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*** Vendedores de playa - Varadero, Cuba. Se dice que es la playa más hermosa, o la mejor, del mundo. Arena blanca y agua tibia y cristalina.
*** Beach Vendors - Varadero, Cuba. It is said that it's the most beautiful - or best beach - in the world. White sand & warm crystalline water.
*** Marchands de souvenirs ambulants sur la playa de Varadero, Cuba. Il est dit que c'est la plus belle - ou meilleure - plage au monde. Sable blanc et eaux chaudes cristallines.
Pelluco se ubica 4 kms al sur de la ciudad de Puerto Montt. Es un tradicional balneario veraniego muy vistado por sus playas y suave oleaje, si bien el mar es frio la poca pendiente de la orilla de playa permite que el agua de mar este unos grados mas tibia que lo usual para esta parte de Chile. Desde Pelluco se puede ver numerosas islas y la gran bahia del puerto que mira al gran Seno de Reloncavi hito geografico considerado como el inicio de la Patagonia Occidental.
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Pelluco is located 4 kms south of Puerto Montt city. It is a traditional summer resort well-known for its beaches and gentle waves, beside the cold sea the shore beach has small slope cause the sea water more warmer than the most in this part of Chile. From Pelluco it can see numerous islands and the harbor bay facing the great Seno de Reloncavi a geographic landmark set as the beginning of the Western Patagonia.
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.........Es una tibia mañana.
El sol calienta un poquito la pobre tierra soriana........
orillas del duero / a. machado
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♫♪ Rodrigo - Fantasia para un Gentilhombre - Part 1/4 ♫♪.
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textura dulce de ana librillana
Yellow spring
April gallant was coming, everything full of yellow flowers ... yellow the stream, yellow the path, the hill, the children's cemetery, the orchard where love lived! The sun anointed the world with yellow with its fallen lights; Oh for the golden liros, clear, warm water! The yellow butterflies about yellow roses! Yellow garlands were climbing the trees: the day it was a grace scented with gold in a golden awakening of life ... Among the bones of the dead, God opened his yellow hands. JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ (Spanish poet)
Primavera amarilla
Abril galán venía, todo
lleno de flores amarillas...
amarillo el arroyo,
amarilla la senda, la colina,
el cementerio de los niños,
el huerto aquel donde el amor vivía!
El sol ungía el mundo de amarillo
con sus luces caídas;
¡oh por los liros áureos,
el agua clara, tibia!,
¡las amarillas mariposas
sobre las rosas amarillas!
Guirnaldas amarillas escalaban
los árboles: el día
era una gracia perfumada de oro
en un dorado despertar de vida...
Entre los huesos de los muertos,
abría Dios sus manos amarillas.
JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ
(poeta Español)
This Andrena is a very widespread, spring-flying species. Females are very distinctive, with a bright, foxy-coloured covering of hairs on the thorax and a similarly-coloured tuft of hairs at the tip of the abdomen, which is otherwise almost completely hairless and shining black. In common with most other Andrena the males are much less distinctive. However, close examination with a hand lens will reveal a dark brown spot in the middle of the otherwise orange-brown hind tibia. The thorax in fresh examples is also covered in foxy-coloured hairs, but these are much less bright than those of the females.
La poule d'eau , elle est l'un des habitants les plus fréquents de nos étendues d'eau. Une simple mare d'une dizaine de mètres carrés suffit à un couple pour s'installer. Et bien que craintive, elle s'installera volontiers dans le bassin du jardin public pourvu qu'il soit entouré de végétation dense. c'est un oiseau gris foncé, presque noir avec des reflets brun verdâtre et une ligne blanche sur le coté du corps. Son bec est rouge avec la pointe jaune, il est surmonté d'une callosité frontale rouge également. Quand elle marche, on remarque ses longues pattes vertes avec une marque rouge orange en haut du tibia-tarse et des orteils également très longs qui lui permettent de se maintenir sur la végétation flottante. Les sous-caudales latérales sont blanches et forment un écusson bien visible. La poule d'eau hoche la queue en marchant et la tête en nageant. Les juvéniles sont brun-gris, blanchâtres au niveau du cou. Les poussins ont un duvet noir et le bec rouge. c'est un oiseau qui apprécie le couvert végétal des berges, mais qui s'aventure aussi en eau libre et à terre. Il court sur l'eau avant de décoller. Ce n'est pas une espèce grégaire, sauf parfois en hiver, mais le plus souvent on ne voit qu'un couple ou deux. c'est une espèce végétarienne, elle consomme des plantes aquatiques, mais aussi des bourgeons de saules et des graminées. Ce régime est complété par la consommation d'invertébrés.
