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Maps, plans, collages, numbers and symbols are Matt Mullican‘s mania. His work also includes performances aimed to explore his own psyche. “Untitled (Learning form that Person’s Work)” is a sort of labyrinth where grotesque sounds and human voices create an abstract and intense atmosphere.
Now, don't worry, I won't be dazzling you with information about the 2,400 species of Praying Mantis. After all, I've only captured four this week, The Mantodea or Common Green or Chinese, the Golden or Hierodula, or the common brown which is just a variation of the Common Green. However, when things really slow down with odonates, I have to post the Albino Praying Mantis that I found last weekend!
I have wondered why I seem to find them in some numbers on a flowering plant called the "Australian or Kangaroo Paw", Anigozanthos species. And the answer is that the Kangaroo Paw attracts all manner of bug (bug = the sucking plant killers like the weevils).
I must say that they're probably as interesting as my dragons and damsels, but I'll never make a dent in 2,400 species (also reported as 5,000 on six continents). Some disguise themselves - or Mother Nature did - as orchids. Others become parts of plants. They are ambush predators and probably should be known as "PrEying Mantises." The one thing that praying mantises don't have going for them is their two closest relatives, cockroaches and termites! Odd that such a beneficial insect is related to two of the most destructive.
Destination Moon? A clear No.
Liquid fuel rocket Aggregat 4. Original replica at the Historical-Technical Museum Peenemünde, Usedom Island
"The liquid fuel rocket developed and tested in Peenemünde with the participation of many technicians, engineers and scientists was produced in large numbers from 1943 in underground production facilities at the Mittelwerk in the Harz mountains near Nordhausen.
As "Vergeltungswaffe ["retribution weapon"] 2" ("V-2"), the missiles were first fired at British cities and then at other European locations. The hoped-for moral and military success remained below the expectations of the German military despite the extensive losses to the civilian population concerned.
Several thousand civilians, concentration camp prisoners and prisoners of war were killed in series production and during deployment.
After the end of the Second World War, the victorious powers made use of the technology and that of the experts and developed launchers for military and civilian use from the Aggregat 4." (translated from a display at the Historical-Technical Museum Peenemünde)
Due to its target inaccuracy, the V-2 could essentially only be used as a weapon of terror against the civilian population.
As a matter of fact the V-2 rocket also became the first artificial object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line (defined as the altitude of 100 kilometres) on 20 June 1944.
Being able to understand the charm of the clear graphic design of the rocket I was yet amazed at how much the Belgian artist Hergé was obviously inspired by the deadly weapon when he designed the moon rocket for his comic hero Tintin (see www.tintin.com/fr/albums/objectif-lune# and picture below).
I quote Wikipedia:
"Scientific aspects of the albums Objectif Lune and On a Marché sur la Lune
These two parts of the lunar adventure were published in 1954, fifteen years before the Apollo 11 mission, and even before the first satellite (Sputnik). Hergé's technical sources are mainly the programs and researches of Wernher von Braun and Hermann Oberth, who planned, from before the war, to cause an impact on the Moon with a rocket [...]. This same Oberth happens to be the technical advisor for a film by Fritz Lang The Woman on the Moon (Frau im Mond, 1929)." (translated from French Wikipedia entry)
"Hergé based his Moon rocket on the designs of the V-2 rocket which had been developed by German scientists during World War II. The red-and-white checker pattern on Hergé's rocket was based upon an illustration of a V-2 which Hergé had come upon in Leslie Simon's 1947 book German Research in World War II." (Wikipedia)
photo in Explore 20.06.2020
A large Brown Stink Bugs (Euschistus) (at least 1/2 in long) on Leafy Spurge flowers. Neighbourhood, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 27 May 2023
If it did feed on the Leafy spurge then it's helpful!
