While I was checking on all the upcoming new growth on the prickly pear cactus I spotted a bug hanging out on the surface of the pads of the cacti. It has a black shell and orange tips to its antenna.. They look like stink bugs, but bigger. I think its an Assassin bug, a predatory insect probably waiting for a potential meal to scurry by.
I am surprised it could get so deep within the spines without issue. It is pretty well protected in there from birds and such, hopefully it hunts something.. if anything is feeding on my cacti. I have not seen any signs of that but maybe the bug is onto something and knows about some critters I do not.
The flower buds of the Eastern Prickly Pear are really coming along. Hope they open in a week or so. Eventually I should have some cacti fruit to eat if they do well. I wonder what color the cactus fruit meat will be.. its usually a deep red color inside.
Even the paddles growing through the wiring in the baskets have flowers forming.
I started to count them all and got up close to 100.
Its good to see both paddles and flowers forming, I think they are quite happy in the newly refreshed baskets.
The Brittle Prickly pear are also growing, but no signs of flowers on them yet. But if they are anything like other opuntias they should also bloom eventually when ready.
The Mojave prickly pear are also producing new paddles, but no flowers on those either.
Well it was pretty cool seeing that bug hanging out within the cacti spines. Only seen it once, but I am sure it has been there longer than I have noticed.
Prickly pears remind me of my trips to Malta 🇲🇹. My in-laws came from there and I just love visiting that faraway place when I can. As a big rock in the sea south of Italy and north of Saudi Arabia, it is a neat place with zero native trees. So, they were all imported over the centuries.
A quick check tells me the actually are native to Malta and they are everywhere.
Interesting to see the variety you have growing!
Thats really cool. I remember seeing cactus growing on the coast of the pacific ocean.. not expecting cacti to grow there but they sure do.
Hah yeah prickly pears are everywhere.. probably a different cultivar though.
Thanks, they are all quite special in how hardy they are.
A large number, hopefully all the flowers will become fruit :)
I do hope so.. that would be really cool.
Excelente 👌🏽 💕
thanks
They grow huge prickly pear cacti here in NM
Ah nice, I also remember seeing joshua trees and stuff like that when I visited NV.. no idea if you got them in NM but those are cool looking.
They have them.. they are more prevalent in western NM though
Good evening my brother, what you said is absolutely true, the insect must have lived there for a long time, and must have become very adept at entering the thorny cactus tree, because it is used to it.So it is very easy for him to live on the tree and is very safe from other animals, I see the cactus tree is very good and hopefully it will bear lots of fruit my friend ❤️🙏
Hey there. yeah it is pretty amazing to find so many cool bugs on all the plants. I always love going outside and looking for them.. they can hide well but if you look hard enough you usually find something.
What you said is absolutely right my friend ❤️🙏
Damn! that bug is nasty!
hah yeah sure is.
hmmm perhaps the bug itself is feeding on the cacti, or its homeless and crashing on it for a while, 🤷♂️
Hah I hope not.. from what I read they mostly just go after other insects.
Very very well and amazing, they are quietly happy in the newly refreshed baskets, they look beautiful and nice, coming out so freshly, the paddles and flowers grows so healthy, you did a great work, more grace sir.
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Greetings brother. How beautiful and elegant they are .... A total beauty of nature and all the care that you always give, on the other hand a round of applause for the bug that got in there jajajajajaa, is taking care of the cactus from other predators.
Hah it is pretty cool to spot it.. no idea how it arrived.. must have been a prickly situlation.lol
The insects are very clever and cunning in protecting themselves. The cactus flowers look very abundant, hopefully they all turn into fresh fruits.
It is quite amazing they do not get poked.
Indeed I am looking forward to that.
The photos are so beautiful especially seeing the bug moving around the cacti.
thanks a lot
Nice Shots
thank you
Lot of pretty flowers coming /
Yep.. many coming up soon.
Great clicks
yes
I used to know a man who ate the paddles from the prickly pear cactus. I am not sure how he prepared them, but I would think you could look up recipes. They grow wild down here, and as a kid, I ate many of the fruit. It is really good.
Oh that is cool.. someone said you can fry them. I got to try that.
Hah yeah I ate many of the fruit too.. just had to cut the spines off or burn them off.
oohhh, so excited for the flowers to open..
The bug looks interesting in your photos,, nice shots.. but I hate it when it crawls on your skin.. 😬
Good luck and have a wonderful.. 😇
Thanks.. it should be quite the sight.
hehe yeah I would not want that bug on me.
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STOPThat bug looks like a cavalryman in armor lol. I'm sure it never even felt the thorn 😅
Hah yeah its exoskeleton is quite impressive.
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Beautiful plant