Farm Photo of the Week

July 31, 2006

Photo by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


Summer Critters on the Farm


praying mantis on coneflower
Praying mantis on coneflower (Echinacea).
 

ambush bug on Monarda
Predatory ambush bug on eastern horsemint (Monarda punctata).
 

ambush bug

Close-up of ambush bug.
 


swallowtail on Tithonia

Tiger swallowtail butterfly on Tithonia (Mexican sunflower).

 

Bees on Helenium

Bees on sneezeweed (Helenium).

 

 

 

 

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