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Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
Henri Rousseau
textures thanks to Skeletalmess and Renquedochan.
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This was a pleasant surprise after downloading to the PC. I could see that the insect was about to take off and amazingly the timing was correct.
July 2016
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ANSWER: This very colorful bug is actually a leaf hopper.
It is defently less than one inch in size.
Loni found an insect on the door to the cottage when we arrived.
We didn’t know what it was, but it was so unusual and pretty to us that I snapped a picture. It’s smaller than it appears here, as this was an extreme closeup of it.
You’d think that a lunch stop this time of year would be wasp free but no! This little fellow walked along my friend Ian’s cycle top and let me take his photo.
Harlequin Ladybird on foxglove - The Harlequin species is a native of eastern Asia which was originally imported to Europe by farmers to prey on pests but the harlequin were found to be very invasive and also prey on native species of ladybird. Imports were banned in 2004 but Harelquins had already spread to southern UK in the same year and are now one of the most commonly seen species in the UK.