I have a variety of insects to show you today, so come and look.
This beauty is a Twig Wilter of the Coreidae family sitting on a flower of the Pineapple Sage bush in our garden.
Incidentally, the photos were taken in our garden, except the last one that I found at a little stream. as we try to match our garden with the natural surrounds of our area. I always find the delicate design of the smaller insects wonderful and the biggest insect in here is the locust.
We are blessed with a wide variety of nature's residents, animals, birds and insects of many varieties and as I get them I will continue to show you.
Here was another one in the leaves of a bush called a Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
Now this is not a Grasshopper. Instead it is a sleeping Tree Locust of the (Anacridium moestum) species.
Here we have a tattered female Zebra Blue (Leptotes eirithous) and as we are nearing winter they will all soon be gone.
I caught this guy in flight and it is a Paper Wasp of the Vespidae family.
Another look at the wasp.
This is a tiny Carpenter Bee of the (Amegilla atrocincta) species.
Finally we have the Cape Autumn Widow (Dira clytus)
So there you have it. Yet another delivery of insects to wonder at and what I find interesting is that each of them have different characteristics. They don't eat the same food, their way of eating is different and they have different habits.
There are millions of insects in the world and most of them, if not all, except mosquitoes in my mind, have a role to play in the eco-system.
Just the way that nature works as there is never any waste.
And That's All Friends.
Note: All specie information taken from my insect and butterfly books.
Namely; Field Guide to Insects and Gardening for Butterflies.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge Camera.
