Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Cicada killer

A black swallowtail visited the rue.  A tiger swallowtail posed with the asters while I was in the pool with no camera.  A female skimmer used a perch but a Halloween pennant clung to the topmost pine candle.  A male widow skimmer rested on a dried stalk of spartina.  A blue dasher found a different stake to perch on. 

The giant wasp roamed around the patio and especially the birdbath as though certain there was a cicada around.  I wondered if it could sense the one that landed on the feeder hanger a couple of days ago.  Other wasps and bees obsessed over the mountain mint. 

A couple of turtles basked in the sunlight.  The male hummer returned and a female also fed.  The sugar water was almost gone by evening.  Sunset was orange and streaky.  


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