image prise en milieu naturel et depuis la tente affût .
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The moorhen, it is one of the most frequent inhabitants of our bodies of water. A simple pond of ten square meters is enough for a couple to settle down. And although fearful, she will gladly settle in the pool of the public garden as long as it is surrounded by dense vegetation. it is a dark gray, almost black bird with greenish brown reflections and a white line on the side of the body. Its beak is red with a yellow tip, it is also surmounted by a red frontal callus. When it walks, we notice its long green legs with an orange red mark at the top of the tibia-tarsus and also very long toes which allow it to stay on the floating vegetation. The lateral undertail is white and forms a conspicuous escutcheon. The moorhen nods its tail when walking and its head when swimming. Juveniles are gray-brown, whitish at the neck. The chicks have black down and red beaks. it is a bird which appreciates the vegetal cover of the banks, but which also ventures in open water and on land. He runs on the water before taking off. It is not a gregarious species, except sometimes in winter, but most often only a couple or two are seen. it is a vegetarian species, it consumes aquatic plants, but also willow buds and grasses. This diet is supplemented by the consumption of invertebrates.
image taken in a natural environment and from the blind tent.
Coenosia tigrina is a very common fly, found over the whole of Britain and Ireland, both in woodland and open localities. It is a small fly, (6 or 7 mm long) buff-grey with dark spots.
Distinguished from other Coenosia by the combination of a pair of bristles very close to each other on the middle of the hind tibia and the mid and hind femora black with red tips, it is a voracious predator of other small Diptera.
On the wing May to September.
This hoverfly is sometimes called 'The Footballer' due to its stripy thorax. There are in fact several species with similar stripes which are difficult to tell apart. Another name is 'The Sunfly' due to its preference for bright sunny days. In this species the black on the hind tibia is restricted to the distal third and the mid tibia is all yellow.
Found around muddy puddles, wet ditches and ponds, but also in most sunny situations along roadsides, field margins, etc.
When to see it - April to November, very common from June to August with a peak in July.
Larvae have been found in farmyard drains, very wet manure, and very wet sawdust.
A common hoverfly and widespread throughout Britain.
Barcelona y el mar(1): Atrapando los primeros rayos de sol
Dejar que poco a poco se caiga la ropa, una tibia caricia, un aleteo sobre la piel, rendirse sin luchar, despertar al calor, sentir como los primeros rayos del sol de la mañana penetran la barrera de la carne, tiempo leve, ingrávido, despreocupado, párvulo momento inaugurando un nuevo dia.
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Let the clothes fall slowly, a warm caress, a flutter on the skin, surrender without fighting, wake up to the heat, feel as the first rays of the morning sun penetrate the barrier of the flesh, light time, weightless, carefree, toddler moment inaugurating a new day
Chrysopilus cristatus, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
This species is present in most of Europe.
The flies are 6 to 8 millimeters long. Similar to Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus, but slightly smaller than this species. The femora are dark grey. The tibia and metatarsus are yellow.
The alien has landed!
A tiny female Fever Fly. These are similar to the St Mark's Fly but not as hairy and with a ring of spines at the tip of the front tibia.
Length: 3.5 to 8mm.
Found: Spring to late summer.
Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comme or fave my images.
Blue Featherleg (top), White Featherleg - diagnostic hind tibia. Males
France 7/2015, Spain (Murcia) 5/2022
Hairy-footed flower bee
The Hairy-footed flower bee is a solitary bee that digs its nest in sunny vertical walls. Its very long tongue, its fast or hovering flight, and the feathers that adorn the males' legs are the main criteria for recognizing it. The female is usually black.
