Dogbane Saucrobotys

Found these lovelies on dog bane in my backyard yesterday. They make silken shelters by pulling leaves together and were really doing a number on the plants. Bug Guide shows these as the dog bane Saucrobotys moth.

See http://bugguide.net/node/view/5411/bgpage

and for the adult:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/339331/bgimage

Summer!

Dead Fish Monthly

magazine
Originally uploaded by Mikey Swales...fish related tales

This is a fake magazine cover...I think but it was posted to a real Flickr group called Dead Fish which features pictures of, well, dead fish.

I actually like the flickr group. Fish skeletons are quite attractive as one of my colleagues can attest. In fact she turned me on to Flickr's Dead Fish group when I was looking for a place to post this picture of a dead fish.

Fishing spider ( Dolomedes)

Fishing spider ( Dolomedes)
Originally uploaded by pdecell

Got this beauty at Baker Wetlands in Lawrence. And I almost fell in the water as I leaned over the edge of the board walk in the wetlands to get the shot.