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A day flying moth (diurnal) species that can be found abundant throughout Europe from the Mediterranean to the northern shores of Scandinavia. This moth has a somewhat clumsy flight and is protected by strong toxins in the body which help to avoid its predators, hence the moths warning colours. Larvae will feed on clover and Birds Foot Trefoil. Seen from June to August.
Can be found about in the dry season. This spices has several mimic species of butterflies. Adults derive toxins from their larvae food plants which makes them unpalatable to insectivorous birds. The tiger - striped markings warns birds that they are noxious, Found from Africa to India, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.
Also known as the Coontie Hairstreak. Named after the Caterpillars toxic food plant. These toxins will be passed right on up to the adult stage. The adult butterflies vivid colours warns predators that this species is distaistfull. Found from Southeastern Florida, Bahamas, Cuba and the Cayman Islands.
Can be found about in the dry season. This spices has several mimic species of butterflies. Adults derive toxins from their larvae food plants which makes them unpalatable to insectivorous birds. The tiger - striped markings warns birds that they are noxious, Found from Africa to India, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.
The fly agaric is poisonous. It is even related to the extremely poisonous green tuberous manite! There are various toxins in the hat. It is not yet known what a mushroom uses poison for. Research is still being done. If you ingest the poison, you can become very ill. If you ingest enough poison, it will kill you! In the past, fly agarics were used in rituals. After ingesting the mushroom, shamans (a type of priest) experienced hallucinations.
Mushrooms such as the fly agaric sometimes stand in a circle. The cause of this can also be found under the ground, at the mycelium. When a mycelium grows, it does so in all directions. When the nutrients are used up in the middle of the mycelium, that part dies. This creates an open space in the middle of the mycelium. Only when the mushrooms grow out, you can see the witch circle.
Milkweeds are commonly infested by the oleander aphid, Aphis nerii. These little insects suck the sap out of stems, leaves, and can cause flowers and pods to abort, and can even kill plants. They concentrate milkweed toxins in their tissue more effectively than native milkweed aphids, and studies have shown that beneficial insects are less effective at controlling them. Aphids can be many colors, such as green, black, brown, pink, yellow, white, and blue (really?) and even furry ( wooly aphids ).
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Friday's flower (dried)....
A remainder from an earlier photo session when it was fresh.
I'm going to be away for the next day or so, will catch up on my return.
I've also uploaded a new ttv texture for your free use...enjoy!
Have a great weekend.
The roots, leaves and flowers are diuretic, anti malarial and antitussive. The dried young leaves have been used as a sweetener. (not sure if I'd want to risk this as they also contain toxins).
A day flying moth (diurnal) species that can be found abundant throughout Europe from the Mediterranean to the northern shores of Scandinavia. This moth has a somewhat clumsy flight and is protected by strong toxins in the body which help to avoid its predators, hence the moths warning colours. Larvae will feed on clover and Birds Foot Trefoil. Seen from June to August.
Oleander aphid: Widespread in regions with tropical and Mediterranean climates. Oleander aphid has a wide range of hosts, but mainly feeds on plants in the dogbane family, including milkweeds, oleander and periwinkle.
Red Milkweed Beetle: The milkweed beetle, a herbivore, is given this name because it is host-specific to common milkweed. It is thought the beetle, which as an adult feeds on the foliage of the plant, and its early instars, which eat the roots, derive a measure of protection from predators by incorporating toxins from the plant into their bodies, thereby becoming distasteful, much as the monarch butterfly and its larvae do. (Wikipedia)
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Two for the price of one. These two insects were on an old milkweed plant.
Pinhey Dunes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 2022.
Drowsy caterpillars are transforming into moths with a cunning skill - producing their own cyanide.
Plump in their yellow cocoons, caterpillars of six-spot burnet moths have been pupating in the Museum grounds.
And this common British species has started to emerge, complete with eye-catching red and black wings.
The red spots are a sign of a deadly talent. The moths are able to produce hydrogen cyanide - a chemical compound that gives them a bad taste and, in large quantities, can kill a predator.With dark, faintly iridescent forewings bearing six bright red spots, the burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) are easy to spot against green grass.
The species is widespread in Britain and Europe, and it has hydrogen cyanide at every stage of its life cycle.The caterpillar food is birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a grassland plant that grows in the Wildlife Garden. When caterpillars feed on its leaves, they are able to metabolise toxins found inside the plant for their own use, without being harmed.
