Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Seven Squared Bugs?
What’s that you say?
Squared pictures. Seven of them. Bugs. (I use the term loosely. All bugs are insects, not all insects are bugs!)
So I can ‘double dip’ into two photo challenges, #Sunday Stills and #SevenforSeptember.
I’ll start with an ordinary ‘bug’ resting on a nasturtium. The focus is obviously on the flower not the bug, perhaps a metaphor for life.
On the opposite side of the yard and the color wheel as well, is a bee in a blossom. An insect not a bug, a helpful pollinator.
The nuthatch was looking for bugs in the Douglas Fir tree; I’m sure he found them deep in the furrowed bark.
Perhaps the wren found bugs to feed its young from the same tree.
The skippers are out and about in my garden. They’re butterflies, pollinators, insects with big eyes, antennas, and wings.
And legs. Don’t forget the hairy legs.
Finally, I’ll close with a spider (an arachnid, neither insect or bug!) who caught an unsuspecting bug in his web. Spiderwebs are everywhere now, so watch your step, lest you too be snagged.
And that will do for today’s seven!
~ Susanne
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wow these are beautiful and I’m being spoilt with seven of them
Thank you so much! Happy day! 🙂 🙂
Great shots of insects and even the spider…creepy crawly indeed, Susanne! Love the bird with the hapless insect in its beak! And you’re early this week. Glad to see you double dipped!
Thanks, Terri! Probably the earliest I’ve ever been with Sunday Stills! Ready for you this week! 😊😊
Terrific shots!
Thanks, John! 😊
Nice photos Susanne. Always fun seeing nature up close and personal.
Thanks, Graham. 😊
Great photos but the spider creeped me out!!
Thanks! I understand your aversion to the spider! Not my favorite either! 😉
A great tour of your garden’s visitors.
Thanks so much.
Good idea for the challenge. I have never seen those furry Skippers before, but we currently have a population boom in spiders of all types.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. I found skippers and spiders everywhere in my garden recently.
Great idea to combine these two challenges (an idea I may pinch!) I love your butterfly shots in particular 🙂
Thanks, Sarah. I may be hard pressed to find other sevens this month but I will try! 😊
It’s busy in your garden! Love the nuthatch.
Thanks so much! Yes, lots of activity in the garden! 🙂
Great choices for the theme. I also shared a photo of a bumblebee inside a flower this week.
Thanks for dropping by. I loved your bees! But those cockroaches! 😦 Yikes!