I was out in my garden a little yesterday. I wanted to harvest a green pepper for dinner. While I was out there, I noticed a sleeping bee. I remembered them from last year, so I had to get my camera for some pictures. In fact, I saw three separate sleeping bees. They were bumblebees that were just hanging on to flowers and getting ready for the evening. I got some nice pictures for my book – “Sleeping Bees”. I think it’ll be a hit.
Walking past my spiderflowers was the “yikes” part. They are covered with beetles. One of the flower spikes has completely died from the infestation. The others don’t look very happy. After looking them up, I have identified them as harlequin bugs. Normally when I have pests, I leave them to the predators or pick them off by hand. This infestation calls for poison. To the death store! …I mean, Home Depot!
The sleeping bee:
The harlequin bugs:
I don’t know if they make benches small enough for beetle mourners, buddy.
What if they’re made out of popsicle sticks? The skinny kind – not the fat tongue depresser kind.
Are you sure your address isn’t 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
I’m afraid of sleeping bees!
I’d sick some of those leeches on them.
Are sleeping bees, bumbleless?
Beautiful photos. Make postcards out of these and sell them for lots of $$$$ 🙂