Creature Hotel

Found this unfolding plant, it seems to be hosting a lot of little critters.

[Maggiemae]

Isn't nature incredible! All folded up and secure - hopefully from those aphids!

[Lisa Poland]

Very cool find.

[Lou Ann]

Those look like aphids. They can strip a plant in no time. Ladybugs love aphids, if you can find some.

[Vera]

@louannwarren @maggiemae That's OK, I am not a gardener, so we just have plants going around (weeds?) and a friend is helping us to replace them slowly with native vegetation - with the exact purpose to have as many things eatable for insects, who, in turn, provide food for birds. So, it looks wild and alien now, and hopefully it will look wild and native in a couple of years :)