🐛 BUGS IN MY GARDEN 🐞

Here are some photos of bugs that hang out in my garden. I took these photos over the last couple of days. I have posted photos of some of these insects before, some I haven't.

The first bug here is called The Australian leaf roller. This fly lays eggs on its host and its larvae make a meal out of it. Species of the fly have been released in New Zealand to combat various agricultural pests like the potato moth.

I like this shot. A spider hunting on a daisy. It might be waiting for a bee. I'd like to see it try but it spotted me and legged it.

WHAT THE BUG! I have never spotted one of these before! Look how alien this bug looks! It's head looks a bit like a lobsters and it has hairier legs than mine! Hence the name Hairy legged assassin beetle or feather legged assassin beetle. This bug secretes a liquid that attracts ants, then it eats them. What a cool find!

At a glance you would think this is a praying mantis. I don't blame you. I thought it was to but in fact, this bug is a mantis fly. Its not actually a fly, its a lacewing. The larvae hatch and then seek out spiders egg sacs and munch on the eggs. Sometimes they will attach themselves to a spider and sneak into the egg sac as the female spider makes it. Cunning!

There is a tiny little bug hiding inside this flower. Hi bug. Tag you're it!

Here we have a couple of photos of my favourite spider, the saint Andrews cross spider!

I thought these spiders had packed up camp and disappeared for the year. Maybe they were just sheltering from the weather. I spotted three in the garden on the same day! I could only snap some shots of two of them. The other one was up in a tree which I couldn't reach.

A common green bottle fly. I've shot plenty of pics of these guys, I have even posted a couple. I just liked this photo. Do you?

Almost a christmas beetle! Christmas beetles are yellower and have a metallic green/purple shine, depending on the angle of light. This bug is called the "cowboy beetle". Cowboy beetles grow to about 2.5cm which is about the same size as a xmas beetle. Cowboy beetles lay their eggs in rotting logs.

I must have breathed on it or something because it suddenly panicked and started to dig in! Maybe I should brush my teeth. Those are moss flowers if you were wondering.

Photos taken on a canon powershot SX430

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