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This unusual looking larva of the ladybird beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri is patrolling the underside of a seagrape tree leaf in search of tasty mealybugs.
(Munyon Island in the Lake Worth Lagoon estuary near North Palm Beach, Florida)
In recent Flickr posts I have speculated that some of the unrefined behaviours of the Little Owl may be due to their gene pool having been influenced by a process of domestication, concluding that, were this to be the case, there should be cultural artefacts reflecting an intimate proximity with man from over both time and geography.
Here, it can be argued that Little Owl behaviours that do not seem to favour survival become 'logical' when viewed as having been selected for an environment guided by the behaviours, rewards and needs of man: domestication.
Nature asks for a clean nest for chicks: man asks for a constant cadence of attack towards any rodents, small birds or even large insects near grain stores or food production. Regarding pest control, this is a requirement outside of issues like hunger and need.
Nature usually asks for a wary degree of nervosity: man asks for an ability to stay calm inside his 'adapted' environment.
Nature asks for an element of territory: man asks that domesticated animals cohabit in higher numbers in merged or compressed territories.
Nature asks that Owls, with their large eyes, adapt to night hunting - a time zone where rodents are openly relaxed; man asks for 24hr/7 vigilance.
The selection of traits out from a species gene pool was applied to dogs, cats, sheep, cows and maybe ... the Little Owl?
It can be argued that the traits of pest control, night vision and access to a 360° 'neck rotation' vista-of-vigilance are all assets adapted for man's prehistoric needs - certainly from the neolithic ages of deforestation when nests and chicks would appear from the bounce and crack of fallen trees, and maybe, at times, from earlier ages.
Having 'friendly' and reliable animals around habitation can also be pleasant, and the pleasure of young animals, 'pets' and even wide eyed 'Furbies' evokes very real emotions that must have deep roots for humans. Having large beady eyes and a 'squark' may also have been reassuring for new sedentary crofting settlements near to (previously stigmatized?) rugged zones that might hide 'shock animals', myths or bandits.
Today we associate the farm cat with pest control and the dog with guarding 'property' - during some, or many of the ages of prehistory, these roles may have been afforded to the owl - with or without the help of the domesticated cat or dog. The smallest and least glutton species of owl is perhaps the Little Owl – and the 'low calory' specification of this pigeon-sized bird may have made it best-fitted to man's needs. Here, all owls may have been subjected to occasional 'falconry-esque' training, with the Little Owl simply being more generalised and 'long-term' than other species of owl: simply a typical co-voyager with man, to the point of general pan geographical training and ultimately domestication?
Today we may from time to time see trained birds of prey and be amazed at how well they can adapt their behaviours to man's regimes of will. This hypothesis for the Little Owl is not that of training birds of prey, an action that does not necessarily procure changes in the species gene pool. Man's contact with the Little Owl may have started with adopted chicks, followed by 'bird of prey training' (applied Falconry) followed by selection between generations according to traits and thus the drive to domestication. Perhaps a similar process is occurring today with the pheasant, as generations of breeders and chicks pass again and again through the hunter's and breeder's cages?
In a past post (see below) I illustrated the degree to which abstraction can drawn into an animal's real form via schematic simplification. I illustrate this with examples of late neolithic and early bronze age abstractions for cows and bulls and then propose a first schematic for an owl - an anthomorphic owl. In keeping with this initial post, some of the images in the selection above may be deemed to be anthomorphic owl images, others pure owl images and others 'escaped schematic'.
Seeing an anthomorphic animal does not automatically trigger the word 'shamen' - 'shamen' being perhaps today's most fashionable word in prehisitory, but fashion can be fickle, over-sized, ill-fitting and gratuitous... Most of the statue menhirs around the Pic Saint Loup might be said to have owl-like eyes, and it may seem odd that they are all honouring a single projected role.
A people who see themselves as having the qualities of observation and patience witnessed in an owl may want to align their identity with that animal, in the same way that a people with a bull's 'force and perseverance' and a cow's 'milk of food and nurture' might want to associate with the bull or cow; and a people with an agility of mind, flexibility and omnipotent mobility may want to associate with a goat; the resounding beauty of birds of paradise and so on... Today, sports-clubs can associate with qualities of animals. Another avenue into an anthro-owl schematic that bypasses a direct shamanic interpretation is that of the cultural story with a link between ancestors and owls. Both of these topics - of a population's 'living' flesh and blood owl-like qualities and 'collective consciousness', and, an owl-like 'manifestation' of a people's dead also have the potential to coexist. Here a shaman may align to the horse, or 'abstract progenitor being' ... with the general population aligning with the owl, or many other cultural and spiritual appreciations that are simply not available to us today and must remain mysteries.
