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The name certainly does not describe how stunningly beautiful these elusive butterflies are. The species spend most of their life in treetops where they feed on aphid honeydew. They are rarely seen at eye level, mainly when the female decides to lay eggs. After many hot gruelling days specifically searching for the Brown Hairstreak in Devonshire hedgerows I was lucky to see one for a few seconds. A first for me and I expect not the last now I’m hooked.
My little story of Ants
It was on 31st of March, afternoon, pre-lunch, temperatures soaring to 37 degrees Celsius, when I decided to transfer my plants to a cooler place. Just when I lifted one of the pots I noticed a colony of red ants with their eggs and imagos, a little disapproved of my move to remove their shelter, waiting all confused deciding of their next move.
At first I was perplexed and didn’t know what to do. And I finally decided to let them be. Soon the agitated colony, started scattering out in search of safe places carrying their eggs and imagos. When I observed a little closer into their overall behaviours, I found something amazing and fascinating, which I had never experienced before. With an initial disorganized and unplanned move, the worker ants quickly started coordinating themselves by their unique ways of communications, and started planned movements towards three-four nearest hiding places. They were quickly evacuating the place carrying all their essentials.
I did not waste any time to bring out my macro lens to investigate the finer details of their challenging behaviours through the viewfinder of my DSLR.
Suddenly, I observed two comparatively much larger individuals amongst them, having many different features compared to the others. Most possibly they were females (which I confirmed later by their characteristic features from Google), staying lethargic amidst the dispersing colony, but always surrounded by some busy workers. They were constantly looking after them (which I later knew as the princess of a newly forming colony migrating for a different kingdom), and not leaving apart, like the other members being engaged in allocating their all essential objects.
They were constantly attending, caring, and communicating with their antennas, and surely by means of many other communication systems, easily surpassing my bare human senses. The big-headed soldiers were never found either attending the queen or carrying their babies. Instead, they were found mostly agitated and alert, doing frequent communications with the workers and possibly the young soldiers. The workers were found doing the major task.
A span of few minutes happened like an amazing drama. The whole story raised innumerable quests most of which will probably remain unfolded.
What I understood at a glance, is that I saw only the visible portion of an iceberg!
This is an endless world of animal behavioural science. Scientists spare almost a life to understand a little bit of it. But I learnt one thing that how organized, disciplined, coordinated, intelligent, dutiful, and loyal these tiny creatures could be!
I saw some of them dragging carcasses of their colony mates with them, to their new places. I couldn’t believe this. What will they do with these carcasses? It didn’t seem like they’d eat them! I don’t know of any practices of cannibalism in them. Then, why? Do they have rituals? Or is it cause of hygiene? I had been there for like 40 minutes, watching them, through my lens, where even the tiniest creature looked pretty magnified, and I came to a simple conclusion. Forty years through the pages of many encyclopedias couldn’t give me what I got today, in 40 minutes.
Unfortunately, my DSLR battery ran extremely low, and I wasn’t being able to focus my macro lens so quickly on target. With such frustrations, I took a number of snaps, of many being out of focus. I have uploaded a few selected ones. I admit that the qualities of the images are not good enough, but they are not bad enough to tell my little story. Still images only represent glimpses. But the whole event was truly wonderful. I could not manage to bring out my stand within time for steady macros and videos. I know, I really missed the opportunity of better documentation.
It is quite possible that my little story is already a known fact to the naturalists, but these were all my discoveries to my unknown world.
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One of my favourite spring time images that I've taken during the past couple of years. Taken amongst the daffodils in Normanby Park.
Whilst I was sat amongst the daffodils, the ladybirds were out in force, getting some sunshine and walking all over the flowers.
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Lynx Spider, the wait and watch player of ambush.
Most of them have large spiny bristles on their legs and in many species the bristles form almost a basket-like structure that may assist in confining the prey that they grasp, and protect the spider from its struggles. Most Oxyopes and Hamataliwa species are small to medium in size; they tend to be drab ambush hunters; depending to some extent on the season, some occupy flowers, ambushing pollinating insects. In this they resemble the crab spiders (Thomisidae) in behaviour. Others crouch in wait, camouflaged on plant stalks or bark.
Lynx spiders, in spite of being largely ambush hunters, are very speedy runners and leapers, alert and with good vision.
EM10mk3 60mm2.8f
1/200, f11, ISO200, 0ev
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Small (Cabbage) White Butterfly (Pieris rapae) on a hot summer day near Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, Devon, UK
Die Weidenjungfer (Chalcolestes viridis) ist eine auffällige Vertreterin der Teichjungfern (Lestidae) und besitzt einen metallisch grün glänzenden Körper. Charakteristisch für die Familie ist die halb geöffnete Flügelstellung im Ruhezustand. Diese Art bevorzugt stehende oder langsam fließende Gewässer mit dichter Ufervegetation und ist in ihrer Flugzeit von Juli bis Oktober aktiv.
The Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis) is a striking member of the Lestidae family, recognized by its metallic green body. A characteristic feature of this family is the partially open wing position at rest. This species prefers still or slow-flowing waters with dense riparian vegetation and is active during its flight season from July to October.
