...to capture insects of course!
This year a couple students and I managed to find our way to a green-space on the banks of the Colorado river. There were plenty of insects populating this urban area!
We found two wild honey bee hives. Sorry...didn't take any pictures, we just avoided them. We were not very interested in finding out if the bees were aggressive or not, although it is probably safe to say they were not aggressive since it took us awhile to notice them.
There was a nice population of thread waisted wasps (not sure what species yet, Andrea might be able to figure that out later since she collected some!).
Found only one lady beetle, and of course it was a multi-colored Asian (Harmonia axyridis) just the most common invasive lady beetle you can find around Ohio. Good thing I flew to Texas to see one!
...the spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)!
Andrea also spotted a butterfly i the distance, and started the chase!
It escaped.
Andrea and Erin brought back a good number of specimens. If they are able to identify any interesting Austin based insects we'll report it here!
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