Saturday Critters: May Pond

I promised Lucy that we would go to May Pond after school yesterday. She insisted we go when camera light was too bright, not two hours later as I had planned. But how can I refuse her? She hunted for frogs while I hunted for bugs. 

Although the pollinators were plentiful, they were all moving fast and I didn't get many shots.

Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus)

Common Eastern Bumble Bee
(Bombus impatiens)

Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)
worker

Lucy finally decided it was time to go home. So we did. The weekend is looking good with the weather here. I hope we all have a peaceful weekend.

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A White Butterfly Moth

Wednesday, the Fourth of July:
After the rosy maple moth and hawk excitement (see previous posts), we took a ride to May Pond to see if any herons or loons were around. None were. The trees the herons previously nested in had blown over. We heard loons but never saw one. We also saw meadow larks and a grackle and we heard ravens.



I used the time to teach Wingnut more about macro photography (see the previous post about his bumblebee photo). While we were talking, I saw this white butterfly moth. What amazes me is that it is completely white, almost as if it is an albino butterfly moth. Bugguide.net has no other photos of a butterfly moth this white, so I have submitted it for identification. The butterfly moth is on cow vetch.


After our visit to May Pond, we got fireworks in Evansville and then went to the parade.

UPDATE (8/1/07): This was identified as a White Spring Moth, Lomographa vestaliata, by J.D. Roberts at bugguide.net.

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Wingnut's Bee Photo

A very good macro of a bumblebee by Wingnut. It was taken at May Pond. The flower is cow vetch. I have put all of Wingnut's photos on Flickr in his own set.

Be sure to click on this photo to view it large in a new window.

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