A gregarious bunch on a tender Yellow Poplar twig.
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A gregarious bunch on a tender Yellow Poplar twig.
Have no idea what they are (typical for the foothills of Western North Carolina, no telling what you may find).
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Ken,
a nice find!
Looks like the larvae of meloid beetles to me. They have a quite interesting natural history, many of them being parasites or parasitoids in the nests of solitary bees and wasps. I find them regularly in and around my neck of the woods over here in springtime.
--Betty
P. S.: I'm glad to see you're back with us again!
a nice find!
Looks like the larvae of meloid beetles to me. They have a quite interesting natural history, many of them being parasites or parasitoids in the nests of solitary bees and wasps. I find them regularly in and around my neck of the woods over here in springtime.
--Betty
P. S.: I'm glad to see you're back with us again!
Atticus Finch: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view
- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Lee, N. H. 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott, New York.
- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Lee, N. H. 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott, New York.
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Retirement
Ken, Like you I have plenty of free time since my former employer "retired" me last year. Technically I couldn't call it ageism, but I was 64 at the time.
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA