Other Visitors and Residents in my Garden

I have many, many insects, spiders, lizards, and so on that all play out the dance of Nature.
They are beautiful and fascinating to watch.

Many different dragonflies flit through. This one has iridescent gold wings and amazing two-toned eyes that you can see clearly in the large photo.


Honeybees may seem ordinary, but I am always pleased to see them. The folks at the Clemson Agricultural Extension have told me that there are very few or no wild hives now because of bee mites. Last year I saw very few honeybees, this year I am seeing more.

Here she has her head buried in the flower.

I get more bumblebees than anything else, except probably the striped wasps.

Bumblebee with Orange "Saddlebags"

This kind of bumblebee always catches my eye because of the orange spots on her hind legs that look for all the world like saddlebags.

I love these lizards, with their long, elegant toes. This guy blends perfectly with the buddleia stems. This is not a true chameleon, and is known to many as the Anole lizard. They do change color from green to brown depending on their surroundings.

Praying Mantis

Here's a profile view. You can see how its arms are ready for action.

Praying Mantis

Here it is from the top. In the large version you can really see anatomical details. What are the little things on the side that look like gills?

These striped wasps are very interesting. They like to zoom around just a few inches off the ground, as if they are searching for something. These are the most numerous single type of visitor that I have. They seem to like every type of flower that I have. Fortunately, they are peaceful!

This wasp really lets you know where the expression "wasp waist" comes from! The orange band is very striking.

Here one of the striped wasps and a black wasp are both on the Summersweet.

I planted the Cassia Corymbosa because it is a caterpillar plant for the Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange butterflies. Something has laid some eggs here, but I don't think it's the butterfly because I didn't see any caterpillars after they hatched.

I see this grasshopper in the Cassia all the time. It blends almost perfectly! Its striped antennae remind me of a shrimp (for you scuba divers!).

Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans)

Later in the summer I found her much thinner with a big bunch of newly hatched babies.

Flower Fly

I had never seen or heard of a flower fly before I moved here. This insect has a body at least an inch long, but is clearly a fly. It nectars on flowers just like a bee or butterfly.

Green Dragonfly

This green dragonfly has gorgeous black lacy wings.

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