The male is brown haired with extensive cream coloured markings on the face and long hairs on its mid tarsi.
The female is all black with orange hairs on its hind tibia. Note - the hind tibia can appear to be differently coloured if the bee is carrying pollen.
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses est une abeille solitaire qui creuse son nid dans des parois verticales ensoleillées. Sa très longue langue, son vol rapide ou stationnaire et les plumets qui ornent les pattes des mâles sont les principaux critères pour la reconnaître. La femelle est généralement noire.
Le mâle est brun avec de larges marques crème sur la face et de longs poils sur le milieu des tarses.
La femelle est entièrement noire avec des poils orange sur le tibia postérieur. Remarque : le tibia postérieur peut paraître de couleur différente si l'abeille transporte du pollen.
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Chrysopilus cristatus, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
This species is present in most of Europe.
The flies are 6 to 8 millimeters long. Similar to Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus, but slightly smaller than this species. The femora are dark grey. The tibia and metatarsus are yellow.
Robber flies are ferocious little predators. They specialize on hunting bees, wasps, flies and even flying grasshoppers. Note the big bright green eyes and orange tibia on this particular species that is fond of prairie habitats. This one was found on the fen farm.
N. striata or hirtipes female. These are very similar and difficult to separate without a microscopic examination (shape of the jaw tip, bristles on the end of the hind tibia and micro hairs on the dorsal side of the antennae ).
HOLA AMIGOS Y SEGUIDORES DE FLICKR
Hola amigos de la fotografía:
Hace tiempo que no he podido mandar ningúna fotográfia y el que de momento estaré sin mandar.
Debido a un accidente de trabajo en el cual he sufrido una rotura de los huesos tibia y peroné bastante aparatoso y grave.
Haré todo lo posible por recuperarme lo antes posible.
Hos mando foto no hecha por mi del estado de mi pierna. Gracias
HELLO FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS OF FLICKR Hello friends of photography: I haven't been able to send any photographs in a long time and for the time being I won't be sending. Due to an accident at work in which I suffered a fracture of the tibia and fibula quite spectacular and serious. I will do my best to recover as soon as possible. Hos I send a photo not made by me of the state of my leg. Thanks
One of the grand things about life is that there is always something new to learn. I had noticed that some bees seemed to be carrying a lump of golden pollen on their rear legs, while other bees had dustings of pollen on both front and rear legs. Thanks to Wikipedia, I now know that the pollen basket or corbicula (plural corbiculae) is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. More information is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_basket
The pollen basket or corbicula (plural corbiculae) is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. They use the structure in harvesting pollen and carrying it to the nest or hive. Other species of bees have scopae instead.
Bees in four tribes of the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae have corbiculae: the honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, and orchid bees. The corbicula is a polished cavity surrounded by a fringe of hairs, into which the bee collects the pollen; most other bees possess a structure called the scopa, which is similar in function, but is a dense mass of branched hairs into which pollen is pressed, with pollen grains held in place in the narrow spaces between the hairs.
A honey bee moistens the forelegs with its protruding tongue and brushes the pollen that has collected on its head, body and forward appendages to the hind legs. The pollen is transferred to the pollen comb on the hind legs and then combed, pressed, compacted, and transferred to the corbicula on the outside surface of the tibia of the hind legs.
From Wikipedia....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_basket
Hairy-footed flower bee
The Hairy-footed flower bee is a solitary bee that digs its nest in sunny vertical walls. Its very long tongue, its fast or hovering flight, and the feathers that adorn the males' legs are the main criteria for recognizing it. The female is usually black.
The male is brown haired with extensive cream coloured markings on the face and long hairs on its mid tarsi.
The female is all black with orange hairs on its hind tibia. Note - the hind tibia can appear to be differently coloured if the bee is carrying pollen.
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses est une abeille solitaire qui creuse son nid dans des parois verticales ensoleillées. Sa très longue langue, son vol rapide ou stationnaire et les plumets qui ornent les pattes des mâles sont les principaux critères pour la reconnaître. La femelle est généralement noire.
