I was out picking some prickly lettuce for the geese this evening (it's their FAVORITE snack!) and came across a few (5 to be exact) juvenile wheelie bugs! I went inside, grabbed my camera and macro lens, and headed back outside with a bug jar.
These bugs are about a quarter their soon to be adult size. Wheelie bugs (aka assassin bugs) are GREAT bugs to have in the garden! They are a predator insect and instead of eating plants, they dine on bugs that do! Like soft bodied caterpillars and beetles. After I snapped a few photos, I carefully plunked 5 bugs into my bug jar and scooted out to the garden and set them free.
Go! EAT BUGS!
I've posted other photos of wheelie bugs on the blog ... here, here, and here.
And you know what!? It's almost FRIDAY! Yippeee!!
Cool! At first I was thinking EEEEEWWWWW.....but now I know they are GOOD bugs, they are great! :D Glad you were able to relocate them to the garden. I hope they eat LOTS of bad bugs for you!
Posted by: Diane McVey | May 17, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Good Bugs. :) My DH started beee keeping this year to help insure we have bees. TGIF and hugs...
Posted by: carol dee | May 17, 2013 at 04:17 AM
Wow! Who knew? They look ferocious! :)
Posted by: Jeanne | May 16, 2013 at 09:00 PM