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Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) perched on a leaf.
Odorek zieleniak (Palomena prasina) siedzący na liściu.
Common Gum Tree Shield Bug (Poecilometis patruelis)
Often seen on the leaves of our Orange Tree, as this one was through the week!
Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) nymph on a leaf.
Nimfa odorka zieleniaka (Palomena prasina) na liściu.
This approx. 1855 sculpture by Gustav Bläser. is named "Athena unterstützt den Krieger" (Athena protects the warrior).
The zinc statue is a replica of a sculpture that can be found at the Berlin Schlossbrücke, is located at Park De Paauw, Wassenaar, South-Holland.
Canadian shield landscape with bare granite, reindeer lichen, moss, junipers and Jack pine. Fallen trees are common as there is only a thin layer of soil on these hills.
Sawgrinder got an updated shield, now he's ready to defend Makuhero City from evil!
(Credit to Sparks/Dynks for the shield and its skeleton... never thought I'd say that).
"The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him."
- Psalm 28:7
If you look closely at the centre of this pink granite cross, under the lichen that has been growing there for nearly a century, you will see the outline of a shield. I can't tell you if anything was written under that lichen, I was not going to disturb it, but the combination of cross and shield is an intriguing one. There was no stylised Celtic carving on this cross, but the green lichen certainly brought a Celtic Cross to mind. Set against that fiery sunset that was starting to manifest itself, I was reminded of the great protection prayer of St Patrick (The Breastplate or Shield):
"I bind to myself to-day,
The Power of God to guide me,
The Might of God to uphold me,
The Wisdom of God to teach me,
The Eye of God to watch over me,
The Ear of God to hear me,
The Word of God to give me speech,
The Hand of God to protect me,
The Way of God to prevent me,
The Shield of God to shelter me,
The Host of God to defend me..."
And there's plenty more, because Patrick was truly a fearless man:
I've not taken a selfie in a while, because this is the worst time of year for me, hay-fever-wise. I want to scratch my eyeballs out!
Probbacher Waldsee in Hessen
Idyllically situated between Probbach and Winkels in the Faulbach valley is a small reservoir, the 2.5-hectare Waldsee with a storage capacity of around 80,000 cubic metres. Its dam is nine metres high and 160 metres long. Built in 1974 as part of the Probbach/Winkels land consolidation programme and subsidised by special funds from the federal government and the EEC, the lake was intended to contribute to the development of the lower Westerwald as a leisure and recreation area. Now that the municipality of Mengerskirchen has built modern sanitary facilities, a kiosk and a barbecue hut here, the forest lake offers excellent opportunities not only for swimming but also for fishing.
Los Angeles, 2018
I had quite unusual light and clouds on an October morning in downtown LA. The first time I have seen the Disney Concert hall and it did not disappoint.
Rhombodera basalis known as Malaysian shield mantis, is a species of praying mantis of the genus Rhombodera .
''Rhombodera basalis'' is a species of praying mantis of the genus ''Rhombodera''. Its commons name is the giant Malaysian shield mantis.
This is one of the powerful mantis species in East Asia. It can hunt small arthropods like grasshoppers, locusts, cicadas, spiders and scorpions or even some small mammals like mice, birds and snake.
CAPTAIN'S LOG: This was supposed to be a "milk Run", to deliver this outdated Constitution-class starship to the shipyard orbiting Mars for decommissioning and its new home in the fleet museum. So why are 3 Romulan warbirds in Federation space blocking our path? I have a feeling, I am not going to like the answer to my question.
This Green Shield bug was spotted wandering around on my windowsill a while ago. After having his photo taken he was released into the garden.
Two different variants of of Shield Bugs, getting used to photographing from a chair, can only improve.
An attractive little rainforest resident with a bags of character. Unusually for insects some species of shield bugs brood their eggs and guard their young from predators, we don't know if this one does, but we did find him or her particularly engaging.
Photographed in the Danum Rainforest, Sabah, Borneo