Balcony pets
Living on the second floor doesn't see very insect friendly. In one hand that's good, cause they can be annoying. In the other hand though, I would love to see more of them around the plants. More bees, bumblebees, butterflies and all other flying pollinators. Very rarely I see some bumblebee around my pelargonia blooms, but by the time I get the camera ready he is gone.
Few days ago during my watering session I noticed little black spot on the Hibiscus leaves. And would you look at that! A tiny, black jumping spider! I saw those before few years ago. And then only the beige ones were appearing.
He is much smaller, with very black shiny fur, almost nay blue. So pretty!
See how tiny it was? Tiny and fast.
Earlier this year I had this guy on my Rhipsalis cactus. As much as I really like to see jumping spiders around, those stink bugs are gently removed from my eyesight.
Very rarely it happens that I see those tiny butterflies.
This one appears few weeks ago, and I already know why. Not for the flowers to feed on. But to lay eggs. Now I see that my pelargonia leaves are all munched. Even the little mint that I have is all bitten up.
Bad butterfly, bad!
Bonus:
The always present furry pet :)
Because it is Caturday after all!
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
What a cute little jumper, teeny tiny little gal.
It's a she? :D
So she was super adorable! I like those guys around.
Yeah you can tell its a she by the smaller two pedipalps in the front. The males have much larger pedipalps. If you ever bring a tiny mirror with you and angle it in front of them they dance.
Hahaha omg so cute! :D
Poor thing thinks it an enemy :D
I think they do the dance to warn eachother that they are of the same species and not to eat them lol.
Lovely !!!
So, we begin to breed insects on the balcony! :-)))
The photos are super!
Hahaha nooooo
No insects!
Just jumping spiders and bees area allowed :D
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Hahaha. The inspector cat looks so funny!
‘Where? Where is that bad butterfly?!’
‘I can’t see it! Bad one! I will eat it!’
She is a master in catching flies. I am sure she would to get had claws on a butterfly yoo...
I think that butterfly looks guilty as sin and a bit embarrassed to be caught on camera. Great shot;)
Love the kitty cat, those eyes are intense!
Oh I know what she was doing! Spreading to eggs around!
Kitty thanks you :)
@tipu curate
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Thank you :)
Yup, my cousin calls butterflies 'worms with wings'. He's right
Pests! They just distract with their pretty wings..
yup!
Good pictures.
The kitten has a face with strong features.
It looks like my cat, But my cat is white
And my son says that cats take traits from their owners. Could it be true?
Oh I dunno :) I don't think I look that mean :p
Nice micro shots of them insects and i love your cat looking very alert waiting to eat that bad butterfly 😂
Haha I hope he eats it next time :p
A possibility cats do love playing with insects 😂
Awww haha I know the dilemma, we want little creatures but we only want the cute ones xD
This one is definitely cute :D Spiders for the win!
Haha Why would I want the ugly ones? :D
I used to have a wild lizard living between the pots too. She was cute :)
Spiders can stay!
Love the cat ❤️
Thank you! She is my boss :)
Yes, yes, of course ;) One of cats thinks I'm just a visitor at our house, since it's been years after I moved out and I don't see him a lot, Haha!
Hahha :D
Yayyyyyy, Suzi to the rescue! She's the guardian of all things creepy crawly... :)
(Hopefully she doesn't munch on them!)
Sometimes she does... and then she spits them :p
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