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Orange Assassin Bug

Leave it to me to find yet another Assassin Bug. While visiting my sister in August at her home in Dutchess County New York in the Hudson Valley, I spied this itty-bitty little orange dot on the outside of the screened porch room. He was only about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch. Right away, I went for my camera...

Posted to Glitter Girl (Weblog) by Julie Burger on 11-11-2008
Orange Assassin Bug

One more deadly discovery! Another Assassin Bug!

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 11-11-2008
Assassins

Do you remember this little guy from my Blog Post on June 19, 2008. I know you do. This is a baby (nymph) Wheel Bug in the category of "Assassin Bugs". They're called Assassin Bugs because they are so vicious and predatory. They are so pretty when they're babies, but, you just wouldn't...

Posted to Glitter Girl (Weblog) by Julie Burger on 11-01-2008
Wheel Bug 2

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 11-01-2008
Female Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly

I know you've seen this little lady before sitting on my flower pot. I just can't resist taking their photos when I see them, though. And she was so sweet to sit and pose for me for the longest time. I thought you'd like to see her in her natural habitat. I went down to the pond scouting...

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 08-19-2008
Scary Dude

If you want to see a really frightening face, look at this Praying Mantis in its original size. He's really creepy looking.

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 08-19-2008
Tweeking Photos with Photoshop

Someone asked about the color in the Katydid photo in my gallery. I decided to come clean! I'm posting both the original, which is cropped but not adjusted in any way, and the adjusted photo that is in my gallery. This photo is the original photo that I cropped just to reduce it in size. It hasn't...

Posted to Glitter Girl (Weblog) by Julie Burger on 08-13-2008
Katydid

This is a Fork Tailed Bush Katydid. Up until the last couple of weeks, I didn't know that their were so many kinds of Katydids. And, just recently, someone told me that Katydids and Cicadas were the same thing. After I took this photo, it really got my curiosity going. I went to work researching...

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 08-12-2008
Wasps

This little critter is called a Thread Waisted Wasp. I don't recall ever seeing one of these before, so I had to do some research to identify it. They live mostly on nectar and teeny-tiny insects during the summer and usually build their nests in the ground. It was flitting around my Bee Balm plant...

Posted to Julie's Joy (Gallery) by Julie Burger on 08-12-2008
Dragonflies & Damselflies

Odonata is a word used to describe both Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and Damselflies (Zygoptera). A lot of folks who watch these little critters regularly, affectionately refer to them as “Odes”. I just posted over a dozen photos of Dragonflies and Damselflies in my gallery. There are lots of different types...

Posted to Glitter Girl (Weblog) by Julie Burger on 06-30-2008

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