2021/9/18 - BUGFEST: PLAN BEE

Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers

The smaller male is perched on the female to claim her as his future mate

This is what we in the human world call "dibs"

Nason's Slug Moth Caterpillar

Crowned Slug Moth Caterpillar

Wavy-lined Heterocampa Moth Caterpillar

American Dagger Moth Caterpillars

American Dagger Moth Caterpillar

Definite Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Definite Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Unidentified Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Northern Apple Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Imperial Moth Caterpillar

Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar (Venomous)

Saddleback Moth Caterpillar (Venomous)

Unidentified Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Juvenile Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods

Large Milkweed Bugs and Orange Aphids on Milkweed Seed Pods

Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar

Juvenile and Adult Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods

American Pokeweed

Azalea Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Juvenile and Adult Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods

Ladybug

Pawpaw Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

American Bird Grasshopper

Carolina Grasshopper

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

Unidentified Fly in Genus Condylostylus

Black Swallowtail Butterfly First Instar Larvae on Dill

Unidentified Fly in Genus Condylostylus

Unidentified Grass Skipper of Genus Hylephila on Wingstem

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar

American Bird Grasshopper

Large Milkweed Bug on Milkweed

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar

Milkweed Bug on Milkweed Seed Pod

Diogmites neoternatus, also known as a Robber Fly or Hanging Thief

Diogmites neoternatus

Diogmites neoternatus

Juvenile Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods

Juvenile Milkweed Bug

American Bird Grasshopper

Juvenile Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods

Common Eastern Bumble Bee on Wingstem

Common Eastern Bumble Bee on Wingstem

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Wingstem

American Bird Grasshopper

Small Milkweed Bugs (Not the same species as Large Milkweed Bugs)

American Bird Grasshopper

Passionflower with Milkweed Bug

American Bird Grasshopper

Juvenile Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pod

American Bird Grasshopper

American Bird Grasshopper

Passionflower

American Bird Grasshopper

American Bird Grasshopper

Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug (Ladybug cameo)

Carolina Grasshopper exercising their camoflage

Can you find them here?