Category Archives: Macro Photography This guy looks pretty threatening to me. It’s some type of Ant (obviously), but I’m not sure what kind. He was just sitting on one of the Passionvine stems, like waiting to ambush something that would happen to come by. Notice the little hairs on it’s head?  I took out the Macro lens to get some closeup shots of these tiny Spicebush Caterpillars (or so I thought?). I thought since they were on my Sassafras tree they must be Spicebush Caterpillars? Could these be some kind of Moth larvae? The tree is definitely Sassafras. Would anyone confirm these are IO Moth caterpillars?...  I posted the picture yesterday showing the hundreds of Aphid covering my Milkweed plants. Today I’d like to share some pictures of Aphid Predators. I consider these the “Good Guys” when it comes to insects. Everyone knows about Ladybugs and Aphids right? You typically can buy 1500-2000 Ladybugs for about $10.00, spread them around your...  I thought I’d provide a little backyard Butterfly update. We haven’t seen any Monarch Butterflies, but we do have 9 Caterpillars from the one Monarch from Mexico. To give the Caterpillars the best chance of success, I have quarantined them in our Butterfly Enclosure. I did this to protect the Caterpillars from predatory wasps and...  You think you have Aphids? Check out all these Aphids on my Milkweed. My non-quarantined Milkweed is just covered in these insects. I’d spray them off but I know there are also some Ladybug larvae on there as well. |
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