A few examples of the faunal kingdom in a rhododendron yard
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arenaeus 8861.jpg
Arenaeus, the common cross
garden spider

beetlebug 0002.jpg
just hatched
the azalea midrib was placed on a
grape leaf for this picture

condylostylid fly 8665.jpg
Condylostylid? fly having a snack
also sitting on a rhody leaf
honeybee fenugreek 8929.jpg
honeybee on fenugreek flowers



LBM mushroom
mushrooms are neither plants nor animals,
and this coprinus is not harmful to the
seedling next to it

loderi leaf bud scale aphids 2003 06 02 1 7.jpg
rhododendron red leaf petiole
and new growth. The sticky
hairs trap bugs permanently
looper leafeater 7787.jpg
loopers love leaves
but some leaves are not
too edible
monarch_buddleia 2.jpg
a monarch butterfly on buddleia

occidentale spider 7440.jpg
Mitsuma crab spider on an
R.occidentale floret
leaf hopper green.JPG
rhododendron leafhopper
early stage
A.K.A 7 line leaf hopper
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rhododendron leafhopper
mature stage
A.K.A. Graphocephalia fennahi
fly stuck on gland
small fly stuck on the glandular hairs
of an R.calendulaceum blossom
browser go home a brwn bug
a small brown beetle 1/8 inch
probably a bark borer
lady bug
a small ladybug

 

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