Of the artforms featured in the above montage, some may be judged by readers to not be influenced by owls; others from the examples may have had owl origins and experienced phase-changes over time. Likewise, the individual 'owl figures' may have been greatly different symbols, as each of the figures are taken from a wide geography and chronology. With many, many thousands of miles between some of the examples, and whole ages of time, differences of meaning are to be expected: remembering that here, with this montage, we are simply looking through squinted and imperfect minds-eyes to see if we might just be able to see evidence of owls and man in the sort of relationship that might correlate with an environment of proximity necessary for domestication – nothing more (and no need for scales).
The montage features copyright free images of an early domesticated cat (Felis silvestris lybica), an example of a public domain mouse, (here greedy to eat sweet-smelling food stores of next seasons seeds and this year's winter food storage), and then the same Little Owl (Athene noctua) modified for a past post. Thanks to all photographers. The question is, who guarded the grain from the mouse after the neolithic revolution? – a headstrong cat, or a hunter bird that can sit between a limited number of adjacent perches, above a target and have the aptitude to just wait?
We know that anti-vermin trenches were built in Tell Brak, Syria (5500 ybp) and that they were sprinkled with an early 'rat poison'; we know that secure grain pits were built and sealed; that the neolithic brought in new ceramic pot technologies - pots fired and sealed and even hung above the ground on cordes ... but we also know that grain spills when making bread, and that cracks form and inquisitive pesty minds find ways through; we also know that mice and rats can establish warrens and tunnels that were avoided when man was on the move – so, as the whole of the neolithic year rested on the management of production, it must be recognised that additional omnipotent protector eyes would certainly help to keep the environment in order during both the day and night. Were these eyes cats, owls, both or none?
The aim here is simply to show potential icons of owls abstracted by man with a credible distance and time to sustain an argument for domestication, and here we have 5000 years and 4000km. Some schematics may be deemed too spurious and others may be added, for example neolithic Algerian owls (alas I was unable to find public domain images).
Left: A stele found in the ancient city state of Mari in eastern Syria (4,900 ybp and 3,759 ybp). This stele is thought to be from the beginning of the third millennium BC. The site has suffered in recent years from theft and artefact death. The idea that the large round owl eyes can see both at night and in the day, and that this quality inducted to also represent the sun and the moon may be mused. Here is an article on the subject. I doubt its interpretation of the triangle and it seems to be a way to suggest plumage and even a darker triangle on the bird.
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9a1e/546b387a539198da8526c9e208c...
Second left: Portugal slate owl. From between 5,500-4,750 ybp. As far as I understand this example is from Valencina de la Concepción and is on show at the Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla [MAS] in Spain. Details of this and other plaques appear in this article:
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone...
Centre left: Guadalquivir Valley alabaster idol from the Chalcolithic 3rd millennium BC
www.man.es/man/en/coleccion/catalogo-cronologico/prehisto...
Centre right: A protocorinthian aryballos in the form of an owl from around 2660 ybp, so a small Peloponnese Greek pot for holding perfumed oil.
www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/corinthian-aryballos-shap...
Near right: From the Perdigões site in the Evora region of Portugal with a museum in Reguengos de Monsaraz. The image is the head of a long and fascinating anthomorphic figure with owl-like features to the face.
Right: Athena Owl. Greek bowl or skyphos (deep drinking cup), from the Aléria Museum, 2700 ybp in Corsica. Taken from a Flickr post with permission and thanks to Andy Hammond.
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/the-owls-of-athena-some-comments...
Lower left bowl: Los Millares bowl - 3200–2300 BC from a very important late neolithic village in Almeria in southern Spain. A Wiki commons image.
virtual3dugr.prehistoriayarqueologia.org/modelos3D?title=...
Lower centre: Eye idol from the early city state of Tell Brak in Syria 5600 ybp (a few examples of these idols are also found outside the confines of the city, but when marriage and 'souvenir collection' is factored-out, the loci of Tell Brak and an adjacent town seems to resume its zone of influence. On saying that, both the eye idols and the spectacle idols were of extreme importance to this early city, its people, and temple. Do we see the element of attentiveness and watching with a hint of owl and a hint of landscape and astres?
Low right: spectacle idol, again Tell Brak so late Uruk period 5300-5000ybp Syria. These artefacts are from a unique site that will be looked at in more detail in a future post and there is obviously more to them than schematic description alone. These last two images are from my archive.
Was the owl a bird fleetingly glimpsed by hunters in trees and on branches, or was it an integral part of village life and culture helping to make early crofting conglomerates become functional ideas that could seed through populations? Do these images support the idea that to get to such a broad level of abstraction and integration within the culture of man, the owl, or even more specifically the Little Owl may have been following mankind from within his most intimate lifestyles rather than simply flying around outside? Certainly at some point the domestic cat took over the role of pest control, but was there a before? And if the Owl lived within and between man, it is hard to imagine that spooky, morbid or cryptic meanings would be attached to his schematics and abstractions, as the animal would more likely be a trusted and loved feature for all generations - perhaps a sublimation of ideas such as 'big man', 'wisdom', common sense, attentiveness and loyalty. Here, the dynamic "Athens" of "Athene noctua" was perhaps a first age after prehistory, and simply a city still been in contact with a deeper synchronicity, as the Little Owl lived its integrated urban life as a sacred and protected animal through the city streets symbolising a personification of wisdom: a last cry from a distance of age rather than a first symbol of civilisation.
