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Some close biting by Pelko and Synti

a bee (what else 😂), for a change in a different environment. no flowers...

 

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

 

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Etosha is dry in the summer months when there is no rain and the animals head to the waterholes for water. Often on their return you will see altercations breakout. Most of the time they do not amount to much but occasionally they can get pretty rough. The two zebras biting in this image looked a little more serious. All turned out well though and they were soon on their way.

 

Wishing you a lovely and blessed Sunday !!

cuz there's so much I want to say ...Remember.... Silent, and Listen, are spelled with the same letters....

A bull elk uses his antlers to scratch and drive off biting flies on a warm day in Estes Park, Colorado. The bull and his harem retreated into Lake Estes to cool off, but the flies continued to plague them. If you look closely, you can see a few of the flies on his upper leg and rump.

 

This shot was taken on the first day of our fifth trip during 2022. It has become an annual tradition to visit Rocky Mountain National Park for the elk rut.

Well, this guy was either very clever or strangely confused....fishing for something...money? That other person’s cell phone? A compliment??? I never found out.

Chilling literally at Trent lock capturing the Power station steam

In general, Vaska is indifferent to shoes (unlike our previous cats). But one of our guests wore knitted slippers, to which Vaska was clearly interested :-) HAPPY CATURDAY!

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Turkish Van Ruska (or known asRpääpäle) grown big and angry. Teenagers :P

Bethany Beach, Delaware, USA

Star biting off more than she can chew

BugGuide identified this as a non-biting Midge. I hadn't seen one before but that's just me ;) I find it quite interesting that it has interesting mouth-parts, like two little arms with which I believe it uses to hold it's food while it eats it. It also has these very interesting and quite fuzzy antenna. Cute for a bug - in my opinion and ever better when it's a bug that doesn't bite me!

 

Taken 29 May 2023 in my yard near Wasilla, Alaska.

Larva : biting midges

with secreted sticky droplets

In the beginning, the seed of the tree was just a small and inconspicuous object, hidden away in the soil. However, with time, it started to grow roots, pushing its way deeper into the earth, seeking nourishment and stability. Slowly but steadily, it began to sprout, breaking through the surface of the soil and reaching towards the sky.

 

As the tree grew taller and wider, it became a vital part of its ecosystem, providing shelter and food for various creatures. It survived through harsh weather conditions, enduring the scorching heat of the sun and the biting cold of winter.

 

Now, as we see it surrounded by dense fog, the tree appears like a wonder from another world, as if it has emerged from a mythical forest of dreams. The rays of the sun filter through the mist, casting the tree in a hazy glow, making it seem otherworldly and surreal.

 

The tree's silhouette appears ghostly, with some parts highlighted with a brighter and clearer intensity while others are shrouded in darkness and obscurity. This contrast between the light and shadows enhances the tree's magnificence and mystery.

 

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Nephrotoma crocata: Eine "Gelbbindige Schnake" bei der Mahlzeit ...

to keep working on not scratching people and not biting anyone. I'm now just 8 months old and doing so well Mom has put away the Band-aid box. Now when someone gets scratched it's a pure accident, like last night when Benni got up and stretched and I had to go leaping off the bed. Who knew Mom's leg would be in the way??"

 

signed, Rena Pendleton

Second in my ungulate (hoofed mammal) series.

 

From the Biology Online website:

"The flehmen response is a behavior in certain animals wherein the animal curls back the upper lip thereby exposing the front teeth, to facilitate the transfer of scents and pheromones into the vomeronasal organ above the roof of the mouth via a duct."

 

Flehmen is performed by a wide range of mammals, including ungulates like this pronghorn buck found in Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.

 

It was a warm, sunny day in southwestern South Dakota and the biting flies were out in force. You can see several on this buck. They didn't bother us but they sure were bothering the pronghorn.

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Some more Dew for You. I took this shot a couple of days ago after watch a video on youtube that showed my favorite Flickr Macro shooter at work. Many of his images are created indoors of live insects using mechanized equipment for focus stacking, but some of his work is done in the field and hand held. In the video he was laying on the ground and held the camera so that he could slowly move the camera forward while shooting a burst. Then he stacked the images to arrive a a pretty impressive image.