Le mâle est brun avec de larges marques crème sur la face et de longs poils sur le milieu des tarses.
La femelle est entièrement noire avec des poils orange sur le tibia postérieur. Remarque : le tibia postérieur peut paraître de couleur différente si l'abeille transporte du pollen.
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Hairy-footed flower bee
The Hairy-footed flower bee is a solitary bee that digs its nest in sunny vertical walls. Its very long tongue, its fast or hovering flight, and the feathers that adorn the males' legs are the main criteria for recognizing it. The female is usually black.
The male is brown haired with extensive cream coloured markings on the face and long hairs on its mid tarsi.
The female is all black with orange hairs on its hind tibia. Note - the hind tibia can appear to be differently coloured if the bee is carrying pollen.
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses est une abeille solitaire qui creuse son nid dans des parois verticales ensoleillées. Sa très longue langue, son vol rapide ou stationnaire et les plumets qui ornent les pattes des mâles sont les principaux critères pour la reconnaître. La femelle est généralement noire.
Le mâle est brun avec de larges marques crème sur la face et de longs poils sur le milieu des tarses.
La femelle est entièrement noire avec des poils orange sur le tibia postérieur. Remarque : le tibia postérieur peut paraître de couleur différente si l'abeille transporte du pollen.
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Two 35mm horizontal images stitched in PS, taken at 3;34am
A wonderful Starry Night at my favorite and enchanted corner of Maligne Lake, Jasper, Canada.
For this image we drove at 2:00am for an hour, to get here on time before daybreak. In the summer, nights are shorter and daybreak is earlier than the rest of the year. With sunrise set for 5:37am, one needs to be in place more than the usual one hour prior to sunrise, for that first light. The drive is in the middle of the night, on a road full of animals crossing signs. To me, part of the charm of this picture is the Boat House's golden light, against the cool backdrop of the lake and mountains. This continues to be one of the most heartwarming corners, I've been to. A piece of my heart will always be here.
Have a blessed Sunday!
En el verano, las noches son cortas y los amaneceres mas temprano que el resto del año. Con el amanecer a las 5:37am, se necesita estar en el lugar al menos una hora antes, para poder captar la magia de esa primera luz. Manejamos a las 2:00am para poder llegar a tiempo y poder hacer estas nocturnas. El camino es muy oscuro, con letreros de animales cruzando la carretera. Para mi la magia de esta fotografía es la casita iluminada con esa luz tibia y dorada contrastando ese escenario frío que proporciona el lago Y las Montañas. Este es uno de mis rincones favorito en Las Rocosas Canadienses. Este lugar siempre ocupara un rincón muy especial en mi corazón.
Tengan un Feliz Domingo!
As always, thanks for stopping by and looking, I appreciate your comments and visits.
Hairy-footed flower bee
The Hairy-footed flower bee is a solitary bee that digs its nest in sunny vertical walls. Its very long tongue, its fast or hovering flight, and the feathers that adorn the males' legs are the main criteria for recognizing it. The female is usually black.
The male is brown haired with extensive cream coloured markings on the face and long hairs on its mid tarsi.
The female is all black with orange hairs on its hind tibia. Note - the hind tibia can appear to be differently coloured if the bee is carrying pollen.
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses est une abeille solitaire qui creuse son nid dans des parois verticales ensoleillées. Sa très longue langue, son vol rapide ou stationnaire et les plumets qui ornent les pattes des mâles sont les principaux critères pour la reconnaître. La femelle est généralement noire.
Le mâle est brun avec de larges marques crème sur la face et de longs poils sur le milieu des tarses.
La femelle est entièrement noire avec des poils orange sur le tibia postérieur. Remarque : le tibia postérieur peut paraître de couleur différente si l'abeille transporte du pollen.
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Nomada bees are notoriously difficult to identify using keys. These are based on microscopic characteristics, such as the shape and number of tiny spines on the tip of the rear tibia. I am pretty sure I have not seen this one before, so if anyone can help to pin this down to a group of species, I would be grateful.
