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The blue effect in this case is a result of shining a blacklight at close range with standard incandescent light still present in the room. This is Alexial, my deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus.
In normal light she looks like this:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862
You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.
Lifetime Dream # 151 of my list of 155: I will complete my second journal of 3,000 pages, reflecting on the many paths and experiences that I walk through day after day, month after month. I will keep the same design with parchment paper, and make each page's design unique.
Journaling has always been a part of my life in one form or another… in a way this blog on Flickr is a form of journaling I suppose. There’s just something different to me about writing your thoughts as opposed to typing them out. Maybe it’s just the nostalgia of writing- a slowly-dying art form (think about how many letters you’ve written and mailed in the last year… or hand notes you’ve passed as opposed to e-mailing or texting!).
I am slowly trying to get back to this practice… I completed my first 3,000-page journal in 2008, and have since started a new journal. I just had to put that writing on hold for a time. Hopefully that time is ending soon. I changed the second journal up just a bit with how I am doing the page numbers and they texts of runes at the top and bottom. They are still cryptic messages or texts that moved my world, written and re-ordered to flow together into a series that I guess only makes sense to me.
I started writing through some things this morning, and I forgot how nice it feels to get things out. I love a warm cup of coffee, wonderful music and lights… and a head full of thoughts. So much to say, but so little time unfortunately.
A cryptic bumblebee (Bombus cryptorum) or white-tailed bumblebee (B. lucorum) looking for a place to catch the last sip to drink for the day off a rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium).
The same bumblebee, after landing: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/38668793736/
I had to wrap my brain around this one for a few seconds before I could finally make out the form of a very cryptic and small fulgorid nymph. One of my great pleasures of finding and photographing crypsis and mimicry, is the mental contortions of trying to make sense of what is right in front of my eyes, but which my brain simply can't make sense of. And then, in one instant everything snaps into place as my mouth forms an "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh...." of realization, and a child-like giggle escapes my lips. Then communicating that to others.
Photographed for the #SaniProject2017. Follow us at Destination Ecuador #Sanilodge #Paulbertner.
Southern roughie, black-tip bullseye, common bullseye and Sydney cardinalfish... all like to live under ledges
Shark Point
20/05/2023: Actinic trap; Pyecombe Farm, near Brighton, Sussex.
This may more correctly be described as a probable Cryptic Fern; some authorities state that dissection of genitalia is required to reliably separate this species from the more familiar Fern (Horisme tersata) but Sean Clancy, who co-authored a summary of the differences (Ent. Rec. J. Var. 131: 261-268) emailed to say that he is confident that this is indeed H. radicata. Cryptic Fern is probably a recent colonist of the UK and first identified here as recently as 2019, although it may well have been overlooked for some time before that.
More details:
ukmoths.org.uk/species/horisme-radicaria/adult/
www.sussexmothgroup.org.uk/site/speciesAccount.php?specie...
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A cryptic bumblebee (Bombus cryptorum) or white-tailed bumblebee (B. lucorum) finishing up the day with a last sip to drink from the deep magenta rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium).
A shot of the same bumblebee before landing here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/44771281340/
This is a picture of the Egyptian Book of the Dead taken at the Egyptology museum of Turin, and it got me thinking about how over time basic symbols ovolve into written language, and what that means for representational photography some more of which over here bit.ly/197psrb meanwhile Happy Friday everybody!
Young Virginia rail dashes though the marsh. Rails, labeled the "shadowbirds" by photographer William Burt, are among the most shy and furtive birds, far more often heard than seen. Virginia rails have loud penetrating calls and often sound like they're lurking nearby, but they stay hidden most of the time. Their infrequent appearances are erratic and brief. Airport Road, North Swanzey, NH (8 June, 2020)
In general, the songs lyrically are downright cryptic. “With Horses In Her Eyes She Struck Like A Wildcat” for instance seems to the best of my knowledge to be about a woman striking a cowboy down because he loves horses so much although I could really be missing the point badly on that one.
Fuente : se me olvido la pagina xD
True musicianship in the band comes in the form of both guitarists who manage to provide an undoubtedly heavy experience while hot crossing it up a fair bit. Although nowhere in the technical league of said band, Love Like Electrocution perform flashy riffs mixed in with more atmospheric (not in the post rock sense, more in a wall of sound way) moments providing interesting textures and feelings as opposed to outright technicality, just the way it should be in my opinion. The rhythm section plays well taking the spotlight away from the guitars when need be, usually when creating a sense of calm before a heavier faster part. The bass doesn’t play too vital a part on first listen but with my bass player ears you can definitely pick up fills all over the place underplayed by the guitarists but creating an essential depth to the piece without which the mix would feel much thinner. The drums keep splashy on the hats a lot of the time thankfully not resorting to straight punk drumming and double kicks very often. Instrumentally the band mix it up a lot switching from poppier moments to straight out blast beating allowing the vocal interplay to overlap and bring the sound up a notch out of the mess of sound that is a lot of emo.
Here is one more shot of a California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) butterfly on my hand, see my [Previous] photo. The cryptic underwings are remarkable, like the marbled endpapers of fine old books. The butterflies are almost invisible with wings closed unless you happen to see one land. This specimen is somewhat tattered. These butterflies overwinter as adults, but I've been seeing more of them right now in spring than I've ever seen before. I have another photo (not on Flickr) with six of them on a sandstone outcrop at one time. (San Marcos Pass, 25 March 2019)
The new promotional poster for the 5000 year old funk band Here Come The Mummies. This is a composite of 13 individual images.
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