Three more insects

 The "face" of a Regal Walnut Moth. This beauty was spotted clinging to a weed in my local Food Lion parking lot. On the same trip to the grocery store, I saw a baby deer and a racoon. It was more like a nature walk than a trip to the store.

The RWM spends most of it's life pupateing underground, but comes out as this beauty for a few days in July. It's basic goal is to find a mate and make some babies. It can't even eat in this stage- food is less important than sexin.

The moth was so pretty, it was dazzling to look at. It feels like Jim Henson should have designed it, not evolution.

 This is an antlion. I was talking with my Grandma on her porch and looked above her head to see a beautiful periwinkle bug.

As a pupae, he lives in the ground, just like the RWM. I was surprised to learn that this insect is the same one that lives under my studio, just grown up.In the sandy soil below my studio, he digs a pit and when ants crawl unsuspecting into the pit, he pops up and eats them. That is why it's an antlion.

This wheelbug was walking along my deck. His exoskeleton was broken open and some gooey stuff was leaking out from his rear. Perhaps he had been in a fight, or escaped a cat?

I haven't found any more insects this week. I stumbled upon these three in close succession, I doubt I'll see many more this summer.