I had collected leaves and stems of the Angelica to help with an id, and had found leaping mini-bugs on them. And there were a couple of beetles, out of focus on the flowers, too. So I went out and collected leaves of several of my flowering plants. This cute leafhopper hopped off the lemon balm leaves.
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| On my desk. 3 mm. long. Tentatively id'd as Eupteryx melissae, the Banded Sage Hopper. |
And on columbine leaves:
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| Clusters of aphids. |
And then I went spider hunting and was surprised to find ... no, I'll leave it for tomorrow.
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Había cortado hojas y tallos de las flores de Angélica para poder identificar la planta, y de allí varios insectos minaturos saltaron, perdiéndose antes de que pudiera examinarlos. También vi escarabajos en mis fotos, estos mal enfocados. Pues fue a juntar hojas de algunas de mis plantas con flores. Este lindo saltahojas estaba en una hoja de la menta de limón, Melissa officinalis.
2. Y en las hojas de las columbinas, había muchos grupos de áfidos.
Y luego fui en busca de arañas y encontré algo sorprendente. Pero eso lo dejo para mañana.



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