WiseAcre Gardens

Lophocampa maculata

I still can’t tell which end is the head but from other photos on the web I can at least make a reasonable identification of this caterpillar. Guess I need to expand my Field Guide library to cover creepy crawlies since I’ve started taking photos of them.

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Who cares which end is which. It looks like lunch no matter how I look at it.

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Following a lead I went to take photos of Bur Cucumber - Sicyos angulatus - and found a bonus subject when I arrived. Swarming around the old barn and the plants twining it’s way up the side were dozens of paper wasps.

I like this photograph because it caught both the unusual seed pod and flowers at the same time.

This member of the  wild cucumber family could not hold my attention long with the wasps demanding I pay attention to them. More than one had landed on me and I was a bit worried they might mistake me for a threat. I’ll go back and take photos of the plant later. Maybe then I’ll mention the difference between Wild And Bur cucumbers. But for now just one more quick shot of a paper wasp.

You looking at me?

When I left you all a couple posts ago I wasn’t feeling quite like myself. Since then I’m feeling much better except for my finger. Since it was caught in the spore cloud my finger has taken on a life of it’s own. The swelling is easing up but I’m afraid I’m going to lose that fingernail.

Next time I’m going to use my nose when I poke a puffball since my face could use the improvement.

And now for my next trick.

I’ll leave the wasp alone.

But it is a nice enough photograph of Bugbane - Cimicifuga - to use as a new Desktop Wallpaper