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More than an inch long, 3 centimeters, maybe. I would say, "June Bug," but it's late July and June Bugs are darker than this, I think.
The front yard was full of holes, last week -- skunks, digging for grubs. Somehow, this one got through.
Edit: My boss, who knows these things, says Grapevine Beetle, Pelidnota punctata.
Bugs love thyme so much, it always holds a lot of beautiful cute bugs like this one, maybe because it has a magnificent fabulous smell...
about 1 cm long
The background is a dusty red clay paver driveway. All the lines between the pavers are completely blurred away.
so the dryer is our biggest weapon for fighting these buggers at home. this dryer has been doing overtime in a bed bug ridden house of nine. i ran my loads on high for three entire cycles and then put the loads directly into the trunk of my car, the only clean place. the fracking dryer is so old and worn out it isn't getting hot enough anymore. all the housemates were putting their buggy sheets in there and giving the bugs a fun little free magic mountain ride, and then they crawled onto my shit and then onto me. i discovered this when i put on a pair of shorts from the clean load in my trunk and was eaten alive by bugs immediately. i contaminated my goddamn car.
With my 18-55 is hard to take a picture of a bug but i did my best. I had to convert it to black and white in order to make the bug look better.
Danbo promised Yotsuba that she would help catch bugs.
103/365
But even if she finds a bug, she doesn't have the net. :O
(On second thought, I don't think she could hold it anyway..)
Harlequin Cabbage Bug
Los Leones Canyon
Pacific Palisades, CA
These bugs are considered pests in gardens or to crops as they suck sap and chlorophyll from plants. The bugs were native to Central American and are believed to have spread to the U.S. from Mexico after the Civil War.
At a price of 45 Sterling Pounds, the Vaude Cycle 25 comes fitted with a rain cover; the Arkel Bug at a price in excess of 100 Sterling Pounds, does not.
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A much anticipated comparison between two pannier/rucksac products from two of the leading brands (a pity Ortlieb hasn’t come out with a good solution yet).
So I got the Arkel Bug a couple of years ago, and was extremely disappointed with the result. The fitting hooks did not fit my Zefal rack (one of the most widely available brands in France and Spain), so I had to replace the rack. Then I discovered that the aluminium hooks were so sharp that they literally destroyed the metal part of the rack on the contact point.
As a rucksack is not very comfortable either, the metal hook that attaches the bag to the bottom part of the bike rack is always on the way (that’s on your back); you got two clunky bits of aluminium up your neck (the bag is really tall), there’s no chest strap, and to make things worse, the bottom of the bag is shaped as a wedge, so the bag is never ever going to stand, it just falls (ok for a pannier that you are not going to be putting anywhere but on your bike rack…but not very clever for a rucksack that you are to take with you anywhere, librarly, class, office, sports centre, etc).
On the fabric/material side comes the only plus of the bag. The entire product oozes quality (at 179 $ / 100 GBP is the least you can get); for the ridiculously high price you don’t even get a rain cover. Result: I haven’t used the bag for 2 years. The inside of the bag is “Spartan” to say the least. The back is not padded and there is no pocket/keyring/pen holder of any kind.
Same goes for the outer pocket (there is an extra hidden pocket that is supposed to house the raincover). So it seems that they took a pannier and tried to double it as a rucksack adding some features; a complete fail (since it simply doesn’t work), obviously in my opinion.
So last month I bought a Vaude Cycle 25, another pannier/rucksack combo I had been looking at for years (after wasting a lot of cash on the Arkel Bug, I didn’t exactly felt like spending more on another bag, so I stuck to my Ortlieb panniers until now). So I got the Vaude. What a nice surprise.
The bag is almost 400 gram lighter that it’s Canadian counterpart (which is nearly 50% of its weight). The bag comes with plastic hooks that fit into my Tubus rack AND it comes with an extra pair of hooks for thicker tubed racks (say a Zefal or a German/Dutch bike). The fitting on the bike is fast with a black adjustable rubber band. The fabric not the Vaude is not as sturdy as the Arkel’s Cordura, but it’s tons lighter AND comes with a raincover, that it’s neatly stowed on a lower compartment. This same compartment houses the “pannier system” ; you simply undo the zip, and the pannier hooks disappear of sight under the bag leaving you with a proper rucksack (way more comfortable than the Arkel), a bag that no one would actually suspects is a pannier.
The inside of the bag looks also like a proper rucksack, there is a padded compartment for a laptop/books, a keyring hanger, and the outer pocket has lots of little pockets for coins, mobile phone, etc.
