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The storm that hit Montecito, CA so hard also had an negative impact on the number of Monarch butterfies at the Pismo Preserve. (so I was told)
Along the banks of the oxbow at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, Maxwell Iowa
Looking for birds, but came across this interesting hoverfly on the river bank. These bee mimics are common in the US and Canada and play an important role in pollenating a wide range of plant species. Eggs are laid on vegetation overhanging water and larvae drop into the water where they mature.
There were four of these flying around a small stand of thistle and were quite content to have their photos taken. This one kindly landed facing the camera.
Legg Park, Meridian Township, Michigan
Dolycoris baccarum or Hairy Shieldbug. Alternative name Sloe Shieldbug as for some reason its associated with Blackthorn but can be found on various types of vegetation. Looks like this one has lost one of its antenna during or after emerging from its winter hibernation.
Taken at Centre Parcs, Whinfell Forest.
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After a night of torrential downpours, I found these butterflies clinging on the dead flower stems of the Queen’s Wreath (Petrea volubilis).
Location: Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Also known as BATWING CICADA
Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, and likely adjacent nations.
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Life cycle: The female cicada lays her eggs in the bark of a tree, and when they hatch they fall to the ground, where the nymphs burrow up to eight feet into the earth. They stay underground for two to five years, or for some North American species, up to 17 years! They survive by feeding from tree roots. Once they emerge from underground, they seldom live longer than a few months.
Small Slipper at Campfield Marsh RSPB Nature Reserve Cumbria.
Campfield Marsh, on the shores of the Solway Firth, is a natural mosaic of saltmarsh, peatbogs, farmland and wet grassland. This rich area provides homes for a variety of native wildlife, including ducks and geese in the winter and breeding waders, dragonflies and peat bog plants in spring and summer.