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....so the friend that had the graflex on the shelf has some really nice and unusual plants and flowers in their magical gardens..Although the light was hard for me, as well as the necessary concentration for focus-es...I did manage to get a few nice macros or impressions...
A rarely sighted beast in the South West, this Alexander Strider bodied Dennis Lance was operating for Alpha Coaches of Honiton during the Sidmouth Folk week.
The owner Ray Borkowski used to operate a pair of Leyland National for this once a week service but both have now departed the fleet.
(Unknown species), Family: Gerridae
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, or jesus bugs.
Water striders are anatomically built to transfer their weight to be able to run on top of the water's surface. As a result, one could likely find water striders present in any pond, river, or lake. Scientists have identified over 1,700 species of gerrids, 10% of them being marine.
Water striders are able to walk on top of water due to a combination of several factors. Water striders use the high surface tension of water and long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above water.
Water striders are aquatic predators and feed on invertebrates, mainly spiders and insects, that fall onto the water surface. Water striders are attracted to this food source by ripples produced by the struggling prey. The water strider uses its front legs as sensors for the vibrations produced by the ripples in the water. The water strider punctures the prey item's body with its proboscis, injects salivary enzymes that break down the prey's internal structures, and then sucks out the resulting fluid.
'Hell Striders' - I haven't painted an illustration from my 'Exotic Slaughter' world for some time, but have had lots of ideas in my sketchbook just waiting for the time to be bought to life! So here's the 'Hell Striders' - Huge, genetically engineered creatures, tethered to vast gas filled airships, that pump flammable gases down to them, channeled through umbilicals, a capable of projecting the flames hundreds of metres across the battlefields and trenches of WW1. Two handlers ride on it's back, controlling the fire spitting, temperamental beasts, and ensuring the gas supply from the airships is constant. Great herds of these monsters, slowly stride across non mans land, spewing inferno's and death as they sweep by. Feel free to share....
The Tall Strider is a mechanized stilt walker, commonly used for recon units or urban operations however here we see a different aplication as the pilot is snagging some apples of this apple tree.
Yeah, this is another part of my Dieselpunk layout from Bricktopia, inspired by the Tall Boys from Dishonored I've always wanted to try my hand at a mech like this.
A Man striding past a window with a reflected church, Aberdeen Broad Street near Marischal College. On my way to work clock on the spire says 7.55.
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The Gerridae Water Strider bug is essential to protecting and controlling the open ocean in the bug wars. Based after the only insect species ever to successfully colonize the open ocean, the lightly armed, but lightning quick Battle Bug is indispensable to the naval war effort.
The Strider is designed as a mobile sonar, and surface radar platform. It's center and rear legs allow it to skim across the water with virtually no sonar or EM signature beneath the surface, while it's two fore legs contain powerful passive sonar sensors. It's entire upper body is a powerful passive sensor suite to watch for surface threats.
Only armed with two plasma cannons near it's head, the Skipper's main defense is it's stealthy nature. Torpedoes and other underwater weapons have nothing to lock onto even with active sonar.
The Skipper itself is equipped with active sonar, but it is highly unlikely to use it. It's antenna are held high above the water to give it a long communication range, and the bug is equipped with a ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) transceiver for communication through salt water.
The Water Strider is first and last an intelligence bug. It's mission is to know where the enemy is, without letting the enemy know where it is. At this it excels.
This was built for the Battle Bugs June build challenge: Water Weirdness
Battlebugs is returning to BrickCon in 2010, so be sure to bring your bugs!!!