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Wet Fairy Dusters looking stuck together and droopy. It may surprise you but Fairy Dusters are part of the Pea family. Ajo scenic loop, Arizona, USA. 12 March 2020
Eschscholzia californica.
While many wild California Poppy plants are without flowers in late fall into early winter, we have a few plants that have come up in pots in which other plants grow and they are flowering actively in late December. This one was drooping with the weight of the rain.
Testaufnahmen mit LED-Fotolampe - danke an das "Kamisori Harnisch" Team für die scharfen (!) Objekte - Verbandskasten lag bereit!
Test shots with LED photo lamp - thanks to the "Kamisori Harnisch" team for lending the sharp (!) objects - first aid kit was ready!
Playing with focus stacking, I placed a few of my favorite marbles in a vintage ceramic ashtray that looks like Bauer or Fiestaware but it has none of the usual markings on the bottom.
Olympus E-M1.3
Olympus 12-100mm
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle (Monochamus scutellatus), a large black longhorn beetle, over 1 inch long, with a contrasting white scutellum. On a boat propeller. Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada. 15 August 2022
Other Common Names: Longicorne noir (French), Oil Sands Beetle, Tar Sands Beetle
Identification: scutellum contrasting white and elytra rounded at apex
Range: much of Canada and n US, southward in Appalachians
Habitat: Coniferous forests
Life Cycle
Two-year life cycle. Larvae excavates galleries in coniferous trees, often after they are damaged by a fire, storm, etc. Common hosts are: Balsam fir, spruces and white pine
Remarks
The local (to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada) common names of Oil Sands Beetle and Tar Sands Beetle are due to the attraction of this insect to oil sands. Apparently the attraction is the scent of bitumen, chemically similar to compounds released by the diseased or damaged coniferous trees where they are attracted to lay their eggs. bugguide.net/node/view/7432
Polistes dominula.
CANON PowerShot SX50 HS + Raynox DCR-250.
1/13 f/8.0, ISO 80, treppiede.
Focus stacking di 26 scatti con Zerene Stacker.
Esemplare trovato e fotografato inanimato.
While looking for insects early in the morning found this sight, now without any animal.
17 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker. Each shots were taken at f/5.6, 1/15 sec., ISO-200, 1,4x magnification. Uncropped.
Had to check the Great Horned Owl nest. Never noticed the third chick hiding on the left behind the larger gray one until today... Condie, Saskatchewan,Canada. 3 May 2020
Cryphalus piceae found on Abies sp.
Tenneville, Belgium - 2020-05-25
Leg. P.Nyssen & T.petit
- Focus stack of 169 pictures
- Microscope objective (Nikon M Plan 10x 160/0.25) on Nikon PB-4 bellow
- Olympus OM-D E-M1 mark II
Had to take a springtail with the MPE-65- taken at 5:1 uncropped. Focus stacked from 2 pics. Bug about 1.8mm long
aus 10 Aufnahmen mit schrittweise nach hinten verlagertem Focuspunkt in PS zusammengesetzt --
composed of 10 shots with the focus point gradually shifted backwards in PS
here the final result
A female predatory ambush bug (Phymata americana) hiding in Stiff Goldenrod flowers. They were quite common, all in Stiff Goldenrods. Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 8 September 2021
Numbers: 21 spp. in our area, ~110 total(1)
Identification
Scutellum triangular and shorter than pronotum, protarsi small but distinct(2)(3)
obsolete key to spp. in (4)
key to two eastern spp. in (5)
key to 5 spp. present or likely to occur in AL in (6)
NB: "Strong intraspecific morphological variation, outdated species distributions, and insufficient species descriptions make identifications problematic. Keys are difficult to decipher, and lack recently described species. These factors have left many museums with large holdings of unidentified or incorrectly identified specimens." (Frankenberg et al. 2013)
Range: primarily the New World, widespread in NA; in our area, most diverse in w/sw US(1)
Habitat: typically on flowers in open or semi-open habitats
Food" small insects and other arthropods
Life Cycle
"Coupling may involve several males riding around on a single female. Sometimes it allows them to take down larger prey, although coupling individuals have been found each with their own prey as well. Mating occurs with the male mounted on the side of the female" (comment by drswanny). bugguide.net/node/view/4833
15 of 20 eggs had hatched 10 days after I found them. The adult oak moth may have laid those eggs the day I found them or any of the pervious 4. See this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/54612201412
Caterpillars are very small, ~3mm (1/8").
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Compare this photo of a caterpillar at Day 19: www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/54679902308/