Today, a cooler day, they were there again, this time clustering on grasses and on the trunk of a tree.
I found out their name by asking a man who was spraying weeds in the park. (How much work goes into maintaining these parks that Penny enjoys!) I thought the name sounded scary, but he said they're harmless.
And he was correct. Here's an article about these beautiful but strangely-named creatures. They are nectar drinkers.
This one had the nerve to land on Penny's toy!
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They are beautiful, when they are flying around you see the lovely orangey-yellow body much more clearly.
They're a very different color than bugs that we see here. What a nerve of them to crawl on your toy, Penny!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Mitch and Molly, the cheeky critter flew off before Penny came back for her toy, so no one suffered, lol.
Mary, I wish I could have figured out a way to get a shot of them flying in the sunlight.
Cool! We have a bug here that looks a lot like these....am sure they are different, but maybe related!
Johann, I think insects are super interesting.
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