I decided to turn on the outside lights for about a half hour tonight to see if anything would fly up, and I got some good results! Right now I'll post the pictures that I took tonight, and I'll elaborate tomorrow. I caught a few of the beetles and am keeping them to hopefully identify later and get a closer look under better light conditions. It was about 52 degrees tonight, so still a bit chilly for more insects to be flying about, but once summer warms up more, there will be all sorts attracted to lights.
I wonder what my neighbors think of me when I'm wandering around my yard at 3 in the morning with a flashlight looking at all my plants ;) Is that a lacewing next to the beetle in the bottom photo?
ReplyDeleteI always just hope mine are asleep and not paying attention! And yep, there were one or two lacewings hanging around that night.
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