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This is one of the many cats that I have photographed during my travels. This beauty was in our camp in Bekopaka in Madagascar.
The Aeshna isoceles is a small hawker dragonfly that is found in Europe, mostly around the Mediterranean, and the lowlands of North Africa. Its common name in English is the green-eyed hawker, and is known as the Norfolk hawker. It has a brown colour with green eyes and clear wings and also a yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment which gave rise to its scientific name. It used to be in the genus Anaciaeschna as it has several differences from the other members of the genus Aeshna. Its specific name is often spelt isosceles.
A. isoceles is one of only two brown hawkers found in Europe, the other is A. grandis. Both have a brown thorax and abdomen but A. isoceles has green eyes and clear wings and a diagnostic yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment. The hindwings have an amber patch at their base. In contrast A. grandis has yellowish wings and blueish eyes. The green eye of A. isoceles stands out even in flight and in practice it is not difficult to tell these two dragonflies apart. In addition to the morphological differences A. isoceles is on the wing much earlier in the year than A. grandis.
A. isoceles is found in central Europe and around the Mediterranean and, the lowlands of North Africa. It is more common in eastern Europe than the south western Europe; it occurs in Spain and Portugal but is local.
It is found in wet areas, ponds, ditches and marshes, with dense vegetation with Water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides).
ICM. Finland. I looked into the green eyes of the forest and they charmed me.
👱♀️🎧 Green Eyes ( Coldplay ).
As Sethi is very active during the night, he has to recharge his batteries during the day and I often find him somewhere in the garden. These are the moments when I occasionally manage to take a few photos of him. Today he even seemed to remember that it's Tongue Tuesday (see photo in the comments). :)
A spectacular cicada. I suppose that it had been emitting a loud song, before I took the photo, but it was quiet.
On July 11, 2020, we heard some cicadas in Baltimore County, MD.
Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
I don't think he was happy to have been awaken from his sunbathing nap. I suppose you could call this a "mouse's perspective", pretty scary!