Euchistus
Numbers
20 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus(1), >70 spp. in 4 subgenera total(2)
Size: 8-15 mm
Identification
One thing that all the Euschistus spp. have in common, besides being brown, is a vague, barely visible dark patch in the center of the scutellum and a smaller matching spot on each upper wing half. These look more like smudges than markings, and are more visible in certain light conditions and at certain angles.(3)
Rear tibia grooved above:
Range: New World, by far most diverse in the Neotropics(7)
Habitat
Woodlands, cultivated land, orchards
Food
plant juices; may be destructive to crops, esp. fruits
occasional predation observed (Culliney 1985) bugguide.net/node/view/7207
HMM....... the macromondays theme for today is numbers. my intention is to show you the inside of a clickr-- this one is more visually interesting though. it's 2 and a half inches from top to bottom... dang, the dusting on picmonkey took off the EXIF data.. so this is the undusted one
macromondays numbers possibility
Macro Mondays Redux 2015--My Favorite Theme of the Year - Technology
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Nissin i40
I love the drama in this image. The chinstrap penguins were fighting off this aggressive Skua. Safety in numbers.
If you are interested in viewing more of my images of Birds of Prey, and Carrion, please click "here"!
The Bald Eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States—yet the bird was nearly wiped out there. For many decades, bald eagles were hunted for sport and for the "protection" of fishing grounds. Pesticides like DDT also wreaked havoc on eagles and other birds. These chemicals collect in fish, which make up most of the eagle's diet. They weaken the bird's eggshells and severely limited their ability to reproduce. Since DDT use was heavily restricted in 1972, eagle numbers have rebounded significantly and have been aided by reintroduction programs. The result is a wildlife success story—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has upgraded the birds from endangered to threatened. Though their numbers have grown in much of their range, bald eagles remain most abundant in Alaska and Canada. These powerful birds of prey use their talons to fish, but they get many of their meals by scavenging carrion or stealing the kills of other animals. (Such thievery famously prompted Ben Franklin to argue against the bird's nomination as the United State's national symbol.) They live near water and favor coasts and lakes where fish are plentiful, though they will also snare and eat small mammals. Bald Eagles are believed to mate for life. A pair constructs an enormous stick nest—one of the bird-world's biggest—high above the ground and tends to a pair of eggs each year. Immature eagles are dark, and until they are about five years old, they lack the distinctive white markings that make their parents so easy to identify. Young eagles roam great distances. Florida birds have been spotted in Michigan, and California eagles have traveled all the way to Alaska.
Two antique safes and a bucket full of crap. Do you feel safe now? No? How about now? You know, you can always puke into the bucket. That's a...kind of safety, right?
It's a dark day. We face a long journey and we are laden with the treasures that are our ideals and our near-mature cultural identity, and the road is fraught with peril. The map has been burned. We will survive, but not unscathed. Between now and then, remember that there is safety in numbers, and that we can keep the flame alive...together.
Camera: Mamiya M645
Lens: Mamiya 80mm f2.8
Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (fresh)
Developer: Unicolor C-41
Scanner: Epson V600
Photoshop: Curves, Healing Brush (spotting)
Two Rough Collies in repose.
Sophie our first, and Jenny our third.
In between came Fern - I find it hard to look at her.
Sophie died that Christmas, and that was tough to bear.
We went back for Clara, Jenny's sister. She soon became 'Tara'.
Marasmius vagus. First appearance in numbers for 5 years. Stipes ivory white. This particular fungus prefers open well lit areas close to rainforest. Caps to 2 cm.
My block.
These are a collection of some of the numbers I've encountered in Fecamp, Poitiers, Limoges,Carcassonne and Narbonne.
My house number painted on the curb next to my driveway. It gets very beat up because it's on a tight curve at the end of a cul-de-sac and gets hit every so often by a vehicle who misjudged the curve or by someone who tries to squeeze a parking place out of the space. (At least it is no longer used as a parking space - the city painted the curb red.) For We're Here who are looking at Numbers today and for my POTD.