Rewilding My Lot

There are three Gulf Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) plants here. This (third) year has been the first time that I’ve seen all of them bloom fully and they do look very attractive with their feathery pink seed heads.

One cool morning just after dawn I was eating breakfast in front of the house and happened to notice something black sleeping on a seed head. I took several photos which show off the seed heads nicely, but never could tell whether the creature was a bee or spider. The legs were too tightly closed in for me to confidently count them, so all that I could really tell was that it was small, black, and hairy.

So I’m sharing the photos here, even without the identification, because they are a nice illustration of my intentions for the garden.

When I went back out there an hour later, whatever it was had woken up and left.