Why Dragonflies Point Their Tails Straight Up?

         As you can see in two of these images above the dragonflies tails are pointing straight up. You're asking "Why dragonfly do that"? The answer is that it's not just a tail, it's their abdomen. Dragonfly breathe through their abdomen. By pointing their tail straight up is their way to reduce the exposure of their abdomen to the sun. If you notice that sometimes they have a cooler looking abdomen, that means cooler air drawn in. If it looks warmer meaning warmer air drawn in.

Squirrel At The Backyard

 

 

                  Such have a beautiful weather today, it's so pretty outside  so me and my husband with our two little boys went oustide and have fun. A few moments later, this squirrel showed up and my husband got the camera  as fast as he could and start shooting.

                   My husband took these photos, and I just enhanced them a little bit. 

Close Up Photos Of A Stink Bug

           This might be stinky as it looks but when I took these shots I really didn't smell anything. I used  macro both of these shots.

           Other name of stink bug is brown marmorated stink bug. This insect belong to the family of Pentatomidae. This bug is native to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan. This brown marmorated stink bug is considered  to be an agricultural pest because they can create large populations, which feed on crops (damaging production) and they are resistant to many pesticides. 

            They are a threat to soybeans, native and ornamental trees, cotton, corn,  vines, shrubs, weeds, and many cultivated crops.

 OTHER NAMES:

• Green stink bug - Acrosternum hilare
• Brown marmorated stink bug - Halyomorpha halys
• Southern green stink bug - Nezara viridula
• Rice stink bug - Oebalus pugnax
• Forest bug - Pentatoma rufipes

           

Orange Creature

           I don't know what's the name of this creature. It looks like an Aphid but not sure if it is one. The last time I saw an Aphid it was  a green one.

           Let me say today, I'm a little lazy to do a little search about this creature.