Still
getting rain. None last Saturday but showers the last two days and
predicted for every day this week, of course, now that I'm back to
the top of Rocky's list.
I'll
be busy today packing up 5 of the Botanicas to send to the gallery in
Dallas for their upcoming show. I haven't worked on anything, no
drawings, no model making, since last Thursday when I finished the
second hummingbird tile model
but
I have started to excavate the kiln in the garage. It's not
completely accessible yet, but getting there.
Some
pics of small stuff...
the
anoles are getting bigger
these
little beetles have been at it for days unless this is a different
pair on the same plant
tried
to do an image search for this to see if I could find out what will
emerge from this cocoon and google returned pictures of street and
other signs...okaaaay
I
guess this is an ant but I have never seen one like this before
this
little spider was determined to not have it's picture taken and I was
determined to take it
came
across this little 8” snake, one that I have never seen before, in
the garage with a puncture wound behind it's head and the cat laying
nearby. it wasn't dead so I moved it to the leafy debris and when I
went back later to check on it, it was gone
maybe
I should have used this pic to illustrate my boob smushing post
Big
Mama's posse is down to six now from the original twelve. either I'm
not feeding her often enough to suit her or something has been
fishing in her pond
Nice pictures! Busy beetles, eh? I can't wait to find out what emerges from that cocoon. Pretty little snake. August and I were looking at a sort of chart about snakes found in Florida and there were snakes I'd never even heard of! How can that be? In my own state! I am constantly amazed at all of the things I don't know. And don't even know I don't know.
ReplyDeletemy sister (see below) is correct...bagworm cocoon.
DeleteI thought that the cocoon was a string of weather and spent lady finger fire crackers. Very curious ! Your bugs are so interesting, I love your bug world. And thank you for saving the little snake, a very pretty one, she is. Love your hummingbird too!
ReplyDeleteOdd cocoon - bagworm, I think.
ReplyDeleteThat ant, wow!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen some of those bugs. Hope your snake wasn't a viper. I was going to pick up a large water moccasin with a towel once; now I know what they look like. And, they stink. I have a few bagworms on my willow tree and I don't know what those caterpillars look like later. I filled a paper bag one time when I was young with them and before I knew it, they had crawled out of the bag dragging their little tent with them.
ReplyDeleteThat strange cocoon is invasive to pine, look for more and destroy
ReplyDeleteBagworm, love the spider and ant however
ReplyDeleteIs that some sort of carpenter ant? We have them here, which wasn't too good for the railroad tie wall. Fortunately we had hundreds and hundreds of linear feet of t.
ReplyDeletenot a carpenter ant according to the internet search.
DeleteI just went searching for "cocoon that looks like a pile of trash" and got results for bagworms! I'm not sure that's such a good thing, huh?
ReplyDeleteyes, bagworm. I've been advised to smush it.
DeleteWhat a wonderful round-up of your little creatures, the spider is extraordinary!
ReplyDeleteisn't it though and it was small, it's body maybe a half inch.
DeleteYeah, bagworm or bagworm moth is what I came up with, too. (Image search still failed me, though -- I cropped your picture to just the cocoon, thinking that without the post I wouldn't get sign-related results. Instead I got chocolate!)
ReplyDeleteThat spider is awesome. No idea what kind it is but I love it, and the anole too.
I imagine being an artist means you see and study the details of our world. That spider on the petal is amazing.
ReplyDeletelove the humming bird! we have lots of feeders throughout the park, but they seem to like my gardens best!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing all your critter pictures. The anoles continue to be a favorite, although I like the spider too.
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