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Non-biting Midge (family Chironomidae)
On one of Pam's White Roses.
The white petal helps when looking at the antennae!
About 4 mm in length.
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...
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.
This is a green tree python, a nonvenomous snake and one of my favourites at our zoo. You usually find them coiled up in a tree where they look completely relaxed but notice everything that's going on in front of their terrarium. Apparently these snakes are popular pets although they don't like to be handled often and can be prone to biting when startled. Green tree pythons are native to New Guinea and some islands in Indonesia.
Third image in my Ice and Snow series...
Awash in the lovely colors of the sunset, this ice fisherman kneels beside the hole in the ice and adjusts his set up. You can see the little flag that trips and springs up to alert the fisherman when a fish has pulled on the bait. That usually triggers a mad dash to grab the line and try to reel in the fish!
Notice the knobby soles on the fisherman's boots, to give better traction when walking on the slippery ice. It only takes a split second and a person can land with a thud on the ice and be in a world of hurt with a broken bone or injured muscle :(
It has been about 15 F. around here for about a week and our local harbor on the Sheboygan River has frozen over with ice. That makes the local ice fishermen very happy, and they were out in short order, drilling holes in the 5-inch ice and hoping to catch the big ones!
Ice fishing is really for the die hards since it's very cold with the strong winds and biting temperatures.
But they dress accordingly with lots of layers, and are always happy being out on the ice and trying their luck.
The species they can catch there are Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Northern pike, and some Smallmouth bass.
Ce qui mord la lumière.
CURVATURES
Dans cette série minimaliste, les plantes tracent des lignes délicates entre ombre et lumière.
Leur présence discrète invite à ralentir, à observer les formes essentielles et à redécouvrir la poésie du vivant dans sa plus simple expression. Une pause visuelle où le naturel tend à l'abstraction
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Another shot from last weekend.
As we headed further north Loch Awe and its islands caught our attention. The light remained dull but the wind was easing, bringing some stillness and partial reflections.
This in turn introduced another obstacle into the mix, the vicious Highland Midge. As we tramped through the long grass we disturbed their slumber and swarms of them surrounded us as we tried to take our shots.
The last light of the evening silhouettes the distant skyline of my hometown.
I walk alone, along a deserted rural road.
Biting cold heightens senses.
That which I can't see overwhelms that which I can see.
There is no desire to leave.
There is no need to chase that light to the comforts of home.
Time has slowed to insignificance here, on the outer.
Beauty lives in darkness all around me.
Beauty that eludes capture by sensors.
Beauty never to appear on a screen.
A horse whinnies.
I am jolted.
Seduced by.
Luminance.
Despoiled by.
Luminance.
Haha. Not a real zebra fight but there was attitude and little biting going on. The one on the right kept trying to break it up.
Amboseli, Kenya
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; Wakulla Station, Wakulla County, Florida.
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Amidst the cold, biting winds of winter, the shipyards along the Thames stand as silent witnesses to time. The heavy, storm-laden sky looms above, casting a dramatic contrast over the rusted metal and old timber, while the river churns beneath.
As part of Little Red's courtship display, he would bite off small trees and branches.
He also went after the dead stalks of last years Cow Parsnips.
Not sure if it impressed the little female, but, he he seems to enjoy doing it.
I saw Big Red and Little Red both courting the little female together this morning. All three together.
Funny, they get so involved in their courtship antics that they just ignore me.
This allows me to work in close.
She in the mean time, she just finds a nice snowy spot and lays down and curls up all warm and comfy.
From there she watches them competing for her.
Camera Settings: f/8 - 1/320 - 500mm - ISO 2500
'Yabbies' and whatever else is biting, hoping that school holidays never end. Yabbby pump, net, bucket, rods and a sunny afternoon. What could go wrong?
...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.
All mine. :)
Published by Finch Publishing, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
It's available in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa at the moment. My publishers are looking to potentially open distribution deals with the UK and US, too. But that will come later (they're tight markets to pull from this little corner of the world!).
It can be purchased, as far as I know, from here, in the meantime.
It was only launched at the end of last month. It is based on my diaries. It has recently been endorsed by the Eating Disorders Foundation of Australia.
I am still a little sensitive about the title and cover. I chose neither.
Me: "Have You Tried Flirting With Her?"
Ernie: "Yep. I Even Gave Her, The Look...And Bit My Lip Seductively."
Me: "Show Me."
(Ernie Bites His Lip Slowly)
Me: "Ok. Next Time Try Biting Your Lower Lip."
Its the time of the year for these pretty March flies. The females are guilty of biting your arm or leg to get blood...
Today they were feeding on Leucopogon pulchellus.
Photo: Fred
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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