There was some rain late yesterday and the day was cloudy, humid, and buggy. The hummer feeder was empty and a fresh one not out yet when a male ruby throat stopped for a drink. How frustrating for the bird and me! K hung the fresh feeder but the male did not return. Female hummers approved.
I expected more dragonflies than the one that perched briefly. A robber fly lurked on the railing, looking like a Hulk-size mosquito. I believe it was an
Eastern hammertail (
Efferia aestuans). A blue mud wasp fidgeted around the mountain mint. I saw leaf-cutter bees and other wasps, including great golden digger wasps.
Pool rescues included a fig beetle and a green metallic tiger beetle that had the nerve to bite me. In revenge, I made the tiger beetle pose. Technically, it was a six-spotted tiger beetle, (
Cicindela sexguttata). I also hauled out a huge leaf-footed bug although it was a goner.
A mosquito got into the house. After buzzing around, it lit on the bug repellent! And there it sat for a couple of minutes enjoying the smell of camphor, I guess. It certainly told us the worth of that spray. Sunset was very pink.
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