Pasadena Housewife » Bugs and little critters

Praying mantis on our front door

Jill — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:54:16 +0000

Well hello there!

You know, I think I’ll just head over this direction.

Hummingbird tongue

Jill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:21:03 +0000

Did you know that hummingbirds have tongues?

And did you know that they use them when they’re drinking nectar?

Their beaks open slightly and their tongues shoot in and out of their mouths to lap the nectar up.

Slug on a tree

Jill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:33:55 +0000

Beetle love

Jill — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:53:40 +0000

Bees in a Vermont gift shop

Jill — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:19:57 +0000

Vermont bee in August

Jill — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:29:12 +0000

Gone but not forgotten

Jill — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:18:52 +0000

I found this moth dead in a drawer, lying on a line of not-yet-separated twisties. I set him on a white index card, took him over near a window, and took pictures of him with a macro lens my dad lent to me.

Little visitor

Jill — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:51:20 +0000

Run away! Run away! It’s an enormous camera!