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A little double upload of this little insect. I remember looking down at a grass seed stalk in sunlight and seeing something red. Thinking a cool red "hair" growing out of grass seed would make a cool photo, down I went and only discovered the red "hair" was antennae coming off this incredibly small insect which I could only see through my macro lens. I have no clue on an ID.
The first is a close up of the guy, the latter set against a bokeh-bow (hehe).
Judging by the number of queens about at the moment think we might be in for a bumper wasp year- had very few last year.
Thought this was a wasp when I spotted it on the car but think it's a male flying red ant Myrmica sp.
| Sphingidae: Hippotion rosetta |
Range: Northwest India through southeast Asia - Andaman islands to eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, Torres Straits and New Guinea.
- Hawaii
This is an odd posting: Disappointing photos. Today, while waiting for my wife to fetch me from the ophthalmologist, I stopped to gawk at bees busily bouncing about flowers for nectar. Hundreds of them gathered and proved no threat to me as I closed in and captured 20 shots, using iPhone XS.
Grumble. Can the Apple cameras do no better than this and the next two, which are the best of a bad lot? I experimented with standard and Portrait modes—and all the pics look artificial at best, and not sharp enough at worst.
On this first of the trio, composition kind of works because of the similar position of the flying bee in the foreground and the one in the blurred background. That’s the only quality redeeming the photo for me.
Common name: Leopard Flower, Blackberry lily, Kabo Leitheng (Manipuri)
Botanical name: Belamcanda chinensis Family: Iridaceae (iris family)
Perennial, Iris-like herb; leaves in fans on branching stems. Flowers 6-parted, yellow to orange-red, spotted with maroon or purple, give it the name leopard flower. Fruit is a black berry. Belamcanda chinensis or Blackberry Lily derives its name from the clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open. Even though it is called a lily it is actually in the Iris family. Fan-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet. They are hardy from zones 5 -10 in the U.S. Blackberry Lilies are native to China and Japan. Belamcanda chinensis need partial shade to full sun. In the greenhouse, we use a soil mixture consisting of 2 parts peat moss to 2 parts loam to 1 part sand or perlite. Let the soil dry in between waterings. Fertilize monthly during the growing season. In the winter months, water sparingly. If grown outside, plant rhizomes 1 inch deep in a well-drained soil.
In Britain, primarily south-eastern species, however, it has shown a marked increase in abundance in recent decades and may be spreading northwards. It was first recorded in Staffordshire in 1983, but is now widespread in the county. Most records are from standing water, usually in small numbers.
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saw this little guy outside hiding under the broom. haven't seen one in ages so it was a nice surprise
I dove into the refreshingly cool waters of the Santa Margarita River in Fallbrook. It was a long, hot, rocky hike to reach these waters but well worth it. Especially when this awesome dragonfly had staked out a perch in the waters where I was relaxing. It took my stealthiest of creeping to get within inches of this beast. It beautiful blue eyes watched me steadily the whole 5 minutes or so I took my shots. Sometimes its head would flitch side to side and its mandibles would move! At one point it took a couple seconds to snatch a fly out of the air and return to its favorite spot.
This roseate skimmer posed for me for at least 10 minutes. He just sat on that branch and let me come very close and take shots from several angles.