Tag: insect

Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), on my garden shed in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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This is probably the same insect made famous by inlandwest. The Carolina mantis is mildly territorial, and unlikely to range far as long as prey are plentiful, though males are known to extend their territories in search of mates. 

Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), on my garden shed in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Please click through for a high resolution view.

This is probably the same insect made famous by inlandwest. The Carolina mantis is mildly territorial, and unlikely to range far as long as prey are plentiful, though males are known to extend their territories in search of mates. 

Broad-headed sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona), a type of leafhopper, on an eggplant stem in my garden in Portsmouth, Virginia. Please click the photo for an enlarged view. 

Leafhoppers make their living by puncturing the stems of plants and sucking the juices. My eggplants are hosting a small colony of these sharpshooters, but they don’t seem to be suffering from the abuse.

According to the entry at bugguide.net, the sharpshooters’ name “refers to their habit of forcing excess water droplets out of the tip of the abdomen with an audible popping noise.” I’ve never heard them make a sound.  

Broad-headed sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona), a type of leafhopper, on an eggplant stem in my garden in Portsmouth, Virginia. Please click the photo for an enlarged view. 

Leafhoppers make their living by puncturing the stems of plants and sucking the juices. My eggplants are hosting a small colony of these sharpshooters, but they don’t seem to be suffering from the abuse.

According to the entry at bugguide.net, the sharpshooters’ name “refers to their habit of forcing excess water droplets out of the tip of the abdomen with an audible popping noise.” I’ve never heard them make a sound.