“Convergent Evolution”
Some insects are as big as small birds.
“The hummingbird hawk-moth” is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution.
3 July, 2022
Gujral Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab
OMD EM1X 300f4
1/2500, f5, ISO 6400
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My eyes are definitely bigger than yours...
📷 Nikon D7200
🔎 Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary
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Facts:
Scientific name: Wasp is a general term. If this is a common wasp (which it appears to be), the Latin name is Vespula vulgaris.
Order: Hymenoptera (same as ants and bees).
Wasp species number: There are over 30,000 known species of wasps worldwide.
Diet: Unlike bees, wasps are predators and scavengers, feeding on insects and sugary substances.
Eyes: Wasps have compound eyes, which give them a wide field of vision and excellent motion detection.
Wings: Two pairs of transparent wings that lock together during flight with a series of tiny hooks (hamuli).
Stinger: Only females sting, and unlike bees, most wasps can sting multiple times.
Social or solitary? Many wasps are social (like Vespula), but most species are solitary.
Pollinators too: Despite their fearsome reputation, wasps play a role in pollination.
Wasps vs. bees: Wasps are generally less hairy, have narrower waists, and are more aggressive hunters than bees.
Fun Facts:
A wasp's sting contains venom that breaks down cell membranes, causing pain and inflammation, but also helping them digest prey!
Wasp nests are made of chewed wood fibers, essentially creating a type of natural paper.
In Japan, the giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) is known as the "yak-killer hornet" - though thankfully, your specimen is much friendlier!
Some wasp species are used in biological pest control, as they lay eggs in or on pest insects, which their larvae then consume.
Common Jay in flight 15 October, 2021 EM10mk3, 40-150 f2.8 pro, 1/4000sec, f2.8, ISO1600
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Common Mormon swallow tail in flight 15 October, 2021 EM10mk3, 40-150 f2.8 pro, 1/800sec, f2.8, ISO160
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[Click on Image below for wing details]
I hadn't planned on posting another image today, but I went to the pond, took three shots on his hot and very windy day. When I saw this pose and the clarity of the wings, I thought this would be a good day to talk about the "design and structure" of the dragonfly (and damselfly) wing.
I'm no aeronautical engineer. I got straight Cs in math until I finally racked up a B in plane geometry and then an A in solid geometry! Who knew that 60 years later, I'd actually have some use for what I'd learned.
Well, let me emphasize "some" because I still don't know how the damsels and dragons fly. I would have been the predecessor of the Wright Brothers by 200 years. Flap, flap! Okay, every odonate has three markers on their wing: the nodus, the Pterostigma, and the Triangle and Super Triangle made by the area encompassed by the veins on each rear wing. If you look closely you'll see these structures.
On each forewing, there is a dip in the middle. The dip is called the Nodus, and it provides stress relief for the wing beating 30 times per second!
The wing bars or pterostigma ... no, just wing bars, are on the ends of every wing. You might see two per wing, but the norm is one. The wing bar provides a counterweight to control wing flapping. In other words, it helps control torque for the wing. Better than that for those of us "into" dragons and damsels, it is a tremendous help in identifying the species. The Cardinal Meadowhawk has very distinct bright red bars but they look like they're just extensions of the veins. The Flame Skimmer's wings are translucent toward the end, and the wing bars are a bright orange that all of us would see. The Blue Dasher's are green-black.
Last, for us novices, are the two dominant triangles which provide even more stability. I'm afraid that the diagrams are copyrighted and you'll have to google it to see which vein- shaped triangular areas. In one book that I tried to read, a scientist had mapped all the areas of these remarkable wings! The chapter in the one master book is over 50 pages. Just imagine that each distinct shape within the veins has been mapped and the tensile strength recorded. I'm fairly certain that, when completed, the scientist was institutionalized and portrayed by Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." How about that: the "One" must have been a dragonfly!
My favourite subject for inflight image. Cabbage white butterfly in flight. EM1 mk3 300f4, 1/3200, f4, ISO 800, 0ev
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Mysterious Leucophyes pedestris in Macro
This macro photograph showcases the fascinating Leucophyes pedestris, a unique member of the weevil family. Known for its distinct long snout and intriguing behaviors, this beetle is a captivating subject for macro photography.
Did you know? 🤔
Leucophyes pedestris uses its long snout to pierce plants and lay eggs inside. This helps protect the offspring from predators and harsh environmental conditions. The hatched larvae feed on the plant tissues from the inside, which can cause damage to the plant.
This season’s first butterfly capture
Cabbage white.
03 April, 2022
EM1X 300f4
1/3200, f4, ISO6400
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Shutter Speed: 1/250 second
Aperture: F/8.0
Focal Length: 102 mm (Nikon DX)
A macro shot of a wasp that I took, after it snatched a small spider.
Hoverfly
EM10 mk3 60mm 2.8f pro
1/200, f11, ISO200
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Cabbage white butterfly in flight.
EM1 mk3 300f4, 1/3200, f4, ISO 800, 0ev
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