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The Emerald Damselfly is a medium-sized damselfly which characteristically holds its wings open at 45 degrees when perched, unlike other damselflies. Males are metallic green with powder blue eyes, thorax sides and bands across the first and last two abdominal segments. The females are similar but lack any blue colouring.
This mating pair were seen near a pond in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire on 8th August 2020.
as always, i get the biggest kick out of reading your interpretations of my abstractions! if you do not focus too much, i think you could see a torso of a man, like a pharoah's posture, sitting down. the fragmentation is a breakdown, altho one person saw this as a build-up. i love you guys!
Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae.
The males are yellow-green with blue on the top of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. The females may be orange, or less commonly yellow-green like the male
Every so often we find turtles coming up on our property and laying eggs. I've never seen any ever make it to term, the holes get dug out and the eggs eaten. This year I put a metal wire fence of sorts around the nest to see if I could improve the odds. That was back on 22 May. The eggs were due to hatch around the beginning of August which came and went. 31 August I checked the nest as I often do and it looked like the rock hard dirt clod over the hole moved a bit! I removed the dirt and found four little babies waiting to get out!
After a brief stay, I sent them back to the pond, perhaps to reunite with their family.
I'm pretty sure I have 4 male Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata). I thought they would be Eastern Painted turtles but the shell segments point to the Midland. See turtle on right.
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 green-eyed hawker. In Britain it is a rare and local species 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.
The large red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) is a striking damselfly known for its typical mating behavior. Here are the key facts: Mating and egg-laying: Females only come to the water to mate and lay eggs. The male often approaches the female with a "dancing flight." Mating wheel: During mating, the damselflies form a so-called mating wheel. In this position, the male holds the female behind the head with his abdominal appendages, while the female bends her abdomen towards the male's genitals. Tandem egg-laying: After mating, the male and female often continue to lay eggs in "tandem" (coupled together). They usually deposit the eggs in aquatic plants, often on floating leaves of, for example, the water lily. Appearance: The male is easily recognizable by his bright red eyes, a largely black abdomen, and blue segments 9 and 10 at the tip. Females do not have red eyes. Flight period: The large red-eyed damselfly can be seen from early May to mid-August.
A medium-sized damselfly which characteristically holds wings open at 45 degrees when perched, unlike other damselflies. Males are metallic green with powder blue eyes, thorax sides and bands across first and last two abdominal segments. The females are similar but lack any blue colouring.
A segment of the neolithic Avebury stone circles and henge in Wiltshire. The largest stone circle complex in Europe, constructed 3rd millennium B.C.
FRONT PAGE Explore #4. Thank You.
Took a detour friends....;-).
First take with my new toy. Yes, I finally took the plunge and bought the D700 FX. This was taken today with nikkor AF-S 14-24 2.8G ED lens.
My D80 deveLoped a problem - it refused to recognise the Sigma 10-20 lens. Apparently D80's develop this after 6-8 months i.,e error message f--. Will have to get it across to the service center. Thus, I found a good excuse ;-) LOL
Also I had to get ready for my shoot assignment back to Nikoi in 10 days ;-)
I do find the details much crisper even at ISO 200
The sky is PSB - 2 Stage - 1 stage blended from 5 exposures. 2nd stage is layer masked from a single exposure. Rocks - blended from 4 exposures.
A rusty segment on a parabolic catenary series of white-painted chains in rear carpark of a business on Kensington Road.
I had to change the title after my husband helpfully informed me that hanging chains are NOT upside down parabolas.
arch-re-review.blogspot.com/2010/09/catenary-and-parabola...
So, catenary is the root for concatenate, ie chaining together. I learned something today!
"looking close on fridays" fruit
ODC segments
and i am learning about how to take macro pictures with the iphone- it's a little different than the beloved canon870
Program:Manual
Lens:150-600mm f/5-6.3 G VR
F:9.0
Speed:1/800
ISO:250
Focal Length:420 mm
AF Fine Tune Adj:0
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Dynamic Area (3D-tracking)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [3], Auto ISO, [9]
VR:On
EV:+1/3
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto0
Picture Control:Neutral
Focus Distance:199.53 m
Dof:134.31 m (152.87 - 287.18)
HyperFocal:652.33 m
e molto apprezzato da questo BRUCO .
