Fleurs De Mai

The ants are ready for the grand openings  

                                All plants are in my neighbors' yards.  Grant and Melissa and Derek...
 

                                                                              Feral bird. 

Insect-Aside Volume 4

Aphid ranching, predation, and SPIDERS.

Above and two below, ants herding aphids.  Ants feed and protect the aphids and the aphids in turn provide a sweet, nutritious secretion for the ants.  Everyone is happy. 

American Hover Fly getting a taste. 

SURPRISE!!!

The shot above shows a spider which lay in wait for the hapless honey bee on a thistle..