On Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Just got a new flash diffuser (AK diffuser) for macro photography and took it for a spin... very impressed by how even the light looks. Disappointed I didn't get a diffuser much sooner!
Here are all of my shots from my first test run with the AK diffuser: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-04-11&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
Found outside in backyard, Clayton NC.
11 Apr 2024.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Found on Spiraea japonica.
Aphis pomi/spiraecola.
Other photos of this colony on this bush over time:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Same%20specimen%20over%20time=72518768.
The ant was submitted here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206802917.
Aphid on White Fawnlily flower. Myzus persicae is the only species give for the genus on aphidsonworldsplants.info