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“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream”
~Vincent van Gogh
I watched the drama unfold from the moment the spider jumped the Lanternfly Nymph until it killed the nymph.
"Chafer the Gaffer"
I'm the garden chafer,
the metallic green gaffer,
i'll buzz and spray,
so keep out my way,
i'll trample your pansies,
spoiling all your fancies,
i'm big, i'm green, seldom seen,
i'm chafer the gaffer know what I mean! 🐞
Original Poetry
by: Sean
"Gaffer = Boss"
Metallic green rose chafer beetle, amid the blossoms, looking resplendent, they are considered a pest and can decimate flora, still they do look impressive like mini shining tanks.
They nibble pollen and sip nectar, but these little chaps
decimated my roses last year so they can definitely cause damage to the gardeners pride and joy!
A word of warning don't try grabbing them or you may get squirted, they have a nasty defence.
Of course they fly too buzzing about like small airborne tanks,
marvellous insects really, but the larvae are really ugly .... lets not go there! 😁
Metallic - Insect
This is going to be my choice for Macro Mondays this week I chose Metallic from the first five words and Insect from the second five words, hopefully concluding with ....
Metallic Insect
A green metallic beetle, a "Green Chafer Beetle."
Found in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and here in New South Wales - I believe this delicate little beauty to be Anestia semiochrea, within family Erebidae. Larvae have been observed feeding on lichen.
Any input re ID most welcome.
This is a male, wingspan around 15 mm.
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A lovely contrast between the soft blue of the delicate butterfly and the hard, crushed stone of the railway ballast.
Red-spotted purple butterfly, Limenitis arthemis. Wingspan 8 cm.
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The length of this dragonfly is 36 to 48 mm (1.4 to 1.9 in).
The eastern pondhawk is an athletic, swift-flying predator, able to catch damselflies and other insect prey on the wing. In between hunts it rests on vegetation, ready to take to the air if prey comes within sight.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis_simplicicollis
Columbia, South Carolina. USA