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Silk Button Galls, my favourite galls, are created by the Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis)!
Neuroterus numismalis is a gall wasp that has two generations per year. One being sexual and the other agamic (all female and needs no male to reproduce). The sexual generation causes Blister Galls on Oak leaves. Whereas the agamic generation causes Silk Button Galls on the underside of Oak leaves. This gall wasp is common and widespread in Britain.
The Silk Button Galls are abundant on the underside of the Oak leaves and can reach 3 mm across. This gall holds the agamic generation and looks like a thick, rolled edge disk with a deep central pit and gold hairs, there is no mark on the top of the leaf. It is a single cell gall holding one wasp and can be seen from August to October, until the leaves fall in autumn. The wasp larva will mature in August but remain in the gall on the ground throughout the winter, emerging the following year from February to April.
Push the button to access. Found in Monte Carlo.
Nikon D5600
Nikon AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED II
f/5.0, 18.0mm, 1/100, ISO400
97/365 - Buttons
Once upon a time, pretty much every outfit I wore, had at least 1 button ... now hardly anything I wear has a button.
But I found a cardigan at the back of the wardrobe ... I think it might have shrunk whilst it was hiding back there.
For Macro Mondays theme; "Button(s)"
(This tiny button is at the end of my little 4" flashlight.)
HMM to all.
Every year they appear I am fascinated by these amazing little galls! They take their name from the fact that they look like little buttons woven from golden threads! These beautiful looking little galls are made by the asexual generation of the wasp Neuroterus numismalis.
Silk Button Galls are abundant on the underside of the Oak leaves and can reach 3 mm across. They contain the agamic generation of the Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis) and look like a thick, rolled edge disk with a deep central pit and gold hairs, there is no mark on the top of the leaf. The galls are a single cell gall holding one wasp and can be seen from August to October, until the leaves fall in autumn. The wasp larva will mature in August but remain in the gall on the ground throughout the winter, emerging the following year from February to April.
For Macro Mondays theme; "Button(s)"
Fur Rondy is an annual event that takes place in Anchorage Alaska. Each year a new button is created to commemorate the event. I am especially fond of this one in my collection.
HMM!
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I frequently see “characters” in public. I am so brazen that I walk up to them and ask for permission to photograph them. Most people are willing to participate and a few, not so much. I’m going to create an album for the people who stand out in a crowd.
19.366.2012
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/3.2
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 500
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired triggering 580exii through umbrella left :)
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Why would a button be bittersweet? Well, because my 16-year old daughter, Anna, can't work buttons. Sometimes the things I take for granted hit me in the gut. I'm pretty far down this path of mothering a child with special needs, but there are still milestones that sting. It can be something simple like knowing other girls her age are wearing makeup (Anna has no interest) or dating (Anna desperately wants a boyfriend) to the bigger things like getting a driver's license (that won't ever happen) or going to junior prom (Anna should be in 11th grade this year but we had her repeat kindergarten). I remind myself of the progress she's making and that she is on her own timeline, but when I saw this week's theme... "Buttons and Bows"... I got a pang. She can't work a button, she doesn't have the fine motor control, so for me, the button is bittersweet.
Now "Button Factory Arts," Waterloo. When I moved to Toronto, I entered "yellow brick is the special brick" territory. Not in Waterloo!
On my way to one of my favorite spots to photograph sunsets I took advantage of the warm evening light to capture a few landscapes and some wildlife also.
After my last posting I missed a button from my dress. Yesterday I found it, so
I lost a button,
A little silver button,
So I looked for my button
Most everywhere.
I found my button,
My gold rimmed button,
So I sewed on my button
Most firmly there.
Just to make you smile!
With apologies to AAMilne.
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