The Vaude comes with an extra flexible attachment to carry a helmet. All in all, a really well made bag, light, comfortable and nice. But most of all, a product that delivers (at a reasonable price, you could actually buy more than 2 Vaude for the price of the Arkel).
Arkel Bug: 1365 gr (3 Lb): 179 $ (100 GBP)
Vaude Cycle 25: 980 gr (2 Lb 2 Oz): 45 GBP
A review of someone who likes the Arkel Bug: EcoVelo
A review of someone who does not like the Arkel Bug: Why I hate my Arkel Bug
Not sure what this is but he landed on my deck today for a photo op. His body looked more like a moth but if you look closely, he looks like he has hooves... so could he be some kind of horsefly? heh
Although this picture is not really sharp I nevertheless like it.
I'm afraid I will be IMacless for a while... as this memory card doesn't want to get out of the CD slot...
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Can you believe they made a sporty three-wheeler? Well they did, and here it is, the Bong Bug!
The Bond Bug is a small British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile which was built from 1970 to 1974, initially by Bond Cars Ltd and subsequently by the Reliant Motor Company. It is a wedge-shaped microcar, with a lift-up canopy and side screens instead of conventional doors.
Following the purchase of Bond Cars Ltd., Reliant commissioned Tom Karen of Ogle Design to design a fun car. The Bond Bug was based on Chief Engineer John Crosthwaite's newly designed chassis and some Reliant Regal running gear. The original concept was explored by chopping down a production Regal vehicle, the rear of the car being shortened to end over the rear axle. This prototype could be seen for many years later, languishing in the yard at the rear of the factory, by anyone who cared to look through the chain-link fence from the canal towpath.
The engine is the front-mounted 700 cc (later uprated to 750 cc) Reliant light-alloy four-cylinder unit, developed from the Austin 7, and which protruded into the passenger cabin. At launch 29hp was claimed for the less expensive 700 and 700E models. The more up-market 700ES incorporates a redesigned cylinder head which permitted the compression ratio to be increased from 7.35:1 to 8.4:1. This provided a power increase to 31hp as well as improved torque for the then range topping 700ES.
The Bond Bug 700ES also offers more supportive seats as well as more padding over the engine cowl, twin mudflaps, an ashtray, a rubber front bumper and a spare wheel.
The car enjoyed an upbeat launch, at which Reliant's Ray Wiggin stated: "The fact it has three wheels is quite incidental. It's a new form of transport. So now, in fact, we think it's going to appeal to a much wider section of the market than we originally envisaged."
The Bug was available in a bright orange tangerine colour, although six white Bugs were produced for a Rothmans cigarette promotion - one of which was also used in an advertisement for Cape fruit and at the moment a Dulux Bond Bug is said to be under commission. Its fame was helped along by a distinctive Corgi Toys die-cast toy car. Although it had a fairly short production run (1970–1974), it has a dedicated following today.
In contrast to the image of three-wheeled Reliants as being slow, the Bond Bug was capable of 76mph, in excess of the UK national speed limit, and comparable to small saloon cars such as the basic 850 cc Mini (72mph) and the Hillman Imp (80mph). However, it could not match the speed of the Mini Cooper S (96mph) or larger saloons such as the Ford Cortina Mark III (104mph in the highest-powered variant), or even ageing models of two-seater sports cars, such as the MG MGB (103mph) or the Lotus Seven, where by 1970 even the lowest-powered version of the S4 could reach 108mph.
The Bond Bug was sold as being fun to drive, with the low seating position giving a similar exaggerated impression of speed as in a go-kart, while the actual speed was similar to that reached by high performance cars only a few years earlier (indeed, earlier versions of the Lotus 7 had a top speed of 76 mph right up until 1968, and their trim level, e.g. side curtains instead of windows, was also similar).
The Bug was, however, no cheaper than more practical cars. It cost £629, while a basic 850 cc Mini, a four-seater much faster round corners but with considerably inferior acceleration, cost £620. Also, while a basic Lotus Seven (with much faster acceleration and good cornering) cost £945 in 1970, it was also available as a complete knocked down kit much more cheaply, partly because of more favourable tax treatment.
I watched this creature walk and station itself underneath an orchid leaf. It has grown longer since. I do not know what it is.
My daughter gave me this bug habitat a few years ago. Every summer a few different kinds of wasps and/or bees will take it over and lay eggs in most of the holes, add prey, then seal it up. Seems only one individual uses it at a time. Check out the top in this shot & you see the current tenant.
Female Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)
Garland, Tx
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