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Named for its bug-like appearance, the Cargo Critter, is a tiny ship with the inglorious job of picking up small objects in one place and putting them down somewhere else. It began its life as a bet between engineers who, having lived far too long, had become bored of thinking of good ideas and moved on to bad ones. The bet, so the story goes, was that the ship's architect could design and sell a cargo ship with the capacity to carry no more cargo than two strong humans could lift comfortably. The designer won the bet by giving the ship more thrust than a comparably-sized fighter. It can't carry much, but it will get it there quickly!
Sachem (Atalopedes huron), Goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus), jumping spider and a wasp on Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
Goldenrods are an attractive source of nutrition for late-season pollinators and many (but not all) are a beautiful addition to a home garden.
See next shot of a well-placed goldenrod in a pollinator garden.
He may sit like a sphinx and have a fancy name but he is all bogan.
Critter has taken on a few names and when he is in trouble he gets the Charles C Critter :-)
The waves seemed sort of large at Malibu with the off shore winds helping a little ! There are a couple of surfers out of view with one showing ahead. The waves did not seem to bother the boat "L48752 CRITTERS". Not sure if these guys rescue critters, fish for critters or are up to something else - maybe someone can let me know !
Goldfish, frogs, and two kinds of lizards this week.
Henry County, Georgia
Kodalith Ortho film, developed in FPP B&W Monobath.
I am not easily creeped out by critters, so snails and slugs don't have an ick factor with me (I did learn their slime is hard to wash off). I am cautious with things like spiders, ticks, wasps, millipedes, centipedes,and other critters with stingers or sucking parts...I have a long lens for a reason! Snakes around here aren't poisonous, but I have taken pics of rattlers before. Salamanders are cute, but some of them secrete nastiness on their skins. I used to help my daughter catch toads so she wouldn't be scared of them, and her brother taught her to catch lizards. I hate it when people scream for no reason just because they see a critter, and I wanted her to stop! Mice are fine...outside. Indoors I hate cleaning up their poopies and I worry about diseases, so I strongly discourage their residence. Most critters won't bother you if you don't bother them, and if you keep your distance and are respectful, there is no need to scream, dance, wave your arms about, or poison the environment to get them out of your presence. But if you feed cute critters ,don't be surprised if the not so cute come to dinner too.
We spend so much time seeking out those captures of the "must have subjects" that we often overlook the more common critters which surround us.
Green Cay Wetlands, DelRay Beach, Fl.
Messing around with, surprise, surprise another shot of Critter and came up with this.
Went the vintage look to take Critter back to his roots :-)
Textures thanks to lesBrumes and EmmaCox
Bob (or maybe Bobbi) showed up about a month ago. I think he was chased out of the woods when the logging started up again. This is the first chance I got to get a picture of him.
Bob has the most unusual facial patterns I've ever seen on a cat. Even googling does not show any with a similar face.
But that isn't all that makes him unique. His tail is only about three inches long.
From the looks of that ear, I suppose he could have lost the rest of his tail in some brawl. I've never been able to get a good look at him full length, just glances, so that's my next photo goal with him.
He's somewhat tame to the point that he will allow Annie to get close and he looks in windows of the house.
In this shot, he had followed Annie to the woodshed, but had stopped short when she went through her cat door into the garage.
Agama aculeata aculeata - Western Ground Agama. From Kuruman River Reserve, Northern Cape. www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/agama-aculeata-aculeata/