Este macho de Platycnemis latipes se estaba almorzando un diminuto insecto posado en esa planta seca, lo que me permitió acercarme a él y hacerle unas fotos.
Los Platycnemis se caracterizan por tener las tibias anchas (en forma de pluma), patas blancas y con cerdas relativamente largas. Eslo que suelen decir algunos libros.
This male of Platycnemis latipes was having lunch with a tiny insect perched on that dry plant, which allowed me to get close to him and take some photos of him.
Platycnemis are characterized by having wide tibiae (feather-shaped), white legs, and relatively long bristles. This is what some books usually say.
Showing the Velum appendages (the semi-transparent hooky pointy thing) at the base of the tibia, used for cleaning their antenna.
Taken Mount Chelmos region, Kalavrita, Greece.
This species and the idas blue P. idas, pose plenty of identification issues. Both species are widespread and often common. Variation between individuals and colonies is marked in both species, with plenty of overlap possible.
Identification & Similar species: Separation is sure with the one character which is constant - the male foreleg tibia has a hook in the current species which is never present in P. idas. Other characters offer guidance for separating the males. The upperside male black border is fine and the upperside hindwing space 7 largely blue in P. idas the border often much broader and space 7 lacks blue in P. argus.
Generally larger and greyer than M. cingulatus with a more strongly marked abdomen. There are also differences in details of the antennae and genitalia. The front tibia are largely red and lack the black bands seen in other Machimus species.
Males of this species are readily distinguished by the projecting tab on the last segment which bears a tuft of black hairs. The tab normally has a forked apex resembling a kite's tail. Both males and females can be separated from the similar M. cingulatus and M. coweni by the colour and patterns on the front tibia and femora. See Identification Aids below.
It can be found in a variety of habitats, especially scrubby grassland and woodland edge. It prefers light soils but is not as strongly associated with sandy soils as the similar M. cingulatus.
Most likely to be encountered in summer.
Adults are predatory on many other species of flies and other insects. The larvae are presumed to develop as predators in soil.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England and Wales, particularly in the south.
When I was trying to take the shot yesterday at the garden the breeze was causing the flower to sway so much that I had to hold it the stem,something I don't really like doing.The bee just happen to fly in the shot.Mr Golden Leg (the bee) was swaying along with the flower,unmoved by the strong breeze.The pollen you see on the leg is actually called a pollen basket or corbicula which is part of the tibia on the hind leg on some bees.The structure is used to harvest pollen that bees take back to their hives.Interesting info,right.
Réalisé le 3 octobre 2012 au parc national de Ranomafana, Madagascar.
Cette espèce est endémique à Madagascar. Son aire de répartition concerne le centre-est de l'île dans son seul habitat, la forêt naturelle, car elle ne s'adapte pas dans les forêts d'eucalyptus. Elle est présente entre 700 et 1 050 m d'altitude.
Mantella madagascariensis mesure de 22 à 31 mm, les femelles étant plus grandes que les mâles. Son dos et ses flancs sont noirs avec des zones jaunes ou vert clair à l'insertion des membres. Ces zones peuvent être de dimensions très variables pouvant aller jusqu'à la totalité du dos. Son ventre et sa gorge sont noirs avec des taches claires. La face interne des tibias et du tarse est rouge-orangé, les fémurs sont noirs. C'est une grenouille diurne, mais elle chante aussi le soir. C'est souvent la nuit que les femelles décident de pondre leurs œufs, entre 30 et 80. Les têtards éclosent trois jours plus tard et se métamorphosent au bout de 70 jours. /
This species is endemic to Madagascar. Its range concerns the central-east of the island in its only habitat, the natural forest, because it does not adapt in the eucalyptus forests. It is present between 700 and 1 050 m of altitude.
Mantella madagascariensis measures 22 to 31 mm, females being larger than males. Its back and flanks are black with yellow or light green areas at the insertion of the limbs. These areas can be of very variable dimensions that can go up to the entire back. Its belly and throat are black with light spots. The inner side of the shins and tarsus is red-orange, the femurs are black. It is a day frog, but it also sings in the evening. It is often at night that females decide to lay their eggs, between 30 and 80. Tadpoles hatch three days later and metamorphose after 70 days.
Cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir / click on the photograph to enlarge it.
Taken on October, 3rd / 2012 at the Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Skeleton United Football Team - Halloween Lineup.
Home Ground: Boneyard Park, Gravesend.
Manager: Tibia Patella.
Take a look at the lump of pollen on our Honeybee's corbicula. How does it adhere to her tibia almost like a little lump of clay?
Well, electricity and salivation come into it. As bees fly through the air they become positively charged electrically; plants and their pollen - such as this beautiful Cornflower - on the other hand have a light negative charge, 'grounded' as they are. So even if a bee merely flies close to a relatively 'loosely' pollinating flower, that pollen will be attracted to the bee's hairs; and of course, too, when it has alighted on a flower, the stamens will brush pollen onto her and it'll be held to her hairs by that static electrical working.
Then when she's ready our Honeybee will groom herself by using her legs to comb that pollen together, often adding some regurgitated nectar to mold it into a tiny moist lump for the basket on one of her hind tibias.
France; Brenne, Lignac 20/4/20. Dark. Mid tibia pale darkened towards tarsae, diffuse wing stigma, plain face
Hairy-footed flower bee
The Hairy-footed flower bee is a solitary bee that digs its nest in sunny vertical walls. Its very long tongue, its fast or hovering flight, and the feathers that adorn the males' legs are the main criteria for recognizing it. The female is usually black.
The male is brown haired with extensive cream coloured markings on the face and long hairs on its mid tarsi.
The female is all black with orange hairs on its hind tibia. Note - the hind tibia can appear to be differently coloured if the bee is carrying pollen.
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses
L’anthophore à pattes plumeuses est une abeille solitaire qui creuse son nid dans des parois verticales ensoleillées. Sa très longue langue, son vol rapide ou stationnaire et les plumets qui ornent les pattes des mâles sont les principaux critères pour la reconnaître. La femelle est généralement noire.
Le mâle est brun avec de larges marques crème sur la face et de longs poils sur le milieu des tarses.
La femelle est entièrement noire avec des poils orange sur le tibia postérieur. Remarque : le tibia postérieur peut paraître de couleur différente si l'abeille transporte du pollen.
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Eres tan palida,
que blanca estas....
Tibia acuarela,
Espuma del mar...
Tributos - Tributes
Miguel Bose "Horizonte de las Estrellas"
From what I'm reading, Valanga irregularis is the largest species of grasshopper in the world. Identification for this specimen is confirmed by the rear tibia being the same colour as the rest of the leg and the tibial spines being orange to red with black tips.
These grasshoppers can be found in the northern regions of our country - in the States of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and extending down the east coast in to the mid to northern areas of New South Wales.
Around 80 mm in length.
Unfortunately, some detail lost on legs due to wide aperture, but tibial spines and colouration visible.
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Esta especie quizá sea la más común de la Península Ibérica y sus poblaciones son abundantes o muy abundantes.
Se les reconoce, principalmente, por los ojos bicolores y las bandas amarillas en fémur y tibias.
Este año he disfrutado con ellos en un rincón del río segura a su paso por Calasparra (Murcia) España
This species may be the most common in the Iberian Peninsula and its populations are abundant or very abundant.
They are recognized, mainly, by bicolor eyes and yellow bands in femur and tibiae.
This year I enjoyed with them in a corner of the safe river as it passes through Calasparra (Murcia) Spain
Macho de Platycnemis latipes fotografiado con el sol alto y de frente, en el rio Vinalopó, paraje Molí de l'Ombría, Banyenres de Mariola (Alicante).
Me llaman mucho la atención las tibias anchas de esta especie.
Male of Platycnemis latipes photographed with the high sun and in front, on the Vinalopó river, Molí de l'Ombría, Banyenres de Mariola (Alicante).
The wide tibias of this species attract my attention.
