I was ostensibly out looking for wildflowers today, especially looking to see if the Mountain Lady Slippers were blooming, which they were. But there was such a variety of bug life active, I couldn't help myself. I don't have the means to identify all the tiny ones. I just enjoyed seeing them. Especially the ones that like to land on the bright green water tank in Boyle Ravine. I pretend it's a moon made of cheese, and the bugs are humongous. The sixth photo from the top might not look like a bug. That's because it isn't! It's the seed of a composite flower, probably a Dandelion or a Salsify. The next to last photo appears to be some white foamy substance on an alder branch. Turns out the stuff moves, almost looking like it's boiling. There are nymphs of a bug inside, mealy bug nymphs.
The bottom photo is a gathering of Aphids on the stem of Salsify.
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