A gregarious bunch on a tender Yellow Poplar twig.

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Ken Ramos
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A gregarious bunch on a tender Yellow Poplar twig.

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Have no idea what they are (typical for the foothills of Western North Carolina, no telling what you may find).

marceppy
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Post by marceppy »

They are odd looking! Do you see them often?

Ken Ramos
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marceppy wrote:
They are odd looking! Do you see them often?
First time I've seen them. They remind me somewhat of thrips but I don't think that is what they are.

Thanks marceppy :)

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Post by Planapo »

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! :D
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- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
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Ken Ramos
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Post by Ken Ramos »

How convenient a find, I just finished reading up a bit on wasps and bees. Thanks for the identification there Betty. :D I do or have been visiting off and on but never really posting anything or commenting but now that I am "retired," I now have much more free time to do as I please. :wink:

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Retirement

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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

Ken Ramos
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Post by Ken Ramos »

Well I suppose a good many of us never thought they would see the day. I'm 62 for now, acting like I'm 25 and have the 865cc Triumph Bonneville to prove it. :lol:

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