If the caterpillars do not get enough hydrogen cyanide from their food, they can produce it themselves.
The cyanide is also used as a mating tactic. Females can release plumes of the chemical, which is likely to combine with normal sexual pheromones and help attract males. Males can also transfer the cyanide to a female during mating.The six-spot burnet moth thrives in grassland, and visitors to the Museum will be able to see it fly and lay eggs during July and August.
Caterpillars will then start feeding in autumn, before hibernating through the winter and pupating next spring.
Unlike many species of nocturnal moths, the six-spot burnet is active during the day, relying on its striking wings to warn off predators.
Zibska ~ The Harpy
Zibska ~ Posey Necklace*
Zibska [Gift] ~ Shigeko - Makeup & Lips
Le Poppycock *Fairy Winds* Autumn's Spirit (Leaves & Pose)
Del griego ibískos, que significa una forma de malva. Es una planta de flor aromática que suele germinar en lugares cálidos y húmedos. Tiene muchas propiedades medicinales, no tiene muchas sustancias irritantes y su forma de uso es muy sencilla: La flor se deja secar y se mezcla con agua caliente, lo que da lugar a una infusión curativa que se ha usado desde hace siglos.
Propiedades:
Reduce hipertensión, Mejora la circulación sanguínea; es digestivo, excelente para ayudar a bajar de peso y eliminar toxinas o residuos químicos del cuerpo, descongestiona intestinos, los limpia de parásitos y microbios y lo ayuda a mantenerse en excelentes condiciones; baja el colesterol nocivo y regula triglicéridos; en algunos lugares es considerada afrodisiaca; contiene altas dosis de antioxidantes que ayudan a proteger las células evitando el deterioro y envejecimiento precoz de células y tejidos; contiene vitamina C, lo que la convierte en un excelente remedio en casos de catarros, contagios, enfermedades pulmonares, etc.; es un potente antimicrobiano, protege al cuerpo de microbios y aumenta las defensas.
Una infusión de hibisco antes de dormir o dos o tres tazas durante el día previenen la aparición de calambres. El hibisco contiene ciertas vitaminas como la tiamina, vitamina C y riboflavina, mientras que sus flavonoides mejoran la circulación reduciendo las contracciones involuntarias de uno o varios músculos.
Fuente: www.plantas-medicinales.es
Even if the focus is currently on the war against Ukraine, we should not forget that there are so many more unjustified wars in the world against weaker opponents, the wild animals, which are waged for equally vile reasons.
Be it for tusks and animal bones, skins, for more plantation areas, for more yields on the fields through the use of environmental toxins ... and so on!
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Auch wenn der Fokus momentan auf dem Krieg gegen die Ukraine liegt, sollten wir nicht vergessen, das es auf der Welt noch so viel mehr ungerechtfertigte Kriege gegen schwächere Gegener, die Wildtiere gibt, die aus ebenso niederträchtigen Gründen geführt werden.
Sei es für Stoßzähne und Tierknochen, Felle, für mehr Plantagenflächen, für mehr Erträge auf den Feldern durch den Einsatz von Umweltgiften ... und so weiter!
We must end each of these wars immediately if we still want to save biodiversity on this planet!
Much more information at World Wildlife Day 2022!
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
in a well filled pool in Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
he koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
Koalas typically inhabit open Eucalyptus woodland, as the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. This eucalypt diet has low nutritional and caloric content and contains toxins that deter most other mammals from feeding on it. Koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to twenty hours a day. They are asocial animals, and bonding exists only between mothers and dependent offspring.
Being marsupials, koalas give birth to underdeveloped young that crawl into their mothers' pouches, where they stay for the first six to seven months of their lives. These young koalas, known as joeys, are fully weaned around a year old. Koalas have few natural predators and parasites, but are threatened by various pathogens, such as Chlamydiaceae bacteria and the koala retrovirus. IWikipedia)
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Another classic Australian animal! We found two of these cute and sleepy Koalas in a Brisbane park. Both high in the tree, but at least we could see this one's eyes as he took a bleary look at us before going back to sleep.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Active and passionate rest on the water. A little romance on a warm sunny day on the Volga. The city of Konakovo. Russia.
Cyclic, rhythmic rowing on a boat is ideal for strengthening the myocardium. Paddle manipulation trains, in particular, the left ventricle, which is in charge of transporting arterial blood.