Legend has it that Pirene was the most beautiful daughter of the god Tubal, then owner of these lands. She had been named caretaker of the waters and she lived among the immensity of the forests, where she walked and enjoyed nature.
When Hercules was on his way to perform one of her twelve labors, she passed through one of the forests. At the meeting, the two fell in love and loved each other in the warm night. However, Hercules soon forgot his promises of love and decided to continue on his way, abandoning Pirene.
Rumors of the beauty of Tubal's daughter had also reached Gerion, a three-headed monster who lived in Erytheia. Gerion went to meet Pirene and tried to take her, but when she refused, he decided to burn the forest that burned in the flames.
The news reached Hercules, who retraced his steps to help Pirene. But when he arrived it was too late. He only found a lifeless body. Pirene had died in the fire.
Destroyed and sorry for her loss, Hercules decided to bury her among some enormous and beautiful stones, giving rise to the mountain range that would bear her name, the Pyrenees.
Cuenta la leyenda que Pirene era la más hermosa hija del dios Tubal, dueño entonces de estas tierras. Había sido nombrada cuidadora de las aguas y vivía entre la inmensidad de los bosques, donde paseaba y disfrutaba de la naturaleza.
Cuando Hércules se dirigía a efectuar uno de sus doce trabajos, atravesó uno de los bosques. En el encuentro, los dos se enamoraron y se amaron en la noche tibia. Sin embargo, Hércules pronto olvidó sus promesas de amor y decidió continuar su camino, abandonando a Pirene.
Los rumores de la belleza de la hija de Tubal también habían llegado hasta Gerion, un mounstro de tres cabezas que vivía en Eriteia. Gerion fue al encuentro de Pirene e intentó tomarla, pero ante su rechazo, decidió quemar el bosque que ardió entre las llamas.
La noticia llegó a oídos de Hércules, que volvió sobre sus pasos para ayudar a Pirene. Pero cuando llegó ya era demasiado tarde. Solo encontró un cuerpo sin vida. Pirene había muerto en el incendio.
Destrozado y arrepentido por la pérdida, Hércules decidió enterrarla entre unas enormes y hermosas piedras, dando lugar a la cordillera que llevaría su nombre, los Pirineos.
NB: Image has been turned for detail; grasshopper was head up on a garden wall.
Valanga irregularis is the largest of the short horned (antennae) grasshoppers here in Australia and the largest in the world, with adults growing up to 9 cm in length.
The colouration and markings of adults can be extremely variable, hence the species name of irregularis. Adults can be distinguished by the black-tipped orange to red spines on the tibia of the hind leg.
Adult male.
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Well... It looks like a Common Candy-striped spider, but seems to lack the dark terminal ring on the first tibia, So it may be some other Comb-footed Spider like Enoplognatha latimana - redimita form.
But it seems from the little bit of research I've done, the redimita form Enoplognatha ovata lack that dark terminal ring... All very confusing.
Loxley wood
• Leaf-footed Bug
• Bicho de patas de hoja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Suborder:Heteroptera
Infraorder:Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:Coreoidea
Family:Coreidae
Might be Leptoglossus species
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
Llegué hasta la presa del Argos con la confianza de poder ver a Brachythemis impartita y que en el caso de que no estuviera, Platycnemis latipes no iba a fallar.
Me tuve que conformar con machos y hembras de estosd últimos.
Una de las características de esta especie son esas tibias ensanchadas y de ahí el sobrenombre.
En la foto, un macho.
Fotograma recortado un 4% y adaptado a formato panorámico
En la presa del Argos. Cehegín (Murcia) España.
I arrived at the Argos dam with the confidence of being able to see Brachythemis impartita and that if he was not there, Platycnemis latipes was not going to fail.
I had to settle for males and females of the latter.
One of the characteristics of this species are those widened tibias and hence the nickname.
In the photo, a male.
Frame cropped by 4% and adapted to wide format
In the Argos dam. Cehegín (Murcia) Spain.
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Did you notice the pollen basket? .... The pollen basket is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. They use the structure in harvesting pollen and carrying it to the nest or hive.