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did a little backyard safari this afternoon and noticed this leaf that looks more like it's ready for fall than summer.
This was the last remaining 'green' leaf. I must say, when looking at the image more closely, how intricate the workings of a leaf are.
Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, one of the largest and most commonly-encountered of all beetle families.
They are distinguished with difficulty from long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) by the antennae not arising from frontal tubercles. Adult and larval leaf beetles feed on all sorts of plant tissue.
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Pine leaves are needle-like in shape and do not participate in the sensational colour changes in autumn. They remain green almost through the year
I took this photo because I liked the little drops of rain on it, only afterwards did I notice the reflection in one of them of a tiny clover (I know it's only lucky to get four leaved ones really).
Unfortunately though we are not being as lucky with the weather, this is our summer (again, rain rain and more rain) ugh! :( On the upside though I get to practise my droplet shots... :D View LARGE