A few months ago, a friend gave me a packet of seeds for something I had never heard of before – the Kiwano, or horned melon. Neither of us knew if it would grow here, or what it tasted like, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Visiting the ladybug cocoon from the other day, I found this ladybug next to the discarded cocoon. I’m not sure, but I think it’s the beetle that hatched from the cocoon! If you look at the lower edge of the … Continue reading
All these rainy days have prevented me from keeping track of the ladybug eggs I saw about 2 weeks ago. I did glimpse but could not photograph properly the nymphs in the early instar where they were mostly black and … Continue reading