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Wow, I found this when I was out walking yesterday. I don't know what sort of critter makes a perfect little pot for a home, but there was something moving around in there. It's a classic, don't you think? Anyone know whose nest this might be?
Felt the blues this afternoon and decided to go looking for macro shots. As I went along one of my favorite trails, I was astonished at the amount of small flowers still blooming in the cool weather.
Ex pupae, emerged on 8 March 1987 Liverpool .Hasselblad 500CM 150 Sonnar +55mm tube F16 250th 2 Metz 402 flash 2 feet Ectachrome 64 colour slide.
Snoozing on a fern. Nowt strange - just suits my mood! I SO want to do some different photography but my back is not up to it yet.....Hmmmmm...frustration! I need a remote controlled, robot mounted, camera that I can send out. Just think - I could use a live view wireless feed to position it perfectly for my landscape shot. And the ND grads would slide into position at the touch of a remote button - perfect!! Any techno bots out there that can construct this for me?
PS Oh and it must be able to travel on rocky foreshores..Lol!! And be waterproof - I want to do moody susserating water shots..Lol!!
The Insects are the most diverse and important group of animals on land. There are more species of insects than all other land animals put together.
Broom (Cytisus scoparius) flower after it has 'exploded', the result of an insect landing on its petals, showing coiled stamens and stigma. Flower about 25 mm tall.
When an insect lands on the 'wings' (the two petals above the keel) of the flower, these are unable to support its weight, so the insect hits the keel. This causes the floral parts to explode out of the keel, as shown in this image.
The result is that five long stamens brush the upperside of the insect and five short stamens brush its underside. The stigma encircles the insect, thus collecting pollen.
It is likely that Broom is self incompatible (i.e. a flower cannot be fertilised by its own pollen). (See the previous image. showing floral parts of Broom closed).
Image by John Bebbington FRPS
This guy looks like a cockroach to me. Not too sure if it really is or not, but i found lots of them hanging out on some bushes at a lodge on Storms River, South Africa.
About one minute before I took this picture, that little arthropodal killer was sitting on my calf. I was wondering what was itching, and saw it hanging on to my hairs. Um. I'm not saying I freaked out. But. Um.
Are the leaf miners sending secret messages on the grapefruit rind or just using it as a canvas for insect art?