Day of the Insects

It has been a sunny but gusty day here in Wellington but it also has been a busy day for insects. I was take some photographs of the insect hotels and found a willing model in a passing stick insect, then I was playing around with the toy furniture for the children's insect homes and found a weevil, I think it is a weevil but not that sure, but what ever it was again it was happy to pose for the camera. 

Then outside I was carrying a box when a New Zealand bush giant dragonfly decided to land on me, I was a bit surprised but also annoyed because I couldn't get the camera to take a picture, luckily it returned later a sat on the toolbox and chair for awhile. Also many other insects have been attracted to the hebes that flowering so all in all a good day for the insects.

Insect Aerial - self adjusting

Visitor

The insect flats had a visitor today, if only we could breed giant stick insects and teach them to clean windows, save a lot of time and money having people dangle off platforms.

How to Attract a Giraffe Weevil?

I will be building some test insect homes soon so I will have to learn how to attract various insects to take up residence in their swanky new homes. So if you see a man of around 50 years make sounds like a male cicada next to a small wooden box, you don't need to ring the police. But first I will need to choose what insects might be best to attract.