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This macro photograph of the Sweet Potato Weevil, Cylas formicarius, a strikingly ant‑like beetle with a metallic black body and reddish thorax, perched delicately on a mulberry leaf in the soft forenoon light. Though its presence here is incidental, its primary host is the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), where both larvae and adults feed on stems and tubers, often causing characteristic tunneling damage.
The species belongs to the family Brentidae (formerly Curculionidae) and is known for its elongated snout and slender form that mimics ants—a clever adaptation for predator avoidance.
Native to tropical regions, Cylas formicarius is now found worldwide wherever sweet potatoes are cultivated.
Adults are nocturnal and hide in soil crevices or plant debris during the day.
Females lay eggs in small cavities on stems or tubers; larvae bore inside, making them difficult to detect early.
Natural predators include spiders and parasitic wasps, which help regulate populations in home gardens.
Despite being a pest, its ant‑mimic morphology and iridescent sheen make it a fascinating subject for macro photography and behavioral studies.
Elizabeth knew she didn't qualify for the latest contest theme given how her mornings usually start. (more information about contest in previous photo)
Here, Elizabeth gets the most out of her night's sleep before her daughter Tulley and housepets try to start her day before her alarm clock sounds. Last night's reading and her house boots sit on the floor below. :)
Elizabeth is a Juliet Barbie from the late '90s who received a complete reroot by SalvadorLA.
I watched an Anole climb this plastic water pail and reach down to drink from it...
views from the porch...
Brooksville, Florida
At one week old, a downy manu-o-Kū hatchling visually explores the world around its nest. The manu-o-Kū is an arboreal nesting pelagic seabird that doesn’t construct a nest; instead using a flat or hollow or fork in the tree to keep the egg from rolling away. The hatchling uses its strong, clawed, semipalmate feet to cling to the swaying tree branch that will be its home until fledging. This one is nesting in a monkeypod tree adjacent to a building in urban Honolulu that provides an opportunity for a cropped telephoto image. Parents alternate fishing and feeding duties leaving the chick unattended for up to several hours. Adults fish up to 120 miles offshore and provision the chick with fresh whole fish or squid rather than devouring then regurgitating a meal. This avian behavior was known to Polynesian voyagers and other seafarers. A landfall that may be out of view over the horizon could be located by following these birds conveying their catch back to their nestling.
Curious bird behavior.....
A Red-browed Finch sits on this branch with a long grass stem hanging from its beak.
I don't know whether it was in the process of feeding or building a nest, or just acting silly!!!
Hope you like it anyway!!
Thanks for any comments, views or favorites - always appreciated!!!
Have another terrific day and weekend!
It's pretty hot here - 36C........
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier assumption that we could know with any certainty what was good even for us. We have fulfilled the danger of this by making our personal pride and greed the standard of our behavior toward the world - to the incalculable disadvantage of the world and every living thing in it. And now, perhaps very close to too late, our great error has become clear. It is not only our own creativity - our own capacity for life - that is stifled by our arrogant assumption; the creation itself is stifled.
We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and to learn what is good for it. We must learn to cooperate in its processes, and to yield to its limits. But even more important, we must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it. (pg. 20, "A Native Hill")”
― Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
Cretin Behaviors.
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Steve.D.Hammond.
Nesting Common Tern - New York, East Coast, USA
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A Florida Banded Water Snake... has learned to wait until we feed the pond mosquito fish pellet supplements. It then rushes through the activity with it's mouth open and (sometimes) catches it's fish. there are several other water snakes, but only one exhibits this behavior.
The last day the kits were at the deck den, they were wild and crazy, using all their muscles and instincts to build their survival skills. Note a second kit, watching from a distance.
This is the first in this series of images I was privileged to witness on this day in the wetlands.
I came upon this little group and these 2 were off by themselves biting each other and holding on to there beaks as shown. It became pretty intense as you will see, and hope you find it as interesting as I did.
Hope the weekend was a good one as your days ahead will be, and thanks for the visit.
I've been hanging on to this shot for a while. I posted it because it's very rare to see a Carolina Satyr nectaring on a flower. The Satyrs normally subsist on sap and grasses. This is the only instance I've seen of this behavior.
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
Several killdeer were calling to each other along the mud flats of a shallow Boyd Lake in Loveland, Colorado. I was able to walk fairly close to this one, that kept giving alarm trills, but instead of flying or running away, it kept kneeling on depressions in the ground and lifting its wings over its back end.
When courting Northern Cardinals enjoy a romantic night out, the male sometimes feeds his sweetheart, which is exactly what's happening here.
I appreciate your stopping by to look at my photo. Your visit has cheersed me and the birds in my neighborhood.
so, people tend to ask me how i think of so many concepts for pictures. let me share my inspiration for this.
today i had burger king for lunch. i was feeling pretty thirsty so i decided to order a medium size veggie burger meal. long story short, that damn pop was the largest thing ive ever seen.
and thus, this picture was born. now i hope every one can look past burger king and realize that this applies to something greater than that.
inspiration is everywhere.
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engagement shoot tomorrow. work all weekend.. and i also agreed to model in a runway show thats going on this sunday, so ill probably be absent from flickr again for a little while.
A pigeon shuffles up and down a rooftop, in a loop. Possibly a mating behavior. Possibly just very bored...
Her folks is where the action ot a little heated as he tried to cover her with his wing, and yes she is under there somewhere as you will see tomorrow.
I followed the action very closely and the one your seeing is the male, and you will see that as well. It was so very interesting and a behavior I myself have not witnessed, it was remarkable indeed. Thank you all for stopping by, have a great day, and thank you for the response so far on this series, and all graciously accepted for sure.
Even the smallest and/or prettiest of creatures can be territorial and exhibit more than just a little bit of visciousness in the daily fight for survival. Heaven knows I've experienced it within the human workplace, hence the sarcastic title.
I've been rescuing photos from a dying portable hard drive. The hummingbird images I captured between 2012 - 2014 are favorites of mine and they needed to be saved to another drive.
As a photographer, you can learn quite a bit about birds or other wildlife by simply watching and photographing them on a regular basis. During that span of years my mother and I hung out those hummingbird feeders in Texas, I would be over there every morning and/or evening to photograph these soft, tiny little birdies. The more I watched, the more I learned they aren't quite as sweet as everybody might think. Luckily, this extended observation led to some very interesting photos.
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I don't usually think of House Finches as particularly fun-loving birds. This one enjoyed splashing immensely today though making both bubbles and a delightful reflection while he was at it.
Come back when you can. Your visits are much appreciated.
The odd thing about this was how the ants that were on the Cheetos were dead still. It was hard to tell if they were even eating. As though they were savoring the smell or something. I didn't spot any of them taking any bits back to their home.
Deep violets, you liken to
The kindest eyes that look on you,
Without a thought disloyal.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Flower in a Letter
The woods where I often photograph run parallel to a railroad switching operation. The deer herd that lives in those woods will run ahead of me when they spot me...always staying a safe distance.
At some point they will decide to climb the embankment to get up to the sets of rails. From there they can go either direction before climbing back down into the woods. It is never a panicked flight; the deer always keep a lookout for where I am,.
And once they get up the embankment to the rails, at least some of them will stop and watch me, to see which way they should go. That looks just like this.