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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
16 responses to “Silent Sunday: May 30, 2021. An unusual white bug”
I know your white bug as a plume moth, we have several different types in the UK
Thank you Andy! Now I know what that bug is called. Had no idea there were different colored moths. I got much to learn in identifying my finds in nature.
I hope you have a great start to June. 🙂
Unusual… and beautiful!
I think so too! I couldn’t believe it was a bug cause it was so still. But another blogger helped me identify it: plume moth. God’s creativity in nature is awesome.
Ah, plume moth. I’ve never seen – or heard of one – before, but I love these fun discoveries in nature.
There are so many discoveries even in my little living area. Isn’t God so creative in creating such vast diversity of everything?!
He surely is! And every time I come upon new discoveries, I’m always in awe.
Beautiful, Esther. I bought two Lantanas plants also.
Love Lantanas and their full blooms. I hope yours grow well! I deadheaded mine, which I didn’t know about in the past, and got discouraged when new blooms didn’t start. But finally I’m starting to see tiny petals unfurling.
What colors did you get?
I got three orange last year. This year I got two yellow and two purple. I planted milkweed plants last year. They came back this year. There are many caterpillars on them.
That’s a great combination of Lantana colors! Ellis wants to get a purple one. What a fun thing to see caterpillars. Oh no, this may lead to a Milkweed plant to join the others. I’ll need to do some research on it.
It’s very interesting that the only female butterfly around here recognized the milkweed plants even when they are small. Some of mine are only three inches tall and she laid eggs on them.
I have birds and lizards and other insects in my garden and I lost several caterpillars. The two see-through cages I purchased should arrive today. I built my own cages yesterday and collected six or seven caterpillars to put them in the cages, then put them in the purchased cages later today.
Isn’t nature wonderful?! Somehow they know and travel to where they can find food and shelter.
Kids and I are planning on doing another caterpillar project…they are fascinating to watch. We get them from Insect Lore and they come with supplies to raise them. Similar and cheaper items are found on Amazon. Good luck with them!!
Interesting looking bug you’ve captured there Esther – it looks like a stick. You are observant catching it on that clay pot.
Linda, I didn’t know what it was at first. It stood out against the terracotta pot and was very visible. My container garden place is very small but it still encourages interesting bugs to visit.
I almost thought it was a “walking stick” bug at first. They maybe like to heat up their bodies on the terracotta as the sun’s rays beat down on it.