AJM 23.06.20
This is a photo of a spider on a white background
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www.markcarmodyphotography.com/blog and www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/Articles.asp
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel (genus Sciurus). A tree-dwelling omnivorous rodent, the red squirrel is common throughout Eurasia.
In Great Britain and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, in part because of the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. (wikipedia)
This is one of the group of red squirrels transported from the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey to Tresco Abbey Gardens in September 2013. There are no grey squirrels on Tresco and the Reds are doing very well indeed here. I was on Tresco during a cruise working as a Naturalist with Lindblad/National Geographic in May 2015.
recently processed film. mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160NC. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Kobylianskoy Str. (Herren Gasse). Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
SLR Camera: Minolta Dynax 404si
Lens: Minolta Maxxum AF 28mm f2.8
Film: Kodak Professional 100 T-max
Filter: Hoya UV(0)
Film was processed and scanned by "Mark" Studio Lab. in Chernivtsi. I am happy with the results.
To see the pictures taken with this camera click here.
Thank you for your comments and Fav's.
A staged trio of Loosestrife seed weevils (ca. 1.8mm long, Nanophyes marmoratus, Nanophyidae, Curculionoidae, Coleoptera). Collected while sweeping purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria; Belgium, august 2013).
Studio work. Image based on 145 exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax); slightly cropped.
Canon 5Dmkii, Canon FD bellows, Rodenstock Apo-Gerogon 240/9, Mitu planapo 5x, ISO-100, 1/160sec, flash diffused with tracing paper. Image ca. 5mm wide.
Yellow Jackets are a predatory wasp and are important in the control of pest insects !
This last summer I put my hand in a nest of yellow Jackets that was on the handle of our garden gate,and received about 6 stings ,it was very painful for a couple days ,believe me I check all the gate handles carefully now........ Lesson Learned LOL !
Your comments and faves are appreciated Thank You .....Hugs :)
I had a not so good wildlife shot of this finch/sparrow in the grasses far ahead of me. He was very shy and aloof and the image I got of him was too small to worked with except for a painterly rendition. Hope you like it.
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About 10 days ago, I found a tiny Praying Mantis randomly hanging out on the sponge in the kitchen sink. After observing for a few minutes (read: squeeling with cuteness overload), I relocated this little baby to a corn stalk in my organic garden, expecting to never see him again. But, EVERY single day since then, Monte makes it a point to greet me by climbing to the top of one of the jalapeno plants, showing off how big he's getting. Ever since Monte assumed the position of live-in supervisor, the beetle damage to my garden has gone down significantly -- nearly diminished! Natural pest control is about as organic as an organic garden can get! I really hope this little guy continues to rule my garden kingdom! :) | Upstate NY
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Termite damage to a home. The entire wall had to be ripped out and replaced.
Termite inspections should be done as often as 12months or less!
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Gull Busters! When seagulls and crows start to bother diners in outdoor areas of the Granville Island Markets, near downtown Vancouver, this no-nonsense handler and her Harris's Hawk ride to the rescue. It not only dissuades the pesky birds, but also provides wildlife lessons for the kids. And photo opportunities!
Useful insect feeding on garden pests such as aphids and scale insects. Nowadays you can buy and release ladybugs into the garden as a natural means of pest control.
Lewsville, Texas
No processing, directly from the camera.
Banksy has a much publicised casual attitude towards recreational copyright infringement and you are invited to download whatever you wish from www.banksy.co.uk for personal use. However, making your own art or merchandise and passing it off as ‘official’ or authentic Banksy artwork is a criminal offence....
Please feel free to
* Copy any www.banksy.co.uk imagery in any way for any kind of personal amusement
* Make your own Banksy merchandise for non-commercial purposes
* Pretend you drew it yourself for homework
Please do not:
* Put up signs saying "strictly no photographs" when all you do is sell photographs of my graffiti
* Write 'Banksy' next to an image of a panda waving hand guns (not mine, don’t know whose it is)
* Take images off my website and ‘license’ them for a huge fee to a German calendar company
"Excuse me... can I have a word in your ear?"
Oxpeckers are an important grooming aid for the ungulates of the African plains. This Red-billed Oxpecker was scouring the neck, head and later the legs of this male Impala in search of ticks, which it would happily remove with its chisel of a beak. The animals know that the birds are doing them a favour and so are quite tolerant, even when they climb over their face.
