July bugs

[theora]

This is a hoverfly, I think. The coreopsis was very busy with a variety of small bees, wasps, and bee-like creatures. I'd hoped to catch a green sweat bee (I've seen them here before), but no luck today.




Leaf miner damage on a heart-leaf aster. These miners seem to prefer the edges of the leaves, giving a rather pretty effect.


I don't know what these guys are, and I'm not even sure what the plant is (I want to say some sort of perennial sunflower, but ???). Many of the flowers were full of these little, rather yucky larvae.


Dunno what made this, but obviously something set up home in there for a bit.


Oak apple. For whatever reason there have been tons of these this year.


This is what it looks like inside once the resident has vacated. We've found many of these in different stages of development this year, which has been neat for my kids to see.


I don't know my dragonflies, but love the color of this one.


Probably a common whitetail?


I like the red head on this one, but no idea what it is. Visiting a viburnum.

Comments

[spiralsheep]

Lovely photos. The two of the oak gall are especially interesting. Thank you for sharing. :-)

[lark_ascends]

Love the dragonflies.

[el1ie]

Such fascinating photos, the insect world is amazingly varied and complex. Thanks so much for posting.

[shirebound]

Your garden is so entertaining! It's a whole world unto itself.