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Male Orange Tip on larvae food plant Lady's Smock. If you look closely you can see a freshly laid egg of an Orange Tip just below this male. Taken at Kingcombe Meadows West Dorset late evening with both butterfly and background lit by flash.
TIPS - LOOKING CLOSE.. ON FRIDAY! You know it is not easy taking a photo of your fingers while they are holding your phone camera.
A rare macro venture
Orange-tip. -
Anthocharis cardamines
Golden Acre - Breary Marsh
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The warm weather over the weekend of April 8-9 triggered a large hatch of butterflies at Burton Mere Wetlands. I noted five species - orange tip, small white, green-veined white, peacock and speckled wood with the orange tips present in very large numbers. This is one of them feeding on a green alkanet flower.
A female Orange-tip found roosting during an evening walk. A bit of a breeze made photography a challenge but a few frames came out well enough. It's been a good few weeks for this species locally.
Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) on rough south facing limestone grassland in the "White" Peak District. A diminutive orchid BTOs are rare in Derbyshire and difficult to spot amongst grasses and other wildflowers.
Eastern Gray Squirrel.
Between 17 to 19 3/4 inches long. Gray above with buff underfur showing especially on the head, shoulders, back and feet. They have a flattened bushy tail which is gray with silvery tipped hairs.
In Canada, some have rufous bellies and tails. Black phase common in northern parts of their range.
Their habitat is hardwood or mixed forests with nut trees, especially oak-hickroy forests.
They range in the eastern United States from eastern North Dakota south to eastern Texas.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Small "true" bug, about 4-5mm
The tip of the forewing of Heteroptera is fairly thick (~1.2 microns), thus there is no color iridescence visible (brown curve). The base is even thicker and leathary. This is the origin of the name "hemiptera" which means "half-winged". The newer name Heteroptera means also "mixed-wings". This leads to the typical "X" structure of the closed wings in dorsal view, which is an easy means to identify "true" bugs.
Hind wings in contrast, are much thinner (~0.2 microns here), which leads to a brillant blue-violett if illuminated coaxially.
Wing-thickness- analysis goes here
Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 7.5x NA 0.21 tube lens: Thorlabs 165mm
Illumination: Dark field, oblique and UV 365nm (UVIVF, just the eyes show fluorescence)
Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust. 55209
Le Vulcain est un papillon de taille moyenne caractérisé par des ailes noires à marron foncées frappées d’un demi-cercle rouge orangé centré sur le corps, délimitant le bout des ailes avant ornées de taches blanches, et s’inscrivant sur le bout des ailes arrières où une rangée de points noires orne la bande rouge. Présents sur tout le territoire de France métropolitaine, les Vulcains se trouvent également dans les zones tempérées d’Europe, d’Asie, et d’Amérique du nord. Inoubliable, le vulcain se distingue par sa robe contrastée et chatoyante.
The Vulcain is a medium-sized butterfly characterized by black to dark brown wings with an orange-red semi-circle centered on the body, delineating the tips of the front wings with white spots, and marking on the tips of the wings backs where a row of black dots adorns the red stripe. Present throughout the territory of metropolitan France, Vulcans are also found in the temperate zones of Europe, Asia, and North America. Unforgettable, the Vulcan is distinguished by its contrasting and shimmering dress.
Op de laatste dag van augustus kreeg ik een tip dat de 186 454 "No time to waste" vanuit Bad Bentheim kwam met een volvotrein. Aangezien ik deze loc nog niet op de foto had werd dus naar Teuge gereden om dit vast te leggen.
Aangekomen op de beoogde stek bleek er een bosje erg gegroeid te zijn sinds mijn laatste bezoek. De snoeischaar lag helaas thuis en dus moest ik op zoek naar een alternatief. Deze werd gevonden aan de Deventer-kant van de boog waar de zon alleen in de zomer aan het eind van de dag goed staat.
Rond kwart voor 8 terwijl de zon snel in sterkte begon af te nemen kwam de Lineas 186 454 "No time to waste" langs Teuge met trein 46257 uit het Zweedse Älmhult naar het Belgische Gent.
English:
On august 31, 2023, the Lineas 186 454 "No time to waste" came along Teuge as train 46257 from Älmhult to Gent.
Wren on branch; autumn fauna.
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve
DeKalb County (Medlock Park), Georgia, USA.
2 December 2022.
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▶ I'm no birder! A tip of the cap to Flickr-er Brad Warnaar (see comments below) for identifying this fine fellow as a Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), native to these parts, year-round.
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Burnt Tip Orchid in the unimproved limestone grassland of the Derbyshire "White" Peak District. BTOs are described as "almost extinct". in Derbyshire due mainly to loss of habitat following agricultural land improvement schemes and are limited to a handful of remote sites.
The Butterfly Place in Westford opened for the season today, as they do every Valentine's Day. I've been looking forward to visiting, and made sure to stop by before school vacation brings big crowds next week.
We saw quite a few Orange-tip butterflies on a walk round two of the reservoirs in the Longdendale valley last week.
Another shot in the comment below.
Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire is the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales. Dating from approximately 3,500 B.C. it has traditionally been identified as a communal burial place. As it now stands, Pentre Ifan is a collection of 7 principal stones, the huge capstone resting on the tips of just three other stones.
Wikipedia: Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea. This species is found in much of south and southeast Asia, as well as in southern China and southern Japan.
These birds (almost) always seem to look in excellent condition, probably the normal viewing conditions of a bright winters day and a healthy diet of high carotene berries helps.
I have included a shot taken a few years ago in comments below of the wax primary feather tips that give the bird its name.
Taken in Kelling, North Norfolk. Approx. 24m away.