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Alien invader, thats what I thought at first when I saw them on our maple stump laying their eggs, 3 inches long needle probing into wood was all new to me,
This is the most amazing part of the process, as the last two segments of her abdomen separate and a taut membrane between them provides the force to drive the oviposito, the straight part seen between her middle legs into solid wood.
Please see the Video link bellow.
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages. Dunnottar has played a prominent role in the history of Scotland through to the 18th-century Jacobite risings because of its strategic location and defensive strength. Dunnottar is best known as the place where the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels, were hidden from Oliver Cromwell's invading army in the 17th century. The property of the Keiths from the 14th century, and the seat of the Earl Marischal, Dunnottar declined after the last Earl forfeited his titles by taking part in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. The castle was restored in the 20th century and is now open to the public.
The ruins of the castle are spread over 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres), surrounded by steep cliffs that drop to the North Sea, 50 metres (160 ft) below. A narrow strip of land joins the headland to the mainland, along which a steep path leads up to the gatehouse. The various buildings within the castle include the 14th-century tower house as well as the 16th-century palace. Dunnottar Castle is a scheduled monument, and twelve structures on the site are listed buildings.
Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. It's a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes.
A rare lockdown venture out with the camera.
To be honest we were walking the dogs, so how nice was it to stumble upon a flock of some twenty, of these beauties.
Redwing - Turdus Iliacus
Nunroyd Park
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part of a vast maturing rapeseed field completely overrun with wild poppies. I often wonder how the seeds get separated by the farmer at harvest time.
The married redstart on the left was the usual bird to visit this log. He was chased off by the bird on the right on this occasion. He returned a few seconds later this time with the misses, who then did the chasing.
Sevastopol, Crimean Peninsula, Black Sea.
Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans).
Камышницы и красноухая черепаха.
I've never seen their little spaceships landing, but praying mantises are clearly visitors from outer-space.
Nisqually NWR
La luz invade el día, uno de los espectáculos más majestuosos que podemos presenciar
Any Colour You Like
Blue-winged Warbler. Michigan.
We were just starting out, I was standing stationary outside the vehicle, and the GWWA were singing, one on one side of the road, and one on the other, and a third a bit down the road, and I thought I heard a 'Bee Buzz' call coming from further off the right side of the road. I stood there listening and heard it, again and again, a bit distant to the chorus of the 3 GWWA. I was thinking either hybrid or Blue-winged warbler and carefully began walking thru an open grassy area to try to get closer to the call. We ended up in the shade, the forest at our backs, and the rising sun behind the trees, and the secondary growth habitat before us. Bee Buzz. Bee Buzz. Digital Plume Hunter saw him first. Just a Blue-winged Warbler. An invader into GWWA territory, and probably mated up with a female GWWA. Last year I posted a BWWA from my Michigan trip, but it was from an area further south of this GWWA area.
For those with more interest read up on how the Blue-winged Warbler population is moving north, gradually displacing the Golden-winged warb1er population, with cross-breeding, and the resulting hybrids which occur during the replacement process.
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Hair: On1111 Hair by WINGS (at Mancave)
Earrings: Alien Earrings by FAKEICON
Bag: Invader Giant Bag by REIGN
Shirt: Rick Jacket Floral by Clef De Peau
Pants: Glansig Pants by Boys to the Bone
Il tendone del civico 66 - 66番地のカーテン (66-ban chi no kāten) - The curtain of number 66
Al civico 66, dietro quel tendone arancione e verde, la vita continua. Ogni mattina, alle prime luci dell’alba, si sente il rumore dei passi veloci, il cigolio di una vecchia porta che si apre. Qualcuno esce, zaino in spalla, pronto per una giornata di lavoro. Al tramonto, un odore di cucina invade la strada, e una luce tenue filtra dalle crepe della serranda chiusa. È una casa abitata, una storia moderna che sfida il tempo e la decadenza apparente. Qui, la semplicità diventa resistenza.
66番地、オレンジと緑のカーテンの向こうには、生活が続いている。毎朝、日の出とともに、早足の音と古びたドアが開くきしむ音が聞こえる。誰かがリュックを背負い、一日の仕事に向けて出かける。夕方になると、料理の香りが通りを漂い、シャッターの隙間から微かな光が漏れる。それは人が住む家であり、時代や衰退に逆らう現代の物語だ。ここでは、シンプルさが抵抗となる
At number 66, behind that orange and green curtain, life goes on. Every morning, at the first light of dawn, the sound of quick footsteps and the creak of an old door opening can be heard. Someone steps out, backpack on their shoulders, ready for a day of work. At dusk, the smell of cooking fills the street, and faint light seeps through the cracks in the closed shutter. It is an inhabited house, a modern story defying time and apparent decay. Here, simplicity becomes resistance
CP SD70ACU #6644 leads a unit canola meal train down into the valley at Gwynne Alberta. Painted to commemorate the June 6 1944 Allied invasion of France, the unit definitely stands out from the rest of the fleet!
Rapistrum rugosum, commonly known as bastard cabbage, tall mustard weed or giant mustard, grows in tall rows along the entrance road and parking lot at Waco Mammoth National Monument in Waco Texas. This plant originated in southern Europe and is an aggressive, invasive plant that can surround and, because of their height, block sunlight from other wild flowers. They have been know to take over entire fields where bluebonnets and other flowers once thrived. Hopefully the National Park Service will take steps to control this invader.