I bruchi (appartenenti al tipo morfologico delle larve eruciformi) hanno forma allungata e aspetto vermiforme. In essi si distingue il capo, seguito da 3 segmenti toracici e 10 segmenti addominali. L'apparato boccale è masticatore. Nel capo sono presenti anche degli occhi semplici detti stemmata (mancano quelli composti) e antenne piuttosto ridotte. I segmenti toracici portano tre paia di zampe articolate, mentre nell'addome sono presenti le pseudozampe (false zampe), in genere 5 paia. Il tegumento presenta un numero variabile di peli o setole (con funzione sensoriale oppure di rivestimento e protezione, talvolta urticanti), sparse o distribuite a ciuffi, anche su tubercoli.
Come in tutti gli insetti, l'accrescimento non può realizzarsi in maniera continua ma avviene mediante mute. Il numero degli stadi larvali varia di norma da 3 a 5. Spesso passando da uno stadio all'altro cambiano la colorazione e l'aspetto generale, tanto che in alcuni casi si fa fatica a riconoscere i bruchi di età diversa come appartenenti alla stessa specie.
Chissà cosa diventerà questo da grande ...
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(Lanius excubitor)
Francelos - Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
I’m taking a break from my Australian photos to showcase the bird of the moment in Portugal. Although I already have photos of this species, it’s the first time it has been seen in Portugal, and only 15 minutes from my house, so it’s hard to resist. Even more so because the bird allows for incredible close approaches, a behavior that is nothing like our shy native birds.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Laniidae (LaniÃdeos) (98)
- All the photos for this species Lanius excubitor (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2024/12/08 (1)
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Excerpt from www.guidetags.com/niagara-greenbelt/explore//487-louth-co...:
Louth Conservation Area is one of the most well kept secrets of the Niagara Region. It is located in Lincoln County along the 16 Mile Creek off of Staff Avenue, just north of the Staff Estate Winery. The area is geologically important as it contains many valleys and rock formations as well as two waterfalls and is part of the Niagara Esarpment.
In 1973 the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority purchased the segment of land known as the Louth Conservation Area. Since then, a portion of the Niagara Escarpment has been preserved by the Louth Conservation Area. Louth also contains many historic rock formations.
The two waterfalls and multiple rock formations make Louth Conservation Area geologically significant. The first waterfall is known as the upper falls and plummets 3.66 meters. The second waterfall, known as the lower falls is larger and plummets 7.92 meters. These features of the area are made possible because of its location along the Niagara Escarpment.
There is a variety of wildlife in the Louth Conservation Area. In the fall months there have been multiple deer sightings as well as migratory bird sightings. In addition, Louth Conservation Area houses old growth forest.
Allen County, Indiana
Possibly a male Wabash River Cruiser taken in Swinney Park in my town of Fort Wayne.
I do believe that possibly this to be the rare Wabash River Cruiser (Macromia wabashensis). There is still much debate among scientist (Odonatologists) if this is a true valid species or a hybrid of the Gilded River Cruiser and the Royal River Cruiser. This species have been found in Ohio and Indiana.
On the Wabash River Cruiser the moth shape marking on segment 8 is the most distinguishing feature, where on the Royal River Cruiser that segment is more like two elongated dots.
The first photo in comment section shows the close up of the abdomen showing the moth shape marking on segment 8.
The second photo shows the Royal River Cruiser showing more of two elongated dots on segment 8.
(Lanius excubitor)
Francelos - Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
Technically, the photo leaves much to be desired, but the moment is so spectacular that I can't resist showing this scene of this relentless hunter. During the 3 hours we spent there, it surely caught more than a dozen rats and just as many lizards, which it immediately carried into the bushes. The smaller prey, it ate right away.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Laniidae (LaniÃdeos) (98)
- All the photos for this species Lanius excubitor (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2024/12/06 (1)
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Macquarie’s Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
I’ve probably got several hundred images of the Opera House taken from every possible viewpoint, including our hotel bedroom window, the Harbour Bridge and several ferries. From Bennelong Point you are constantly looking up at the roof segments which makes a full shot very difficult, but if you want to get a full side view of this magnificent building there is no better location than Macquarie’s Point in my option.
Besides, I’d carried my tripod and heavy zoom all over Australia and I was sure as hell going to get some use of them both! Just having some fun here picking out details… other images are available.