Insects and Birds, September 30, 2017

Saturday's Critters, Camera Critters, and I'd Rather B Birdin'

Saturday's Critters and Camera Critters

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 19, 2017

This is an annual Cicada, not one of the 13-year or 17-year cicadas that appear in swarms.

Shiloh, Tennessee, USA, September 23, 2017

I thought grasshoppers were all alike until I began to photograph them. This Differential Grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis, can be identified by the dark markings on its hind legs.

Prentiss county, Mississippi, USA, September 23, 2017

I was very surprised to find a small Praying Mantis while I was checking the sugar-water levels in my Hummingbird feeders. With the distal section of its front legs folded down as in prayer, it is easy to see how it got its name.

I'd Rather B Birdin'

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 25, 2017

Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbirds look very much like their mothers, but this one is beginning to show the red throat feathers that identifies it as a male. When he visited my feeders on Monday, he was with three other birds. I like to think of them as a family group
going to Mexico for a Winter vacation!

Have a wonderful week-end!

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