Photography makes you buggy

One of the things we have discovered very quickly is that every picture has a story and many have questions. We like to photograph flowers and often find we have included bees or butterflies or ants, or an occasional small spider (I run from the big ones). Last weekend we were at the Georgia Botanical Gardens and spotted 2 strange bugs. The first were eating a bean plant and seem to have killed the nearby beans while the plant itself seemed to be healthy. The others were having a meeting on a leaf. They did not appear to be eating the plant, but it did seem to be a favorite gathering place.

We have not yet learned what either bug is, but thought we'd share. We will continue to look for answers.

Critters

And there are little critters everywhere. This one was hanging out on a bridge over a creek. He seemed to want me to take his picture and hung around so I could. I've never seen one just like this before, but soon found out they are voracious eaters of garden plants. At the same time, they are also food for the beautiful herons and egrets. It's the circle of life!

Just for the fun of it, I tried him in a different color.