 

Anyways, I thought I would try to copy his method. This image is a focus stack of seven hand held images. I focused on the closest bit and then backed off a wee bit and then shot a birst while trying to move forward slowly. I chose the sharpest images and then brought them into photoshop for processing. This is the result.

 

There is a bit of cropping here. It is by no means perfect, but still I am quite happy with it. There are some smeary sections as I did not move slowly enough. Definitely it will take some practice.

 

For anyone wanting to see some simply amazing macro work that utilizes focus stacking check out this guys work... www.flickr.com/photos/tranthengoc/

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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Enjoy!

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Station Island, Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland

 

This enormous religious complex of dorms & churches etc is named ‘St Patrick's Purgatory’. Built on an ancient pilgrimage site isolated on this small island on 'Lough Derg’ meaning (Lake of the Cave). For over 1500 years pilgrims have been visiting the Lough Derg shores to find peace & pray for loved ones. Visitors to this monastery starve themselves for 3 days & nights, pray continuously & walk barefoot on sharp rocks amongst the cold & biting midges. This is all part of the pilgrimage here that is said to be one of the toughest to complete in the world!

 

According to legend this Island site dates from the fifth century, when ‘Jesus Christ’ showed ‘St Patrick’ a cave on Station Island. This cave was supposedly an entrance to ‘Purgatory’ that ‘St Patrick’ had visions in from the otherworld, hence the name “St Patrick's Purgatory”. The cave that started it all has been closed since 1632 and covered over by the Basilica to protect others & welcomes people from all over the world to visit & pray over the gateway for all time.

 

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More than a week ago I got a lot of bites that made me very itchy, could this kind of insect be the culprit?

I need to find a good remedy for this...

Alanis Morissette - „You learn“

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFW-WfuX2Dk

 

I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone

I recommend walking around naked in your living room

Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)

It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)

Wait until the dust settles

 

You live you learn

You love you learn

You cry you learn

You lose you learn

You bleed you learn

You scream you learn

 

I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone

I certainly do

I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time

Feel free

Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)

Hold it up (to the rays)

You wait and see when the smoke clears

 

You live you learn

You love you learn

You cry you learn

You lose you learn

You bleed you learn

You scream you learn

 

Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)

Melt it down (you′re gonna have to eventually anyway)

The fire trucks are coming up around the bend

 

You live you learn

You love you learn

You cry you learn

You lose you learn

You bleed you learn

You scream you learn

 

You grieve you learn

You choke you learn

You laugh you learn

You choose you learn

You pray you learn

You ask you learn

You live you learn

This coastal brown bear yearling is rolling on the ground and chomping on its claws while giving a glance in my direction. Probably looking to see what's making that shutter sound as the cameras click away around me, capturing some endearing moments in the life this young cub. Momma bear was very close by during this.

 

Taken 5 June 2019 at Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Another scene from the Euryops daisy patch, where most of our action is now. At first glance, I thought I'd caught a mosquito, but something was missing...Seek indicated "non-biting midge", a different Dipteran for this Fly Day Friday. HFDF!

Can't find the subfamily

...it's a classic cheese burger, delicious, but small.

 

Very small actually...so small that I bit my index finger at the first bite.

 

To excuse my stupidity, I say I was very hungry and the smell was mouthwatering.

As if barbed wire isn't bad enough. A recent ice storm seemed to add shark teeth to it.

A biting horsefly.

 

21 mixed light exposures.

 

X-Large 3K

Maybe kind of a busy composition, but I could not find a patch without debris or blades of grass poking through these low growing wildflowers I found at my local Hillside Park.

 

Light was anything but soft, but by standing so my body blocked the sun I created instant softness. I only had to warm up the colour balance a bit in photoshop.

 

I have no idea as to what they are. Any suggestions? They are tiny. And even though they are growing in a pretty damp location, to me the puffiness of the blooms and what I will call leaves suggest that it is a succulent of some kind. I will continue to shoot these guys hoping for a closer shot of perhaps just one or two blooms, but for now I am very pleased with this shot.

 

EDIT: many thanks to those who helped me out with the ID

   

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Tabanomorpha

Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)

 

May 20, 2021; Woodville Station, Wakulla County, Florida.

 

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