The systolic volume of the heart in rowers reaches significant values. Active contraction of the myocardium during the stroke helps to work the "second heart" - all muscle groups that are involved in the return blood circulation and accelerate the outflow of "used" venous blood. At the same time, our "fiery motor" operates in particularly comfortable conditions. He, too, is "swimming" - bathing in oxygen-enriched arterial blood.
Rowing develops the respiratory system, and working lungs strengthen the diaphragm. The pull of the paddle helps the intercostal muscles to expand and increase the volume of the chest, increasing the lung capacity to seven liters!
Those who are engaged in rowing have good muscle tone, a toned figure - an attractive appearance, and fat reserves ... and the appearance is not served. Apparently, they burn out much faster than they allow themselves to be discovered.
The need to keep an effort on the oar, sometimes up to thirty kilograms, including up to 95% of all muscles in the work. But this figure depends on what kind of rowing sport you are doing: family tourism with children and fishing or rowing at the limit of possibilities.
With age, the human musculoskeletal system acquires a lot of irreversible changes. They touch all bones and joints, but are especially noticeable at the level of the spine - our "axis of symmetry". No amount of gymnastics will ever help the skeleton to escape from them. Accumulating, these changes limit the range of motion, radiculitis, osteochondrosis, discosis and other, as one friend of mine says, bodily monsters appear.
Nevertheless, no one forbids an attempt to "swim away" from them. During rowing, the connective tissue elements are stretched and tense. This prevents the deposition of salts in the ligaments and tendons, in the joints of the arms and legs, in all parts of the spine. Rotational movements of the body, right and left, back and forth, "grind" the deposits of "minerals" accumulated in the intervertebral discs.
Anabolic and metabolic processes in the body, activated during rowing, promote the absorption of nutrients and the utilization of toxins. By flicking the paddle, the work of the nervous, endocrine, digestive and excretory systems of the body improves.
It is shown to be engaged in rowing at any age - from pioneers to pensioners - and, I must say, at the same time, grandfather with an oar evokes respect and sympathy no less than a young man with a barbell.
From US Forest Service
The zebra longwing butterfly or zebra heliconian, Heliconius charithonia, is unmistakable with its long narrow wings, which are striped black and pale yellow. This species is common in Mexico and Central America and it is also found in most of Florida and in some areas of Texas, where it can be seen year round.
They fly slowly and gracefully and are not easily startled. They gather in roosts to spend the night returning to the same place daily; all this making it easy to observe them. After mating the female lays eggs on one of several species of passion flower plants Passiflora. The caterpillars feed on these plants and acquire some of their toxins; this makes them distasteful to predators. The striking colors and pattern of the adults advertise their toxicity (my addition - keeping predators away).
An unusual feature of the longwing, or heliconian, butterflies is that the adults are relatively long lived. Most other butterflies live only a few weeks, but heliconians continue to live and to lay eggs for several months. Their tropical or semitropical habitat makes this possible; furthermore the feeding habits of the adults are important in prolonging their lives. The adults feed on nectar of flowers, like most other butterflies, but a special characteristic of heliconian butterflies is that they can also feed on pollen.
Most butterflies can only sip fluids with their specialized mouth parts, but the heliconian butterflies take some pollen as well as nectar. Their saliva enables them to dissolve the pollen and to take their nutrients. Pollen is very nutritious, rich in proteins, unlike nectar which contains almost no proteins, just sugars. This diet allows the butterflies to prolong their lives and also enables them to continue producing eggs for several months. As a consequence they are more dependent on flowers than other types of butterflies and this makes them good pollinators.
Again, my addition - Here the Zebra is feeding on a Firebush.
I'll add a photo showing the full wing below. If you increase the photo above you can see the red dots close to the body of the Zebra.
Den Pilz Honiggelber Hallimasch (Armillaria mellea) findet man in Gärten und Parks, aber auch in Wäldern, als gefährlichen Baumparasit oder an Totholz oder Baumstümpfen von der faulenden organischen Substanz lebend. Er enthält Giftstoffe, die sich aber beim längeren Erhitzen (Kochen, Braten) zersetzen. Er ist also für den Rohverzehr ungeeignet (ähnlich wie rohe Bohnen!). In manchen Regionen ist er ein beliebter Speisepilz.
