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Charaxes- We must destroy this false moth. Drury Walker must perish! All who follow him must be eliminated!
The Moth- With respect my liege, you are not yet at your full power. It will take time to adjust to your new body.
Charaxes- Yes of course, fool. Which is why I have assembled a team of the greatest supervillains of all time! Each with a vendetta against our esteemed adversaries.
The Moth- Indeed sire? Who are these individuals you speak of.
Charaxes- Behold!
Zodiac- Let’s do this! Woo!
The Moth- Are you sure sir? That is the Zodiac Master. And that is Firebug. King of Cats, Cluemaster, Ono- Ok, I’ll give you Onomatopoeia but the rest?
Charaxes- I fail to see an issue, these are true professionals.
The Moth- How do I phrase this... Four out of five of them are registered sex offenders and I am not quite certain that Cluemaster is entirely clean either.
Charaxes- Your point is?
The Moth- Well, I. No. Forgive me for questioning you. I am sure your plan will succeed.
Zodiac- You pussy! The only person who can touch me like that is Magpie
King of Cats- But I adore your aftershave!
Ono- Sniff
Firebug- It is rather nice!
Artie- I brought Batman to his knees! Why am I grouped with these guys?!
The Moth- Oh yes. It will definitely work. Absolutely. No doubt about it
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Drury- zzz
CK- Sauce?
Drury- zzzzzzzzz
Ck- Sauuuuuuuuce
Miranda- Oh my God!
CK- Sauce!
Drury- What? It wasn’t me!
Miranda- What are you doing in our bedroom?!
Ck- Sauce!
Drury- Why would we keep our sauce in the bedroom? It’s in the kitchen you fool!
CK- Gracias!
Miranda- We really need better locks
—Later, in the kitchen—
Ck- Hm... Sauce? Sauce!
Gar- What the bitch? Ketchup Queen?!
CK- Shit!
Gar- What are you- is that my hot sauce? Are you using it as- Oh fuck! Why would you even do that?! Won’t it burn?
Ck- Perhaps I like the pain
Gar- Oh god. Put. It. Down
Ck- Make me! I am the sultan of sauce! The master of mustard! The cream of the crop!
Gar- Can you go one sentence without a food pun?
CK- It’s my whole thing fruitcake!
Gar- Please leave
"They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug)
This can apparently take from 12 hours to 7 days!! (Thought to be a ploy on the part of males to stop any rival getting in on the act!)
Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) take their time when mating and can be coupled to their partner for hours, typically walking around like that (one of them obviously backwards). I shot a pair here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/46943612295/ and right after, a black garden ant (Lasius niger) showed up, watching the two getting it on.
They say a change is as good as a rest (I dispute this, but...) but with that theory in mind, here's 3 pics I took at a friend's gig last week.
The setting was uber dark, so I had to be a little creative with the settings. The results have been well received though :)
Firebugs are not averse from sucking a bit of hemocel from each other; here I came across what looks like a real robbery.
I didn't have my macro lens with me when I saw this colourful beetle in the grounds of St George in the East but the normal lens has done a pretty good job of picking up its detail.
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Pyrrhocoris apterus (Pyrrhocoridae)
Feuerwanzen
Frühlingsgefühle bei den Feuerwanzen …
firebugs
Firebugs got spring fever …
Last full day in Albarracín.
I am writing this in the hotel waiting for Jools to return from her trip to some hot springs. I have been huting butterflies once again, and although no new species for me today, lots seen and another 300 shots taken.
We do the usual stuff before going down the 500 steps to breakfast, where there is the usual rolls, yogurt, cakes and cold meats and cheese. And coffee.
Back up to the room for last minute preparations, Jools leaves at nine as the springs were about a two hour drive away, and we meet up at the buses at half nine, all ready for the half hour trip to the first stop.
Cañón de los Arcos is a beauty spot. And a fine canyon winding back into the mountains, all carved by a small stream. Before the cayon closes in, there are a few meadows, and on those should be the butterflies.
I say should be, because it would seem Spanish butterflies like their kip, and didn't really start appearing until half eleven, when we had just half an hour before we moved on.
But there was the canyon to explore, and look at the flowers and other plants. Above us over 30 Griffin Vultures circled, it now warm enough for them ride thermals, and just above the cliffs, several Chouffs squawked and flapped the morning away.
A few other visitors were there too, but for the most part, it was just our party stretched out along the path through and into the canyon.
I suppose we got a bit used to spectacular settings and landscapes, but the sheer rock faces and views opening up as I pressed in into the canyon were a wonder for the eyes, and also be out of earshot of other people.
The next two stops were revisits as they had been so fruitful, the first a 20 minute drive to the dried up river valley, where we hoped to see more Large Tortoiseshells.
I had the joy of sitting in the front passenger seat whilst Dave drove, so had views of the rolling countryside and picturesque villages we went through, it also kept Gillian quiet ias she was in the seats behind, though she did try to complain about most things.
We parked in the valley, had lunch of salads! roughage!
Then we went off, with me offering to show Gillian where I saw the Large Torties, as she had never seen them before. We ambled up the track and sat waiting for 45 minutes, but none came down from the treetops.
However, on the walk back, a single one was perched at the top of a rock face, and on occasion, sunlight would glint off its wings. Other had seen it land, so we know it was on, so in the world of flutterbies it counts as a species tick.
Next up was a quiet lay by we had been to on Monday, hoping to see a repeat of the Sooty Orange Tip action. As we climbed out of the bus, on of the Japanese guests realised she had lost her bag at the previous site, and it contained her passport! So Dave took her back so they could rescue it, which they did as the valley is so unvisited.
We milled around, but no repeat of the excitement, but more shots taken anyway.
And that was it for another day. Another 12,000 steps done, and more hot and bothered than on previous days. Just glad to get back on the bus one last time for the 15 mile drive back to the hotel.
Jools got back to the hotel at half seven, so I missed the de-brief. I have also lost the check sheet, so for the most art, no idea what I am photographing.
No change there.
So, at eight, we walk down to the restaurant to wait for the rest of the group, where we have our last dinner in the town, and as a treat the owners supply us with home made flavoured liqueurs that flowed well into the night.
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This common European bug is on the northernmost edge of its range in Britain and is the sole member of its family to occur here. A very distinctive species which should be unmistakeable; be sure to rule out Corizus hyoscyami which is superficially similar. Usually brachypterous in Britain, but macropterous adults have recently been recorded.
Historically very rare and known only from a single Devon population, but many other colonies have been recently reported from Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Suffolk, Kent and Bedfordshire, most of which are probably the result of accidental introductions. The appearance of macropterous individuals capable of flight may allow the species to spread here much more effectively in the future.
Usually associated with Tree Mallow and lime trees, feeding on the fruits. It forms dense and conspicuous aggregations in the spring, prior to mating.
Adult: All year
Length 8.5-10 mm
www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pyrrhocoridae/p_apteru...
A fascinating glimpse into the natural world, where a small firebug is seen perched on the sturdy shell of a snail
so i finally finished this painting--it was so freaking huge, my computer crashed several times but it was a request from a friend of mine which ask me to do the portrait of one of his friends and with one of his own portraits, as a birthday present, i dont know anything about the guy but i kinda made up a pretty fucked up personality for him (dunno if it could be as the real one), kind of a badass, always waiting to mentally abuse of someone, always waiting to get himself a little laughing time, such a nice guy =)
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reference photo used for the face but not for the firebugs
textures from cgtextures
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