Red-banded Leafhoppers have returned to our backyard, including this mated pair. Another common name for the species is Candy-striped Leafhopper. Adults are agile and can move as fast sideways as forward. They can jump to avoid predators or to move to another plant. (http://minnesotaseasons.com/Insects/red-banded_leafhopper.htm.)
Adult Variable Dancers are a beautiful violet colour. They eat almost any soft-bodied flying insect including mosquitoes, flies, small moths, mayflies and flying ants or termites. (http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?eclode)
While visiting a friend's native plant garden, we found a pair of mating Red Milkweed Beetles!
A very blue, Familiar Bluet!
A European Skipper and Common Ringlet share space on Birdsfoot Trefoil.
A brightly coloured sun umbrella decorates Canatara beach!
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