Die Hallimasche im Bild wurden in einem Laubmischwald an Baumstümpfen gefunden.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honiggelber_Hallimasch
The honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) can be found in gardens and parks, but also in forests, as a dangerous tree parasite or living on dead wood or tree stumps from decaying organic matter. It contains toxins, but they decompose when heated for a longer period of time (cooking, frying). It is therefore unsuitable for raw consumption (similar to raw beans!). In some regions it is a popular edible mushroom.
The honey fungus in the picture were found on tree stumps in a mixed deciduous forest.
This is a very old photo that for some reason had been labeled as private in my photostream, all I did was change its status, I have not re-released it, my apologies if it has appeared as a "new" post, I would not have done it if I'd known as this is some really early work that does not represent my current output. Sorry for the inconvenience.
location: North America, Europe
edibility: Deadly
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem, Volva on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground
Amanita muscaria (L. ex Fr.) Hooker Fly Agaric, Amanite tue-mouches, Fausse Oronge Roter Fliegenpilz Cap 8–20cm across, globose or hemispherical at first then flattening, bright scarlet covered with distinctive white pyramidal warts which may be washed off by rain leaving the cap almost smooth and the colour fades. Stem 80–180×10–20mm, white, often covered in shaggy volval remnants as is the bulbous base, the white membranous ring attached to the stem apex sometimes becoming flushed yellow from the pigment washed off the cap. Flesh white, tinged red or yellow below the cap cuticle, Taste pleasant, smell faint. Gills free, white. Spore print white. Spores broadly ovate, nonamyloid, 9.5–10.5×7–8µ. Habitat usually with birch trees, Season late summer to late autumn. Common. Deadly poisonous. It contains many different toxins see below. Distribution, America and Europe.
This is one of the easiest species to recognize and describe, and consequently its properties have been well documented for centuries. The common name Fly Agaric comes from the practice of breaking the cap into platefuls of milk, used since medieval times to stupefy flies. It is a strong hallucinogen and intoxicant and was used as such by the Lapps. In such cases the cap is dried and swallowed without chewing. The symptoms begin twenty minutes to two hours after ingestion. The central nervous system is affected and the muscles of the intoxicated person start to pull and twitch convulsively, followed by dizzines and a death-like sleep. During this stage the mushrooms are often vomited but nevertheless the drunkenness and stupor continue. While in this state of stupor, the person experiences vivid visions and on waking is usually filled with elation and is physically very active. This is due to the nerves being highly stimulated, the slightest effort of will producing exaggerated physical effects, e.g. the intoxicated person will make a gigantic leap to clear the smallest obstacle. The Lapps may have picked up the habit of eating the Fly Agaric through observing the effects of the fungus on reindeer, which are similarly affected. Indeed, they like it so much that all one has to do to round up a wandering herd is to scatter pieces of Fly Agaric on the ground. Another observation the Lapps made from the reindeer was that the intoxicating compounds in the fungus can be recycled by consuming the urine of an intoxicated person. The effects of consuming this species are exceedingly unpredictable; some people remain unaffected while others have similar, or different, symptoms to those above, and at least one death is attributed to A. muscaria. This unpredictability is due to the fungus containing different amounts of the toxins ibotenic acid and muscimol according to season, method of cooking and ingestion, as well as the subject’s state of mind. Ibotenic acid is mostly concentrated in the coloured skin of the cap. This very unstable compound rapidly degrades on drying to form muscimol which is five to ten times more potent. Traditionally, where A. muscaria is used as an inebriant, it is the dried cap which is taken.
