Thought I’d throw up some pictures of some of the very welcome critters with exoskeletons, multiple legs, wings, and the like.
Caterpillar of white-line sphinx moth, chomping on California fuchsia (Epilobium species)
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grasshopper chomping on a Clarkia flower (Clarkia bottae)
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couple of ladybugs in a flannelbush flower (Fremontodendron ‘California Glory’)
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small flying thing on disc flowers of Madia (Madia elegans). Ca poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and Chinese houses (Collinsia heterophylla) in back.
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Barbara~~your critters are as colorful as your native wildflowers are lovely! gail
Thanks Gail. I really enjoyed seeing the native plants of Tennessee in your garden on your blog. Nice to celebrate the differences in regions.