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Another set from Messingham, a few different insects here! Hoping this is a Digger Wasp, it had lovely eyes!
Today's story and sketch "by me" you see Digger Dan at the Voodoo Mortuary
here in Oatman Arizona. Dan has been the Voodoo Funeral Director since
1901 and has written 71 how to books on tracking Voodoo Dolls, breaking Voodoo Spells, and his best seller, and winner of the San Fernando valley book of the month club "Voodoo Funerals", the how to book for Voodoo Doll mummification, burials, cremations, Voodoo Resurrections and reincarnations
if needed. But those are a story for another time.
Digger Dan is looking at the Digger Dan Voodoo Doll, in the tree, this diabolical indestructible living tissue Voodoo creature is a little Digger Dan Voodoo Doll that's been hanging out at the Mortuary for 57 years, it was hand crafted by Dans X wife from the Planet Lippo, the day she ran off with Larry the Mailman, why is a story for another time.
Until then taa ta the Rod Blog.
Between his wiry beard and seemingly gruff demeanor, I couldn't pass up getting a casual portrait of this gentleman. He was the Lead on a work crew that had to dig up about 100 yards of underground drain pipe which had become clogged with dirt and debris. A hard job made all the harder since the pipe ran under a fully paved shopping center parking lot. Despite all of that he could not have been more gracious and accommodating when I asked him to pose. Goes once again to prove you can't judge a book by its cover.
Best viewed LARGE
He's really cute about putting his paws against the glass where you are standing.
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the Silvertip Bear is a subspecies of the Brown bear. They are normally solitary but will congregate along river banks during the salmon spawning every year. Males can reach up to 1,000 lbs and be over 8 feet tall. The cranial profile of a grizzly is very similar to that of a polar bear and grizzlies also have some of the largest claws of any brown bear species.
Golden Digger Wasp foraging on Rattlesnake Master - taken July, 2018 in the native plant display garden at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center in St. Charles, IL
My Cairn Terrier, Digger, laying on the living room carpet after playing ball. He's a character, like most dogs. A great companion and fun to go walking with.
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Another POV from the Digger bee ( Habropoda sp. )
Tech info | 73 natural light exposures stacked at f5.6, exp.time 0.5sec, ISO200 Stacking Soft / Zerene Stacker
canon mp-e 65mm/f2.8 1-5x macro lens | Metabones Canon EF to Sony E Smart Adapter (Mark IV) | Sony A7
The digger was a way off, I'm curious to know what is being done.
See them clouds, it started raining on the way back to the car. When we started home in the car the heavens opened.
The Toft Little Heath Staffordshire UK 8th September 2025
You'll have to excuse the black background in this Digger Wasp shot. I took it in the field in an area where there was no significant natural light in the background and nothing behind the critter to reflect the light from the flash. Had to get a shot though cause I rarely see them.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.
what an epic night. last min decision to leave at about 10:30 on a 2 and a half hour drive (because i wont go above 60 to save on fuel haha) to the other side of the country.
this was the main snap, a 30 min stack but the sky was friggin epic- yellow done by james and blue by myself allong with the accidental natural foregroung flash which actually turned out pretty damn well on my camera :)
check it out on big size
and i bet you cant spot the clone - 10 points to whoever can spot it :P
Potato Digger Harvester on display at Elmer's Hideout in Taylor Township in Black River Matheson in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Madagascar - Ces orpailleurs cherchent de la poudre d’or dans les entrailles des terres aurifères. Les touristes de passage les assimilent à des cultivateurs. Lors de la saison touristique, les étrangers sont nombreux à les apercevoir patauger dans les eaux boueuses, mais ils sont pressés de se rendre en voiture à Antoetra, le hameau qui est le point de départ d’un trek de plusieurs jours pour visiter les villages et populations montagnardes zafimaniry.
Alors, si on ne sait pas que ces familles qui creusent sont à la recherche d’or, on ne leur prête pas attention. Ils se fondent dans ce décor tourmenté.
In search of gold dust
Madagascar - These Madagascans are searching for gold dust in the bowels of gold-bearing lands. During the tourist season, many foreigners see them wading in the muddy waters, but they think they are cultivators.
But they are in a hurry to get by car to Antoetra, the hamlet which is the starting point of a trek lasting several days to visit the villages and mountain populations of Zafimaniry.
So if you do not know that these families are digging in search of gold, we do not pay attention to them. They blend into this tormented setting.
Quite a bit of activity from Field Digger Wasps (Mellinus arvensis) in our Staffordshire garden. They usually appear a little later in the year here, but it's good to see them.
I was doing a trip around the garden at 08.30 and could see her antennae near the entrance hole to her nest burrow. I got my camera and waited (crouched on all fours) for about 20 minutes for her to come out further. Was worth the wait!
another trip up lincoln, thanks to brady for lending me his 5d for this shoot. nothing compares to the quality :)