Vanessa adult activity has resumed due to sunny weather, but only non-large aggregations (a handful per nectaring area) were visible. I was surprised to find that
annabella were mixed in with the
cardui:
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| cardui |
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| annabella |
Milkweed hemipterans were still sparsely distributed but I saw a single large cluster on a pod (perhaps the pod was unhealthy and the resulting loss of defense chems made it more palatable than the others?)
Also finally managed to photograph + identify one of the massive non-katydid hoppers:
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| Schistocerca nitens |
Also finally managed to photograph + identify one of the massive non-katydid hoppers:
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