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After yesterday's curve ball post, here's my change-up pitch.
Another subject that's a bit out of my normal photo repertoire, this large bloom atop a Spanish Dagger plant was found in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
I didn't have to get low for this shot. The overall plant was about 8 feet high and the bloom was at least a foot tall.
The Topkapi Dagger is an emerald-studded curved dagger, known as a jambiya. It was created in 1746 on the commission of Sultan Mahmud I as a peace offering to the Shah of Iran, Nadir Shah. It was never delivered, as the Shah was assassinated before it arrived.
Three large Colombian emeralds and many rose-cut diamonds are set into the gold hilt. An English made watch is embedded in the pommel and covered with another emerald.
The dagger is housed in the Imperial Treasury, located in the Third Court of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Davis Monthan AFB (MASDC), July 11, 1981. Scanned from Kodak Kodachrome transparency. Nikon Nikormat.
Tug, tug, tug went the hem of his shirt. A small hand grazed over the hilt of his knife, as if ensuring it was still their. Pointy ears twitched once, twice at Guin's question. "Err...no? I'm the manager. You can be my assistant, though. I'll hire you. But I'm in charge of raises too. So no giving Whysper any raises without my permission. She gets paid in coal, mostly. And pinches." He nodded once at the conclusion of his illustrious job offer. "You can be my dagger."
Pushing off from the counter, she gives Conor her deepest, most illustrious curtsy. ... "I would be honored, to be your dagger, Mr. Nitely."
(Yes, yes, I know these are wicked old, but I wanted to share anyway... :p)
Acronicta hastulifera
This dagger species is a very rare occurence in my neck of the woods. There is a small group of alder trees that has been a consistant producer over the past several years. These larvae occur in late summer and, like most daggers, prefer the undersides of leaves.
Frederick County (Catoctin Furnace Quad)
September 2, 2021
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Hakea teretifolia
Dagger Hakea
With a little red & black spider hiding on the left ... didn't see it 'til on the computer.
Family - Empidae and one of the dagger fly species possibly Empis tessellata or Empis opaca.
I wanted to get a shot of a St Mark's fly ( Bibio marci ) yesterday as there are still plenty around but they were all flying and settling too high off the ground.
However I did get one in a roundabout way as I think this dagger fly has captured one.
I'm not sure if this poor St Mark's fly is dinner or intended as an offering to a female dagger fly which is a ritual the male has to perform in order for the female to allow him to mate with her.
Incredible really I think for insects to have rituals like this.
Dharia is the term used to describe the long dagger which originates from the west of modern day Saudi Arabia, around the Azir/Hijaz area, and down as far as Yemen.
The word Dharia appears to come from the Arabic Dhura'eyah which translates as Arm Long Dagger. derived from dhera'a or arm length. These daggers are also called Sabiki, Sabak, Sabik etc depending on the spelling.
The Dharia was/is worn in a horizontal way across the body and the hilt is always shown to the left.
Said to be indistinguishable from the Grey Dagger moth except by disection. As I draw the line at killing and disection I have listed this as a Dark Dagger as it struck me as being darker than any Grey Dagger I have seen previously.
American Oystercatcher
Belmar, NJ
From the front or side view, the oystercatcher's beak doesn't look sharp at all. In fact, I've always thought of them as good natured, colorful "clown birds". Glad I'm not a mole crab.
So I did the street test with my baby and I was really happy with the results. As if I'm shooting my 40D, just better :-)
The tip of Reykjanes Peninsula, called Reykjanestá, in Icelandic is the most south-western point of Iceland. It abounds in dramatic coastline scenery, dark lava fields and geothermal activity. It was the coastline that attracted us especially to this location. The strange sea stacks near Valahnjúkur hill were the main focal point.
And now for something completely different ...
I found this lovely caterpillar in the same habitat I go to in search of shorebirds. Robert Bercha who responded to my query sent to "Alberta Bugs" identified this for me. Thank you Robert.
The link below will bring up examples of the adult.
mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9203
Cooking Lake. Strathcona County, Alberta.