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This locust hitched a ride on the cruise ship and later on my wheelchair! He must have got on at Cape Verde. So he had a good holiday, wonder if he used the pool bar or the buffet.... I named him Larry!
Bonjour, aujourd"hui je vous propose de prendre "Un bain de soleil"
Ameles decolor - Hérault
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My macro photograph captures a hoverfly resting on the vibrant petals of a bright orange flower. The composition features an incredibly shallow depth of field, bringing the intricate details of the insect's head—including its large, segmented compound eyes and delicate facial features—into sharp focus. The warm, golden-orange tones of the flower petals create a beautiful, seamless backdrop that envelops the subject, highlighting the fine hairs on the hoverfly's body and its delicate legs as it grips the petal.
Revisiting my initial ID I realised what I thought was a Migrant Hawker was in fact a Southern Migrant Hawker (or blue-eyed hawker). A rare visitor to the UK - after a single confirmed record during the twentieth century, four individuals were observed in southern England during 2006. During 2010 there were further reports in south Essex and north Kent.
Distinguished from the Migrant Hawker by the triangle marking on abdominal segment 2 (see photo in link below for key ID vs Migrant Hawker).
This was taken in my garden.
I came upon this silver-striped hawk moth sunning on a sandstone rock and marveled at its unique beauty, the efficiency of its evolutionary design.
I read once that hawk moths were 'the underdog of the pollinator world' compared to the bees and butterflies.
Known for their ability to travel incredible distances and for the extremely long proboscis with which they dip in to the nectar at the same time picking up pollen. Research has shown that hawk moths can spread pollen from more than 29 km away as they travel along their feeding routes.
6cm wingspan
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Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
~Lines from Switchfoot's song Dare you to move
BIF = butterflies in flight, right?
We know that their erratic flight definitely makes it harder for birds (and photographers) to capture.
Not all butterfly flight is erratic. Migrating monarchs, for example, can travel in fairly sustained directions. A butterfly moving from flower to flower may look much more unpredictable because its immediate destination keeps changing.
Some of what we perceive as erratic may be a limitation of our perspective. We see a butterfly's path, but we cannot readily see all the visual cues, scents, air currents, and other butterflies to which it is responding. In other words, what looks like random fluttering may be a rapid series of adjustments to a very busy world.
I was fortunate that the background cooperated. I didn't have to adjust anything here.