Very small, like less than 2 mm long, red and yellow insects on the dark glandular hairs protruding from an elongate flower bud surrounded by recurved bracts that look very Tim Burton ish

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1. Steven Bodzin (guacamayan@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 03:01:44 UTC Steven Bodzin

   For work I wrote about Chilean financial issues, but when I'm in #Chile, I try to deepen my familiarity with the land and its living things. Here are a few observations from the last few days. First, photos from the bed of the Mapocho river in eastern Santiago.

   Plant bugs on wild manyflower tobacco (Nicotiana acuminata)

   Star thistle (Centaurea)

   Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) on willow (Salix alba)

   Swamp smartweed (Persicaria hydropiperoides)

   more info at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7182&user_id=steven-cyclist&verifiable=any