This moth, also known as the dot-lined angle moth, is native from the southern U.S. down to northern Argentina. It was first noted in Hawaii in 1970 and has since spread across the Pacific all the way to Malaysia and Hong Kong.
The Mock Orange next to the house is in full bloom and the bees have found it, though not in the numbers they used to. In the past, I would hear the bees before seeing them. Still, it’s always a pleasure to watch them industriously flitting from flower to flower, collecting pollen and nectar.
Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 747. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Wasps gather at the watering hole, a large depression in a rock at Mahukona, that people fill with fresh water for the birds.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 746. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A jumping spider snags a meal.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 744. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
This Cabbage Butterfly was perfectly happy foraging on an Ilima flower.
Graham's Island 