changed, there would be no butterflies. 
Great captures!
Great captures!
Jul 18, 2020 09:25:57 #
Jul 18, 2020 11:22:16 #
Very, very well done. I've yet to see a caterpillar like yours so thanks for sharing.
Jul 18, 2020 11:25:42 #
Very nice! It does look like a lacewing larva, but I don't know what snakefly larvae look like.
Jul 18, 2020 12:12:49 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very nice! It does look like a lacewing larva, but I don't know what snakefly larvae look like.
Like that only skinnier. I found this photo on Wikipedia so I guess it's in the public domain.
Looks like Lacewing is probably the proper ID.
Jul 18, 2020 15:38:46 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If things never changed, there would be no butterflies.
Great captures!
Great captures!
Thank you Paul!
Jul 18, 2020 15:41:34 #
Jul 22, 2020 04:02:50 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
Thanks Bill. It's about 1cm long. Not all that large, the flowers are small ones.
That's 'large' in Lacewing larva. They may get 1.5cm, but not often. Adults all wing, not much body.
Bill
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