Shiny is better.

Yesterday while we worked on the shed, we saw a tiny spider and a big ol' wasp go at it for over an hour! It was spectacular. Thought the wasp was done for, but it ended up out of the webbing after a very long rest.
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Looks like the common Clover Looper moth. It likes the shed.
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Another shot of a (living) cicada emerging from its shell! Not dead!

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We've been collecting monarch eggs and letting them grow up in captivity! This little guy hatched and is tiiiiny.

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Aw! Not cool! Dead cicada getting eaten!

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Aw cool! Cicada hatching in progress!

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Boo! I'm a cicada.
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@Wife Looks like one of those long-horn bees, eucerini. #entymology
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@keage a tiny blue dragonfly from a couple days ago. Smaller than a blade of grass. Turns out it's a damselfly, that's the difference. They hold their wings back, and are tiny like this. Common Blue-tailed Damselfly.
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Snapped a bad shot of a bee mimic a couple days ago. Couldn't get him to stay still. #entymology
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I haven't been able to identify a couple of my bee mimics yet. https://slo.ws/bee-mimics #entymology
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