Friday, January 16, 2009

Sunflowers and tomatoes

We've had a good harvest of sunflowers and cherry tomatoes thanks to the chook poo compost. Of course the insects want their fair share, probably about 1/5th to 1/4 of the tomatoes. Still, Renee is having trouble getting through all the tomatoes and is turning them into salsa and relish.

The harvest from one sunflower head

A more grown up hedge grasshopper than the last photo. They absolutely love munching on sunflower leaves.

Queensland Fruit fly female, Bactrocera tryoni (ID source Brisbane Insects and Spiders). She was quite unconcerned with having her photo taken. No doubt she was very focused on laying eggs.

Fruit fly

My attempt at an arty shot of a sunflower head. Can you spot the grasshopper to the right of the flower's centre and another insect hiding behind the petals in the top right?

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