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Spring of 2020 was miserable where I live in Stockholm Sweden. It just refused to get warm enough for insects to come out.
This is from the first real chance I had to catch any flying insects and was as late as May 19th(!)
This rather small butterfly refueling on a pink flower is either a wood white (Leptidea sinapis) or a cryptic wood white (Leptidea juvernica).
The Fuzz would like to wish all his friends and fans on flickr a Happy Easter.
Also Bernie and I would like to wish our Flickr friends a Happy Easter.
"No, he is not the brightest mask in the storehouse, but he exhibits unquestioning loyalty to me. After all, thoughts of rebellion require a brain, do they not?" — The Shadowed One
What most likely is a tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), aka new garden bumblebee just outside our house.
Here is a white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) which I managed to get a shot of on what I believe to be a rhododendron at my mom's summer house in Värmd, Sweden.
Yup - I am still Hiding My Face. My lip is healing up nicely, though, so I think I may end this theme on Saturday. Its been much harder than I imagined, but I've enjoyed the challenge.
This is the second appearance in my stream by my favorite fuzzy hat. I didn't have much time for shooting today and that was further reduced by my camera battery dying. But, I'm fairly happy with the outcome.
For Theme of the Week: A Textured Life. Look at all that fuzz!
Port Arthur - Tasmania, Australia
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This diurnal moth refueling on a heartleaf ox-eye (Telekia speciosa) is called Chersotis cuprea. It was quite unafraid of me sticking a lens in its face and kept probing the flower with its long proboscis.
The stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) in Tyresta National Park were very low, like five cm (2") off the ground in early May, but this fuzzy little eating machine had still gotten started.
Eventually, this one will metamorphosize into a spectacularily beautiful moth known as the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), or great tiger moth, which I would very much like to find and shoot.
The English name is a bit weird though as this one belong to Arctiidae which somehow is called "tiger moths". Why is that weird? Well, the name Arctiidae comes from the Greek "Arctos" meaning "bear" so in other languages like Swedish it's "björnspinnare" (björn = bear) and in German "Bärenspinner" (Bär = bear).
On a sidenote, "The Arctic", the region I mean, is named after this as well so it is litterally "the place with bears - and thus the Antarctic funnily enough is "the place without bears".
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53707462316/
Is it weird that sometimes I just like to stand on the dock, overlooking Innsmouth Harbor, with ol' Fuzz... and just... stand there?
Visit this location at Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft Tribute - early 1930s Massachusetts in Second Life
From a ride in the Don Valley on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with a couple other TPMGers. We stopped to take pics of these grasses. They were very tall. This was the first shot I took, and I think my favourite of my bunch! Somewhat inspired by -stacey-'s photos of grass.
Explored! Highest, 53.
The Malvaceae, or the mallows, are a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 243 genera with 4225+ species. Well-known members of this family include okra, cotton, and cacao. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus (300 species), Sterculia (250 species), Dombeya (250 species), Pavonia (200 species), and Sida (200 species).
Large deciduous tree, occasionally on deciduous forested hills and slopes. The tree is commonly known as Kullu (in Hindi), Kandol (in Marathi) and Indian Ghost Tree (in English)
Gum karaya is exuded from Sterculia urens, a large bushy tree growing to about 30 ft (10 m) in height on the dry rocky hills and plateaus of central and northern India. Originally introduced as a substitute for gum tragacanth, many uses were found for it and its commercial quantities rapidly increased until its use became second only to that of gum arabic.
Kavalama urens or Sterculia urens
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL