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.

Red Aphid On The Tomato

Red Aphid

            Red aphid sucking the tomato's juice out. This red aphid is a very small insect  that  multiply fast especially in spring time. This kind of insect likes warm weather. This aphid here is feeding on the plant's sap by introducing his or her long, thin sucker into the tender part of the tomato.

            To get rid of this kind of insect just simply use hose and spray a jet of water directly to your plants where the aphids on. Make sure they will fall to the ground. To make sure they won't comeback, simply do this everyday.

Louisiana Red Wasp

Red wasp front view

Red wasp side view

     This is a red wasp. I found this playing on top of my outdoor grill. I actually ignored it at first, or let me say I was a little lazy to take pictures of this wasp at first. But after thirty minutes I stepped outside the house and this wasp was still on top of the grill. I said, "okay, you want me to take pictures of you, huh". Well, these are my favorites shots out of  thirty. I"m glad to share this to you.

     Wasps are commonly regarded as pests, but are rarely dangerous. All species can sting painfully.

Tomato Beetle

               Been raining all day yesterday, and I don't feel like going outside since it was so nasty and wet. So, early this morning I went outside to check some ripe tomatoes in my little garden. I found some good riped tomatoes, and I found one bad one with a tomato beetle on it. I hope I named it right (tomato beetle). Well, it's for you to judge if I'm right or not.

Tomato beetle picture 1

 

Tomato beetle picture 2

Tomato beetle picture 3

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.

Stink Bugs

               I was at my tomato garden at 6:00 p.m. yesterday checking if there are  red tomatoes when I saw these bugs. At first, I don't know what kind of bugs these are so I called my husband out. Literally, they're marching, LOL!
               After an hour, my husband was searching online to see what kind of bugs they are. Then he told me, ohhh.. it's stink bugs!
               I used Macro mode shooting these bugs because they're so small, plus the wind blowing the tomato leaves.
               Sometimes, I think being a photographer (professional or not) you have to take pictures of anything,huh.

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Pentatomidae

Genus: Halyomorpha

Species: H. halys

BINOMIAL NAME

Halyomorpha halys