info by Roger Phillips:
Zygaena trifolii és una espècie d'arna diürna de mida petita (envergadura 3-4 cm). Les seves característiques més destacables són les seves antenes dentades i la seva coloració aposemàtica (coloració d'advertència). Les ales són de color negre metàl·lic, cada una amb 5 taques vermelles, que la distingeix de la seva congènere la gitaneta (Z. filipendulae) que presenta 6 taques en cada ala.[1] La mida de les seves ales és de 2,8 cm a 3,8 cm.[2]
Contingut
1Hàbitat
2Característiques
3Cicle de vida
4Referències
Hàbitat
Normalment la trobem al sud de la Gran Bretanya,[2] Europa i les costes de Marroc.[3]
Característiques
Tots els integrants de la família Zygaenidae són capaços de sintetitzar àcid cianhídric, un potent verí que els serveix de protecció enfront de l'atac de petits depredadors, com aus o rèptils. Quan un depredador provi el desagradable gust d'una Zygaena, els seus colors d'advertència serviran de record per a l'animal, que en el futur evitarà atacar animals amb una morfologia similar. Per tant les diferents espècies de Zygaena desenvolupen una coloració similar que els proporciona una defensa contra els seus depredadors. Aquesta estratègia es coneix com a mimetisme müllerià. L'aspecte més interessant és que l'àcid cianhídric no és adquirit de les seves plantes nutrícies com passa en la majoria d'insectes fitòfags, sinó que és sintetitzat pel propi animal usant com a matèries primeres els cianoglucòsids linamarina i lotaustralina.[1]
Cicle de vida
Les erugues s'alimenten del "gran trèvol pota d'ocell" (Lotus pedunculatus), groc i generalment vertical i per tant molt més alt. El gran trèvol pota d'ocell es produeix només a les prades humides. La Zigaena trifolii hiverna (de vegades durant dos hiverns) com una larva; es converteix en pupa a principis d'estiu dins d'un capoll unit a un bri d'herba.[2]
Referències
«Zygaena trifolii» (en castellà). [Consulta: 8 desembre 2014].
«La zygaena trifolii» (en anglès). [Consulta: 8 desembre 2014].
«La papallona Zygaena Trifolii → Distribució» (en castellà). [Consulta: 8 desembre 2014].
Bases de dades taxonòmiques
BOLD BioLib Dyntaxa FE IN NCBI
Categoria: Zigènids viquipedia dixit
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
All 43 species of Australian zygaenids are commonly known as foresters and belong to the tribe Artonini. The only nonendemic species in Australia is Palmartona catoxantha, a Southeast Asian pest species which is believed to be already present in Australia or likely to arrive soon.[1]
Contents
1Description
2Evolution
3Economic importance
4Selected taxa
5See also
6References
7External links
Description
Zygaenid moths are typically day flying with a slow, fluttering flight, and with rather clubbed antennae. They generally have a metallic sheen and often prominent spots of red or yellow. The bright colours are a warning to predators that the moths are distasteful - they contain hydrogen cyanide (HCN) throughout all stages of their life cycle. Unlike most insects with such toxins, they obtain glucosides from the plants they utilize so that HCN can be used as a defence.[2] However, they are capable of making HCN themselves, and when in an environment poor in cyanide-producing plants, synthesize it themselves.[3] They are known to have mimicry complexes based on these toxins.[4]
Larvae are stout and may be flattened. A fleshy extension of the thorax covers the head. Most feed on herbaceous plants, but some are tree feeders. Larvae in two subfamilies, Chalcosiinae and Zygaeninae, have cavities in which they store the cyanide, and can excrete it as defensive droplets.[5]
Evolution
The fossil species Neurosymploca? oligocenica, belonging to the subfamily Zygaeninae, is known from Lower Stampian (Early Oligocene) deposits in Céreste, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.[6] Lepidopterans with preserved structural coloration from the Eocene (~47 Ma) shales of the Messel Pit, Germany, are suggested to be zygaenids, and more specifically procridines due to wing venation patterns.[7]
Economic importance
The grapeleaf skeletonizer can be a problem in vineyards, feeding on foliage and can also be found feeding on Virginia creeper.
Selected taxa
Satin-green forester (Pollanisus viridipulverulenta) found in most of Australia (including temperate Tasmania)
Genera incertae sedis include:
Acoloithus
Harrisina
Pyromorpha
Reissita
Seryda
Tetraclonia
Triprocris
Pest species include:
Almond-tree leaf skeletonizer moth (Aglaope infausta)
Vine bud moth (Theresimima ampellophaga)
Grapeleaf skeletonizer (Harrisina americana)
South European species:
Zygaena fausta
UK species:
Scarce forester (Jordanita globulariae)
Cistus forester (Adscita geryon)
Green forester (Adscita statices)
Scotch burnet (Zygaena exulans)
Slender Scotch burnet (Zygaena loti)
New Forest burnet (Zygaena viciae)
Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
Five-spot burnet (Zygaena trifolii)
Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)
Transparent burnet (Zygaena purpuralis)
African species:
Fire grid burnet (Arniocera erythopyga)
Extinct species:
Neurosymploca? oligocenica Fernández-Rubio & Nel, 2000 (Lower Stampian, Céreste, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France)
See also
List of zygaenid genera wkipedia dixit
Drowsy caterpillars are transforming into moths with a cunning skill - producing their own cyanide.
