A better than usually variety of moths at the lights tonight, this little guy reminded me of a viking for some reason. there are a lot of insects with massively long antennnae
This is a cultivated Elderberry plant, the fruits won't be out for a while, but a common hedgerow plant with splashy flowers.
A long horn beetle is a common creature right now, another of the numerous wood borer beetles, these guys have more personality than most because of the insect world equivalent of bushy eyebrows.
Its a little hard to make out in this picture, but this tiny one is the color and texture of gold.
This one also has gold highlights. You can just make out the fringed edge of the wings that many moths have.
This is a click beetle, they jump from danger by making a hinge between the joint between their abdomen and thorax, when it releases they are flung away with a loud click
This guy is hiding in the wrong camouflage suit. Clearly better suited to old leaves. His wings are vertical, not horizontal to break up the classic moth shape, but still have the fringed edge.
Right now the tadpoles are growing legs and the baby frogs have lost their tails, this means I need a steady supply of small flies. I used to buy them from the pet store, but, you know, social distancing. Plus that made a lot of plastic waste, they could be a pain, and, of course, I have a large supply of small bugs collecting every night on my porch...
This is a tiny hunter, and I considered him as frog food, but he was SO tiny. Plus, spiders make webs in the containers and can be a pain. I ended up going with the mayflies again. Definititely plentiful right now and easy to catch.
No idea what this guy is. Some sort of leaf hopper, he was in a nest of ants and wiggling that little spike on the end of his butt before hopping off. Inaturalist is not much help with identification right now.
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