Historic Flight Foundation's Spitfire invades Boeing territory during the annual Paine Field General Aviation Day.
Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / Historic Flight Foundation
Sculpture 30 at Bondi's 'Sculptures By The Sea', 2025.
See the videos:
sculpturebythesea.com/sculpture-sea-bondi-2025-exhibition...
sculpturebythesea.com/sculpture-sea-bondi-2025-exhibition...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVJbwsWK2i0
Sculpture 30, entitled 'Alien Arums', was created by the artists known as the 'Ghost Net Collective'.
The 'Alien Arums' are perched on the northern side of the headland at Marks Park - along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
Zoom in to see all of Bondi Beach in the late afternoon.
The artists say:
"Arum spikes emerge as alien invaders. Numerous species such as these 'Arums' are invading our coastline, establishing and thriving. 'Alien Arums' explores connections between embedded ghost-nets washed up on our shores, and the emergence of these reconstructed, growing, forms."
I am not sure what they are talking about, but interestingly, the sculpture is made from the ghost-nets that wash up on beaches. These ghost nets are attributed to the deaths of marine life all around the world.
SO, I think this sculpture is a statement about the dangers of ghost-nets, discarded by ships, in the ocean.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
For the Sliders Sunday Group. Base image created using Duck ai and processed using Photoshop and quad pencil.
I have been watching the old B&W western series "Wagon Train" on METV and found it interesting how our sensibilities have changed since it was a hit from 1957 to 1965 on first NBC and then on ABC. In a large number of the shows there is an American Indian on a hillside watching the train. The shots are always from the POV of the people on the wagon train. I thought it would be interesting to do an image from the other point of view and show what the Indians saw - invaders coming boldly into their territory. That is what inspired me to make this image for Sliders Sunday. .
My yard Gray Squirrel bird feeder invader and I just caught him with goods lol !
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1941 Douglas A-26 Invader NL26BP USAAF as 41-39359
During WWII this aircraft served with thye USAAF as 41-39359
The Douglas A-26 Invader is an American twin-engine light bomber and ground attack aircraft. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II, there are now less then 100 of these still about airworthy and static
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2019
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Early morning "moonset" at the Buckeye Municipal Airport. The first rays of morning light warm the face of this Douglas A-26B/B-26B Invader. While it has seen better days, it still has character. Unfortunately, the local pigeon population has not been kind to this old warrior.
OXythyrea Funesta, phytophagous beetle, the family of Cetoniidae.
Each post is dedicated to the "RIGHT for Privacy".
Understanding and preserving the right for privacy will bring peace to the world. It is part of peace & for sure love with respect to Human Rights.
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On the old gate post at the church, I came across these Ladybirds (Lagybugs). Perhaps about a dozen of the familiar spotted adults, and several dozen of the younger, larval stages, and a few of the blacker ones (pupal stages?). I've never seen a gathering like this, and wondered why they had chosen this old timber in such full view. (Interestingly, there were greenfly wandering about among them.)
I hope someone will have a better description......
AND thank you SallyT for telling us they are foreign INVADERS -- the dreaded Harlequin Ladybirds --
-- www.flickr.com/photos/algo/4029706062/comment721576225028...
Please see -- www.harlequin-survey.org/
Some explanation on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HarAxy_ontwikkeling.jpg
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I will probably enhance this later, but for right now it is RAW or SOOC from a bit less than 2 years ago.
I just sort of threw this pic on as first one I've uploaded since March 23rd, 2023, or so. I've been trying to learn a new computer and having a very hard time. More to tell later, but for now I want to try to find a color RED picture for two Monday groups that I normally would have posted to last Monday.
I am chock full of questions about new computer, Flickr, passwords, SD card in my camera, etc. etc. It has been overwhelming and frustrating, but I'm trying to be patient, not my strong suit.
My son gifted me with this new computer, and it is a fantastic gift, but I am overwhelmed with all the new workings of it. I'll have questions for sure as I navigate it. I'm hoping my Flickr friends can help me with some of my questions. I'll try to post them one at a time with various pictures, so as not to overwhelm any of my viewers with all of them in one humongous post.
~ Delina (pronounced with a long *i* sound)
For "The If These Walls Could Talk (group)", some of the employees would say, this is a McDonald's Restaurant, west wall. What the heck is that lady doing taking so many pictures in the rain and way out there in the parking lot? ?? My Raintings are not about the food, the employees, the customers nor anything even close to that. But they don't know.
I did show a few of my pictures to one of the managers, several months ago; but I have no idea if he conveyed my information to any other employees.
I explained to him that I am not out there in the rain (and dark too, as it makes the best Raintings) invading anyone's privacy.
To our amazement the local Starlings invaded our small garden while we were both sitting on the lawn :-) A female came too close to focus with my 500pf
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Space invader is back.
The pitch of the movie is the same as in round n°1 :
So I'm driving in the icelandic east fjords. Basically, I can't see a thing.
The cloud surrounding me is so thick the sunlight has become an abstract notion.
Until the next turn. From it and it seems magic, the sky is so clear that you should be able to see Pluto's tail.
Going along one of the fjords, I can now see the other side.
Except that I can't.
Another fluffly monstruosity is filling up the lower layers of the sky and most layers of emerged land.
That tells me that I should take my time going there, enjoy the sun for a bit, that if I couldn't see anything before, it must have come from quite some picturesque cloud if taken from the outside.