White and purple fall asters - genera Symphyotrichum and Aster
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This tiny insect (1/4 - 1/2" long) is a Feather-Legged Fly, a Tachinid Fly in the family Tachinidae. This was my first time seeing this type of insect.
In addition to the fringe of hairs on their hind legs, feather-legged flies can be identified by the yellow coloration of their halteres (pair of small, knobby structures that are the modified second pair of wings) that are used for balance. The males have all-orange abdomens, while females have either dark abdomens or dark-tipped abdomens. Best viewed large.
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New England Aster / Raublattaster (Aster novae-angliae)
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
From deep down in my archives, taken 2010 with my best full-frame camera ever ;-))
Asters light up an autumn garden, at least until the frost and freezing temperatures say otherwise.
Amid the gardens at the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium, Toledo, Ohio.
a shot of the cheerful aster from my garden to brighten up your Monday 😉 Happy Blue Monday ☀️
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro @f5.0
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When I spotted this, I imagined it could be a special 'ice-frog', who was being fed by a secret food-line……..but of course it isn't that at all ;-))
Marian Jenkins told me in a respons on a previous photo that this phenomenon is called "Star formation or web formation".
Thank you, Marian, also for the info here below:
"Such star patterns often surround holes in ice, but the origin of their shape has always been a mystery. ... The star patterns are formed when a hole in a recently-frozen lake allows water to swell up from beneath and spread over the snow-covered surface, leaving dark “fingers” of melted ice stemming from a central point.
Asterism (astronomy)" - Wikipedia
... for the bee and for a Happy Weekend !
Bee / Biene on white Aster
10 years ago in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
When I see these kinds of aster flowers I feel the summer is starting fade out. Sure, I do LOVE autumn, but I do not like late summer - just makes me feel lonely.
I started off well today but then I had a bad fall in the garden in the afternoon. Hopefully I'll be able to get online a bit more tomorrow and my chiropractor will repair today's damage in the afternoon. I don't feel very sore, just a little achy here and there. I thought there might be a tent over my witch hazel and there was. I moved it so that we might be able to see flowers in the spring. It does have buds. After I fell backwards onto my back and my head, i put deer repellant on the plants that they like to eat so the fall was worth it.