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On Blue Oak, Quercus douglasi,
Las Pilitas Rd.,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I attended a mini-workshop on lichens this week at a California Native Plant Society meeting and some of it was eye-opening for someone who thought he knew a few lichens (just a few!). I had no idea there are so many Ramalina species (18!) in our county. And thus many of them probably look quite different from the long, draping Ramalina menziesii that is familiar to me. Thanks so much to Michael Mulroy.
This is a 35 years old book. When I was in high school I was not so much interested in litterature, so I was coloring the first letter of chapters.
This is a macro focus stack of 80 pics, new function of Nikon since the D850! Realised for Macro Mondays
Just playing with some focus-stacked macro shots of plants and flowers here. Incredible amounts of detail in some these - if nothing else, it was fun experimenting bit with these and my home-made backgrounds and window light.
Diese Spinnenart ist maximal 15mm lang, doch bei einem Abbildungsmaßstab von 4:1 wirkt das winzige Gesicht riesig. Das Bild ist ein Fokusstack aus 70 Einzelbildern, freihand mit aufgestützter Kamera aufgenommen und durch Vorwärtsbewegung der Kamera fokussiert.
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A Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) butterfly caterpillar on a pansy at Estelle's house. Plants of the violet family are the regular host plants of Fritillaries. Prince Albert,Saskatchewan, Canada. 14 August 2022
'Identification
Orange-brown upper surface edged with black spots. Underside is light brown with a pale postmedian band on the hindwing, and no silver spangles (seen in other fritillaries). Smaller than other fritillaries, closer to a Buckeye in size. Flies low to the ground and is hard to approach. Black-edged light spot near the center of the forewing helps to distinguish this from other fritillaries.
Range
North America south from southern Canada through Central America to Colombia. South American populations from below the Amazon Basin look different and are treated as a distinct subspecies, or in recent years are more often separated as a distinct species - Euptoieta hortensia.
Permanent resident south of roughly 35Ëš latitude. Annually spreads and colonizes northward, often into southern Canada. West of Rockies rarely encountered north of Great Basin, and near Pacific Coast rarely north of southern California.
Habitat
Any open sunny area particularly fields and grasslands with flowers present. Caterpillars can often be found on Pansies, Violets, Flax, and Passion Vines in flower gardens.
Season
Four or more overlapping broods in the south, two or three in the north.
Food
Larvae feed on Violets & Pansy (Viola), Flax (Linum), Passion Vine (Passiflora), Damiana (Turnera), Moonseed (Menispermum), Mayapple (Podophyllum), Stonecrop (Sedum), Purslane (Portulaca) and others. Adults are fond of flowers, and especially seem to like Thistles and yellow Composites. They also frequently visit damp ground.
Life Cycle
Multiple generations per year (up to two or three in north, and four or more overlapping broods in south). Only overwinters in southern states. Overwintering stage is debated, but definitely as larvae, which are often found under logs, boards, and rocks during cold, and will wander around looking for food on warm mid-winter days. Perhaps can overwinter in all stages, depending upon the climate of a particular region.' bugguide.net/node/view/400
Santa Ynez Mountains,
Santa Barbara Co., California
This species is endemic (limited) to several counties in southern California and has a California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.3. It is also called Calochortus weedii var. vestus. The species name "fimbriatus" is Latin for "fringed."
2:1 Macro image of a flesh fly taken using nikon 105mm with raynox 250 on tripod. C.70 images stacked
A native plant, Oeothera elata subsp. hookeri, growing in the yard, after a night of intense fog-drip,
Morro Bay, California
These flowers are open only about one day.
Just playing with some focus-stacked macro shots of plants and flowers here. Incredible amounts of detail in some these - if nothing else, it was fun experimenting bit with these and my home-made backgrounds and window light.
Focus stack assembled using Helicon Focus Pro.
Sony A7V + FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
90mm f/2,8 1/100sec ISO4000
Genus Astata (male), a member of Family Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies).
6-image focus stack - handheld, shift camera, not focus. Stack processed in Photoshop - Auto-Align,-Layers then Auto-Blend-Layers.
It rained a bit, leaving our Alstoemeria (Peruvian Lily) plant with some interesting views. This is a close-up, part of a petal and two anthers (yellow) at top. (Alstroemeria "Inca Sweety")
This photo won first place in the Flora category of the (San Luis Obispo) New Times photo contest this past week (June, 2025).
For Macro Mondays' "A Spoonful" theme. I was going to use hex nuts, but several people beat me to it, so went with an older technology.
HMM
Photographed on the Beech Springs Trail in the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust near Philadelphia. 22 images were taken at f2.8, ISO 200, 1/60 sec at different focal points and stacked to produce this final image.
Lens: Leica Apo Macro 100mm Elmarit-R mounted on a Canon 5Ds R camera.
Found this cluster of the Common Ink Cap on a mixture of soil and wood debris (Coprinopsis atramentaria; Psathyrellaceae, Basidiomycota; Belgium, Boom park, October 13, 2019).
Fieldstack based on 62 images, assembled with Zerene Stacker (Pmax). Sony A7R3, E3.5/30mm macro; ISO-100, f/3.5, 1/80s, -0.7step. Focus ring for separate exposures.