In the front yard peppers were turning red. A rain lily popped up at the end of the dry creek bed. I picked blueberries before swimming. Between the monsoon rains and the heat, many berries had popped and were fermenting. It smelled like a brewery and buzzed with wasps. I saw an interesting orange long-legged critter that might have been a cranefly. Also, I just glimpsed an orange and brown butterfly. What popped into my head was a diana fritillary, Speyeria diana, though that seems unlikely - I only know it from field guide illustrations. And I didn't have the camera.
As I dried out, I watched the mountain mint. It's like a desert waterhole, only for insects. A fiery skipper joined the bees and wasps. The goldfinches were back. A blue dasher obelisked. A larger skimmer perched normally. I could not find the last Argiope spider.
No comments:
Post a Comment