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on Canadian goldenrod.
(Cerceris arenaria et Solidago canadensis)
Sandknotenwespe auf Kanadischer Goldrute
A close up, taken with my old Canon G12 power shot, and the gold/yellow/orange color, selected out. Taken in a woman's front yard in Kerang.
She was very nice.
She let me take pictures, of her flowers in her beautiful garden.
Male Field Digger Wasps (Mellinus arvensis) started appearing in our Staffordshire garden today. They are typically a little later than this. Anyway, these are one of my favourite garden creatures and it's great to see them again. The challenge is to photograph the females hunting. They are very fast and fascinating to watch.
I'm still without a macro flash so this is a single, natural light shot. I'd forgotten just how difficult it is. I like the result though but it's a bit grainy because of the high ISO. Noise reduction software did a reasonable job of sorting that.
Today's story and sketch "by me" you see another victim of the "Sea Smoke Fog" that we at the "MCPPOTG" Man Cave Posse Protectors Of The Galaxy, believed, had discovered the only Acme Fog Machine manufactured by the Mad Scientist Doctor Impenetrability, who was captured by our Deputy Smitty Goomfool, and delivered to the Fifth Dimension Maximum Security Moon Penitentiary, but evidently there is another Acme Fog Machine, which was responsible for creating the "Sea Smoke" coastal fog last night which crippled all transportation along the Pacific Coast. You see our Deputy Digger Higgly, about to rescue the space craft of a Gumbuuyan who crashed into the surf last evening, and was washed up onto the beach. Until next time taa ta the Rod Blog.
Went shooting with Jackson, should have left this open for much longer to get a nice trail but stopped it due to worrying about light pollution ect as the local town was nearby and this was right next to a road:(
In beautiful BC....he was so engrossed in his treasure hunt with his metal detector that he didn't even hear me click as I walked by. I think my dad would like this one...
~“Life is more than love and pleasure,
I came to dig for treasure.
If you want to play, you gotta pay,
You know it’s always been that way
We all came digging for treasure.”
― Stephen King
“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy’s life
that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.”
- Mark Twain
Very much a working digger.
Our first walk for over two weeks.
The Toft Little Heath Staffordshire UK 2nd January 2019
I've built this thingy nearly three years ago, but never showed it because I didn't like the legs. Last week I saw something similar - but on crawler tracks. Took the inspiration and changed the spindly legs to tracks, which looks much better.
Toy Project Day 3315
On Friday, there was a learning opportunity for the volunteers at Elmwood Park Zoo. Gathered in a classroom, we heard the story of how a zookeeper had trained the two Patagonian maras (large rodents native to South America) to step onto a scale voluntarily, to be weighed.
I cannot go into much detail in this space, but I will put this photo onto a digital screen tomorrow, and explain it to people with whom I work. The process of training these large rodents took about eight months.
Couple of weeks back I posted a hummingbird hawkmoth feeding on a patch of rosemary in Majorca. A few days later it was the turn of this bee fly. This is not obviously B. major because it has a stripy bottom. Any suggestions very welcome.
Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch, East Dorset
Shieldbug Digger Wasp [Astata boops]
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Wouldn't ya know it - went to a boat club and found a digger! Milky Way above from last night in Wellington, beautiful and clear with more good skies for the rest of the week!
Found at La Selva Biological Station, near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí. Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Sphecidae, I believe. A large and beautifully colored species. ID help appreciated.
Found at the Arboleda (Holdridge Arboretum). When I first stumbled upon her, she was hauling a katydid back to her burrow. I didn't get a good shot of that but waited and got several shots as she was exiting her burrow.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.