The Native Wildflower, Ageratum - Nature 160

We saw a beautiful wildflower with blue color. It is an Ageratum, yes, the plant is native to our state, Louisiana.

Image 01 - The Blue flower

They are volunteer, not commercial plants as far as I know, wild ageratum, Asteraceae family.

Based on internet, we believe the scientific name is Conoclinium coelestinum, and common name Blue Mist flower.

The plant is loved by two kinds of bugs, they are spittle bugs and mealy bugs. It is because plant contains:

- high nutritional values

- succulent tissues

Image 02 - Wild flowers

Because its beauty, some people grow it in their yards. Butterfly come to visit this flower too.

Image 03 - Several Blue Mist flowers

Do you recognize this Blue Mist flower?

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Mayfly Lives 24 hours Only - Nature 159

When we sit on the chair and look at a window at one of Fast-Food restaurants in the city, we saw "a bug." 

Image 01 - May Fly at the window

Google identified it is a Mayfly; we then remember at the moment when we travelled through a river a couple years ago. 

We observed the Mayflies would pop out of the water by the millions during summer seasons (May to August). 

These insects fly directly toward the lights on the boat at night. They often would pile up on the top of boat 4 or 5 inches deep by day light  

They often would pile up on top of boat 3 or 4 inches deep by daylight, and also stick on walls of boat by the thousands.

Image 02 - A river at community, illustration.

We had to use firehouse to try and get them off. Smelled like dead shrimp that why we call dead shrimp in addition to Mayfly.

Of 4 stages (eggs, Nymph. Subimago and Imago) of Mayfly, the adult stage just lives for 1 day (24 hours), and the main goal is to mate and reproduction.

Image 03 - Life cycle of Mayfly (credit to Google).

Do you know about Mayfly?

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