Seems likely they are more "flighty" in the spring and early summer when the flowers are a bit sparser. But if you're patient you'll eventually come across one feeding calmly.
(06/03/24)
NEWS: Lars Chittka, Ph.D., professor of sensory and behavioural ecology at Queen Mary University of London, has been selected to deliver the Founders' Memorial Award Lecture at Entomology 2024. Chittka will recount the pioneering accomplishments of Charles Henry Turner, Ph.D. (1867-1923), a Black entomologist whose discoveries on insect sensory systems, learning, personality, and intelligence were a century ahead of their time. #EntSoc24#entomology#insects MORE: https://entsoc.org/news/press-releases/lars-chittka-2024-founders-memorial-lecture
There are so many pretty flies I had never seen before. Today I came across a red bodied one that was too fidgety to photograph well but was unlike the one with a red stripe I found on the glass last week. And a golden sheen one with a metallic blue bottom that appears to have white frets on the side #biodiversity#inthegarden#insects#latespring
Cicadas are back, but climate change is messing with their body clocks.
CBS News reports: "Cicada watchers used to be able to predict their emergence as easily as astronomers could predict the recent solar eclipse. But that has become more challenging as the cicadas' patterns are changing as warm spring days happen more often."
The male has golden hair and a yellow face, the female has a black face and a whiter coat.
They both have a very long tongue, a black and white striped abdomen, and a noisy buzz. Seen together feeding on a vitex tree - and occasionally getting into an argument - at @cowboycatranch
Spent some time hanging out with some blue #damselflies at the lake before coming back home 😊
Damselflies have existed since the Late #Jurassic period & found on every continent except Antarctica. Presence of damselflies & the larger dragonflies, indicates a healthy #ecosystem.
So I just saw this beetle for the first time ever and learned via #SeekApp that it is called a Rustic Sailor Beetle and I just may have never been so charmed in my whole bug watching life. #beetles#insects#bugstodon#PNW#OlympiaWA
Tonight I had the good fortune to go on a short kayak trip. For some reason there were thousands of white caddis flies surrounding me and flying right above the water. At first I thought “I wish I could get away from these things and enjoy nature” and then I realized they were the star of the show. I was lucky to just watch their frantic flights swarming to and fro over the water while trying to live a full life in a few short weeks. #photography#nature#wildlife#insects