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anybody? anybody? anybody want to guess? i'll give you a hint the MM theme for tomorrow, 3/9, is cutters ~grin~
this may be one of the best macros of the ones i did but it probably won't be the one i post :)
on 3/12-- reveal......will put the picture of a wider out version in the first comment box
Leaf cutter bees (Megachile)
The females of these bees cut small pieces out of leaves or flowers and use them to line their nests. The individual species of this genus can hardly be distinguished from one another with the naked eye. Most species are not very picky when visiting flowers, only a few are highly specialized.
Peninsula Spire, North Greenwich, London.
Standing at 45m in height, Peninsula Spire is four metres taller than the Royal Albert Hall.
Pendant Swiss Army knife. I have another the same that I've had for over 20 years and use almost every day. Built to last.
Macro Mondays theme Cutter
I didn't really enjoy this weeks theme but decided to rise to the challenge. This is a julienne cutter to cut veggies into strips especially for sushi making. The blade is just under 2 inches in width so it's well within the requirements. HMM!
Leaf-cutting bees are solitary bees that use leaf sections to make nests. I think this is either a female Patchwork Leaf-cutter or Willughby Leaf-cutter bee?? Can anyone help with ID? It is nesting in an old sleeper in my garden.
One of those egg slicer things. Completely redundant in my house as I don't eat eggs. And yet it lurks in the cupboard ...
Taken for Macro Mondays 'Cutter' theme.
It’s been a while since I posted here...time constraints and personal matters etc
Anyways, here’s my pathetic attempt at MacroMondays Cutter.
This is a replacement cutter for a grinding wheel dresser. It was backlit while sitting atop of a chainsaw scabbard.
Grinding dressers are used to return a grinding wheel to its original round shape (to true it up), to expose fresh grains for renewed cutting action (including cleaning away clogged areas), or to make a different profile (cross-sectional shape) on the wheel's edge.
Wikipedia
Image, including background, is 1 1/2 inches top to bottom.
Document shredding scissors, such fun to use!
Many thanks for all views, fav's - and particularly comments - all are greatly appreciated!
Happy Macro Mondays to you all!
A landmark day today as I probably hit 1,000,000 views of all my best 423 photos taken over 10 years since joining and posting on Flickr. OK, so maybe there are many who have accomplished this milestone in a much shorter time but I thank you all anyway for taking the time to visit and view my work!
This is another insect working the yellow rabbitbrush. The leaf cutter bee cuts half moon pieces out of leaves and uses the leaf to form a nesting chamber in a hole. A single egg and a piece of honey is deposited in the nest and the female moves on to repeat the process. The bee collects pollen on the ventral surface of the abdomen.
Aquila was built in 1966 but found as a derelict in 2011. She was rebuilt in two and a half years even though “we had no money”. They put in a lot of hard work and ingenuity and she has now been sailing for ten years. In the WBF program she is shown with a white hull and and a rainbow staysail. When I found the boat at the dock, it was painted turquoise and red and he did not bring the rainbow sail.
Port Townsend's 2023 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit
After pulling my house apart, I finally found this cat cookie cutter I bought for Halloween years ago! I guess I don't have enough Polka Dots in my life, lol.
Smile on Saturday - Polka Dots
I include a second photo with a indicating scale.
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Leaf-cutter Ants (Atta sp) (right) are the most ancient gardeners of the tropical forest. They patiently slice off portions of a leaf, and then carry the leaf bits overhead in a gaily-colored procession back to their underground nests. However, Leaf-cutter Ants do not eat the leaves they cut. Instead, the leaves are taken to an underground chamber and fed to a fungus. In these hidden, underground gardens, it is the fungus that the ants eat, in a sense using it as an external stomach to digest the leaves and convert them into edible food.
To protect themselves against predations, trees produce alkaloids. One of those complex compounds is called terpenoids. This substances discourage both insects and fungi. One terpenoid in particular, carophylene epoxide, has been shown to repel completely the fungus garden ant (Atta cephalotes) from clipping leaves of a Neotropical tree (Hymenaea courbaril). This terpenoid was shown to be highly toxic to the fungus that the ants culture (Hubbell et al. 1983).