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Didn't realise it had a working exhaust pipe (see inset). It was blowing these bubbles every now and then which lasted a fraction of a second (only 1 out of 15 takes had a bubble)
La Cétoine dorée est un insecte coléoptère de la famille des Cetoniidae. Elle est commune en Europe.
L'adulte (ou imago) se rencontre d'avril à octobre mais surtout de juin à août.
Il mange les étamines des fleurs pour leur pollen (ce qui constitue une castration des étamines). Il peut également consommer des fruits mûrs sur les sureaux, les rosiers, les troènes ou les spirées.
Il mesure entre 13 et 20 mm.
walking in a park and I saw this ant swarm - was almost circular and about 15 centimeters across. Took several hand held macros - this was the best one. Wish I had brought the tripod.
Best seen Large. Didn't notice the rain drop on the noggin until later! Kirkby Gravel Pits, Lincolnshire, UK.
As bees their sting ,
so the promiscuous leave behind
them in each encounter
something of themselves
by which they are made to suffer.......
Cyril Connolly......................
"Carpenter Ants build nests inside wood consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles, preferably in dead, damp wood. However, unlike termites, they do not consume wood, discarding a material that resembles sawdust. Sometimes, carpenter ants hollow out sections of trees. They also commonly infest wooden buildings and structures, and are a widespread nuisance and major cause of structural damage. Nevertheless, their ability to excavate wood helps in forest decomposition. The genus includes over 1,000 species. They also farm aphids. In the farming, the ants protect the aphids while they excrete a sugary fluid called honeydew, which the ants get by stroking the aphids with their antennae."
Macro May day23
I brought in some tiny tea roses and was going to photograph the light through the apricot colored petals. When I began to focus through the view finder I see this little fella appear, skirting the edges of the petal!
Macro photography can lend itself to wonderful surprises you might not otherwise know was there!
Leafhopper is a common name applied to any species from the family Cicadellidae. Leafhoppers, colloquially known as "hoppers", are minute plant-feeding insects in the superfamily Membracoidea in the order Hemiptera. They belong to a lineage traditionally treated as infraorder Cicadomorpha in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, but as the latter taxon is probably not monophyletic many modern authors prefer to abolish the Auchenorrhyncha and elevate the cicadomorphs to a suborder Clypeorrhyncha.
Leafhoppers are found all over the world and constitute is the second-largest family in the Hemiptera. They have at least 20,000 described species. The tribe Proconiini of the subfamily Cicadellinae is commonly known as sharpshooters.
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