APED - A Picture Every Day: insect

Saturday, September 3, 2016

This Is Bugging Me on Saturday 09-03-16

Hello and happy Saturday. Want to know what's bugging me today? This guy! After the storm I was looking around the house, we fared very well, some limbs fell, and all the blooms were gone from my lantana bushes - which may be why one of the hummingbirds got in my face chattering this morning to clean and fill the feeder. After I did that chore and put the feeder in place I was hanging out with my camera waiting for the bird to come back and rejoice. While waiting, I looked at the poor lantana leaves and saw this insect or bug. I have no clue what it is. I searched the internet for a look a like and found one, but there was no information on it, just the photograph. I even went to an insect identification website and still no luck. If you know what it is, please let me know. The head and eye look gelatinous. I don't know if it flies, all it did was walk while I was watching. Today was a great day, though.

I hope you had a great Saturday. Thank you for looking. See you tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Wednesday's Walking on Water 06-29-16

Hello and happy Wednesday. Have you ever seen one of those bugs that looks like it can walk on water? Well, here it is. I saw it running about on the water when we were kayaking the other day, and, since I had my camera, I thought I'd try to get its photo. Yippee, I did - except that he was moving very fast, I was in a kayak and moving myself, and well, he's a little blurry and the photo has been highly cropped to try and show you this little bug, fly, or whatever this is that walks on water. Maybe soon I can get a better photo and show you his features better. It's pretty amazing what he can do. I've been thinking, though, and wonder if he can walk on water for only minuscule periods of time. He does go to and fro very quickly, and then flies away.

Hmmm, something to ponder. Meanwhile, I'll keep trying to get an awesome photograph of him and his kind every time I'm in the kayak.

I hope you had a wonderful Wednesday. Thank you for looking. See you tomorrow.