Banksy has a much publicised casual attitude towards recreational copyright infringement and you are invited to download whatever you wish from www.banksy.co.uk for personal use. However, making your own art or merchandise and passing it off as ‘official’ or authentic Banksy artwork is a criminal offence....
Please feel free to
* Copy any www.banksy.co.uk imagery in any way for any kind of personal amusement
* Make your own Banksy merchandise for non-commercial purposes
* Pretend you drew it yourself for homework
Please do not:
* Put up signs saying "strictly no photographs" when all you do is sell photographs of my graffiti
* Write 'Banksy' next to an image of a panda waving hand guns (not mine, don’t know whose it is)
* Take images off my website and ‘license’ them for a huge fee to a German calendar company
Kamera: Yashica Mat 124G
Film: Ilford FP4+
Kjemi: Rodinal (Stand 1:100 / 60 min. @ 20°C)
No cropping, no post-processing, film has not been pushed or pulled. No alterations, no bullshit.
- Old norse symbolism. The raven is associated with death. In this case, death to the seagulls. Doesn´t work.
How to Fight Seagulls: Hawks And Falcons Ward Off Seagulls At Landfills
El grupo Formica rufa, es un sub-grupo dentro del género Formica, son grandes constructoras de montículos, comúnmente se las denomina "hormigas de la madera".
Estos nidos pueden llegar a medir varios metros de altura y diámetro, la hormiga es agresiva y territorial, y con frecuencia ataca y elimina las otras especies de hormigas de la zona.
Se utiliza en el sector forestal y con frecuencia se introducen en áreas como una forma de control de plagas.
The other day I was trying to learn how to use burst on the camera and it just so happened that My pest control guy showed up to do my treatment so when he finished he obliged me by going down the cul de sac and coming back by the house so I could see if my settings were right.. Guess it works.. Happy Truck Thursday, Everybody!!!!
班克斯：叛逆有理 Banksy: The Authentic Rebel
富藝斯拍賣行 Phillips Auctioneers Limited
Taipei Exhibition 16 - 24 March, 2019
因為我是賤民 Because I'm Worthless
2004年作 2004
黑粉紅雙色絲網版畫 美術紙 留邊 Screenprint in black and pink, on wove paper, with full margins.
畫心 I. 39.2 x 18.2 cm
含邊 S. 49.8 x 35 cm
版次35/175以鉛筆標注，無簽名(此作另有150版具簽名版本)
由倫敦Pictures on Walls出版及附鋼印，附Pest Control保證書，含框
Numbered 35/175 in pencil, an unsigned impression (there was also an edition of 150 signed impressions), published by Pictures on Walls, London (with their blindstamp), with the accompanying certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control, framed.
Not the usual site at the Hospital where I Work. Someone has a sense of humor. And... the pest control efforts are working.
QUOTE:
Please feel free to
* Copy any www.banksy.co.uk imagery in any way for any kind of personal amusement
* Make your own Banksy merchandise for non-commercial purposes
* Pretend you drew it yourself for homework
Please do not:
* Put up signs saying "strictly no photographs" when all you do is sell photographs of my graffiti
* Write 'Banksy' next to an image of a panda waving hand guns (not mine, don’t know whose it is)
* Take images off my website and ‘license’ them for a huge fee to a German calendar company
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Window display for a pest control outfit in Les Halles, Paris - perhaps not the most charming view in the City of light, but gets the point across, I guess.
班克斯：叛逆有理 Banksy: The Authentic Rebel
富藝斯拍賣行 Phillips Auctioneers Limited
Taipei Exhibition 16 - 24 March, 2019
手持氣球的女孩 Girl with Balloon
2004年作 2004
黑紅雙色絲網版畫 美術紙 留邊 Screenprint in black and red, on wove paper, with full margins.
畫心 I. 39 x 24 cm
含邊 S. 69.8 x 49.9 cm
版次344/600以鉛筆標注，無簽名(此作另有150版具簽名版本)
由倫敦Pictures on Walls出版及附鋼印，附Pest Control保證書，含框
Numbered 344/600 in pencil, an unsigned impression (there was also an edition of 150 signed impressions), published by Pictures on Walls, London (with their blindstamp), with the accompanying certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control, framed.
Day 144, Monday, May 24th, 2021
Jason from Gold Star
We’ve been using Gold Star Exterminators for our pest control since we moved to New Braunfels in 2014. Our Austin company served this area but they just didn’t control the big bad pests we get out here in the country like scorpions, tarantulas, and red-headed centipedes. Jason was our first tech years ago but left to pursue other career opportunities. I was so happy to see him on Monday that I gave him a big hug. We had the nastiest infestation of ants in the kid’s shower in year two that he was persistent in treating and finally getting rid of. We became friends during that time of frequent visits. It was great to see him again.