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Now hang on…No flower today :o) But still a texture…I tried not to but the addiction was too great!
Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, parts of Canada), or ladybugs (North America). Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles, as these insects are neither birds nor bugs. Lesser-used names include ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly.
They are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, head and antennae. A very large number of species are mostly or entirely black, grey, or brown and may be difficult for non-entomologists to recognize as coccinellids (and, conversely, there are many small beetles that are easily mistaken as such, like tortoise beetles).
Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described, more than 450 native to North America alone.
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This portulaca is one of the plants in my elevated garden bed. In anyone's garden, it requires virtually no care.
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You know what woke me this morning? The sound of city plows going up and down our street. Which means flowers like this pretty in pink bloom from September are nowhere to be found in the snow-covered outdoors. *sigh* Should've stayed in bed.
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Happy Powerful Pink Tuesday! (#2 of 2)
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Why do we worry and fret about clothes, hair, and all of the exteriors? Real beauty shines from within and cannot be matched! Just be yourself!!!! That is beauty in its most natural, meaningful form!
Weaver ants are champions of cooperation when it comes to building a nest. Even the recently hatched larvae pitch in! They provide the silk thread that stitches the nest together.
This unique sea shell that I found on the beach in Jelsa, on the island of Hvar, Croatia.
Looks like little teeth on it's outer shell, I have never seen this type of shell before, so I decided to keep for my collection. Hope Y'all like it also.
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View in large size for details of the teeth on this unique shell.
EXPLORED Dec. 26, 2008
6mm bug was photographed using reversed Nikkor 18-55mm set@35mm + 4cm.ET + DIY diffuser on built in flash manually set @ 1/2power
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CLASIFICACIÓN TAXONÓMICA:
Clase - Insecta
Orden - Lepidoptera
Familia - Nymphalidae
Género - Melitaea
Especie - Melitaea didyma
Esta melitaea es una bonita y colorida mariposa en la que destacan los tonos naranjas, sobre todo de manera muy intensa en su anverso alar, toda ella está manchada por multitud de puntos y zonas negras, cuya colocación especifica le hacen distinguible de otras especies.
Todo su contorno está bordeado por un fimbrias blancas y negras que se aprecian muy bien al verla por el anverso.
Los machos y las hembras son fácilmente diferenciables, primero por que las hembras son de mayor tamaño, segundo por que éstas tienen una coloración mucho más pálida en el anverso alar y tercero por que los puntos y zonas negras son de mayor tamaño.
Fuente: navalmanzano.blogspot.com/2009/04/melitaea-didyma-doncell...
When I took this photo I could see the spider was moving, but I had no idea he was in the process of spinning a web. I guess that is part of the appeal of macro photography; sometimes there are wonderful surprises.
As a general rule cicadas emerge at night and I don't get to watch. This Linne's Cicada (Tibicen linnei) for some unknown reason emerged around noon so I was lucky enough to get to photograph the process. His high-pitched, rapidly pulsating song will soon be heard along with other cicadas in the nearby trees.. Mt. Pleasant, Howard County Concervancy, Maryland
Ingeniousness....Many animals feed on caterpillars as they are rich in protein. As a result caterpillars have evolved various means of defense. The appearance of a caterpillar can often repel a predator: its markings and certain body parts can make it seem poisonous, or bigger in size and thus threatening, or non-edible. Some types of caterpillars are indeed poisonous, some have long "whip-like" organs attached to the ends of their body. The caterpillar wiggles these organs to frighten away flies.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Tamron SP 90mm + Ring Flash + Handheld.
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spotted oleander caterpillar moth on pink oleander flower in Puerto Plata, DR
In honor of the Beacon Hill Art Walk where I participate today, featuring butterflies of the Dominican Republic
Explore #218
my work so tight todaY..
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I got tagged from MIss KimberlyClark...
Well here are my listing 16 randoms things about me...
Let start.. 1.. 2.. 3..
1 : I'm a GirL.. so sporty.. so kind.. I live in Malaysia...
2 : Some friend call me azriena, riena, sis, but mostly i love who called me azriena ;)
3 : I'm 29 years oLd.. siNgLe not married yet...
4 : I love my boyfriend so much n hope will get married next year...
5 : I love dragon ball cartoon so much till now... can't wait for this film soon...
6 : When i want to sleep i playing a guitar n singing to myself...
7 : I love my father's cooked...
8 : I've big laught.. (so bad) sometime make funny like crazy...
9 : As a kid I wanted to become a air hostess...
10 : I love purple sometimes turquoise make me crazy...
11 : I want to play in snow...
12 : I love my garden (greenhouse)...its make time to do it..not complete yet..
13 : I work to hard...sometime i hate myself!!!! i do it my friends paper work..
i likeall work make it faster!!!!!! dont like wasted time n weak person...
14 : I love my huge family.. all of them to care about me... i've 2 niece so qute
(Dania & Dini) DND...
15 : I hate lier... example: if u stay at Malaysia just tell the truth..
don't cheat where your place..
16 : I can't stop watching korea drama n love korea language forever....