Plump in their yellow cocoons, caterpillars of six-spot burnet moths have been pupating in the Museum grounds.
And this common British species has started to emerge, complete with eye-catching red and black wings.
The red spots are a sign of a deadly talent. The moths are able to produce hydrogen cyanide - a chemical compound that gives them a bad taste and, in large quantities, can kill a predator.With dark, faintly iridescent forewings bearing six bright red spots, the burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) are easy to spot against green grass.
The species is widespread in Britain and Europe, and it has hydrogen cyanide at every stage of its life cycle.The caterpillar food is birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a grassland plant that grows in the Wildlife Garden. When caterpillars feed on its leaves, they are able to metabolise toxins found inside the plant for their own use, without being harmed.
If the caterpillars do not get enough hydrogen cyanide from their food, they can produce it themselves.
The cyanide is also used as a mating tactic. Females can release plumes of the chemical, which is likely to combine with normal sexual pheromones and help attract males. Males can also transfer the cyanide to a female during mating.The six-spot burnet moth thrives in grassland, and visitors to the Museum will be able to see it fly and lay eggs during July and August.
Caterpillars will then start feeding in autumn, before hibernating through the winter and pupating next spring.
Unlike many species of nocturnal moths, the six-spot burnet is active during the day, relying on its striking wings to warn off predators.
Der Wiedehopf ist der Vogel des Jahres 2022. Zur Wahl stehen immer die Verlierer, also Vögel die stark in ihrem Bestand gefährdet sind. Der Wiedehopf soll hier auf den Insektenschwund durch Gifte und die intensivierte Landwirtschaft aufmerksam machen.
Das Bild ist schon etwas älter und leider bislang das einzige Mal, dass ich einen Wiedehopf gesehen habe.
The Hoopoe is the Bird of the Year 2022. The choice is always with the losers, i.e. birds that are highly endangered in their populations. The Hoopoe is intended to draw attention to the insect loss caused by toxins and intensified agriculture.
The picture is a bit older and unfortunately so far the only time I ever saw a Hoopoe.
The Rice Paper butterfly, also called the Paper Kite butterfly, Wood Nymph, or Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95 to 110 cm across.
The larval wood nymphs are similar to monarch caterpillars in that they feed on plants in the Apocenaceae (dogbane) and Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) families. Like the monarchs, giant wood nymphs are distasteful to predators and derive this protection from toxins produced by their host plants.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Koalas typically inhabit open Eucalyptus woodland, as the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. Their eucalypt diet has low nutritional and caloric content and contains toxins that deter most other mammals from feeding on it. Koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to twenty hours a day; I caught this cool Koala when it was taking a well earned nap.
Poison dart frog- Australia Zoo
Poison dart frogs are small, brightly coloured amphibians that live on tropical rainforest floors across Central and South America. They are named for the toxins they secrete from their skin, which have traditionally been used to tips of hunters' weapons
Poison dart frogs come in a range of vivid colours, and so they are sometimes known as the "jewels of the rainforest." Their vibrant colouring warns predators that the frogs are poisonous and should be avoided.
The rice paper butterfly, also called the paper kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95-110mm across.
The larval wood nymphs are similar to monarch caterpillars in that they feed on plants in the Apocenaceae (dogbane) and Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) families. Also like the monarchs, giant wood nymphs are distasteful to predators, and they derive this protection from the toxins produced by their host plants.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
The court house in Santa Barbara, California
Spirit of the Ocean Fountain
The Spirit of the Ocean Fountain is a prominent architectural feature near the great arch of the Courthouse. Years of rain, environmental toxins and exposure had taken their toll on the delicate sandstone, and efforts to reinforce and repair the statues with various fillers had resulted in a badly deformed carving.
With a project team of 15 professionals, and almost a million dollars raised by the Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation, they located a quarry close to the original, cut large blocks from the sandstone, and transported them to the front lawn of the Courthouse to be publically and painstakingly hand carved using many of the original tools.
Completed by Nick Blantern and his team from Britishstone, this combination of ancient carving methods, combined with modern and computer assisted techniques resulted in an amazing replication of this beloved and historic fountain. Fundraising for this project took nearly 6 years, and would not have been possible without the support of Foundations and private donors in the Santa Barbara community.
American Lotus (Nelumbo Lutea) emerge from the shallow waters (unlike water lilies whose flowers and leaves float on the surface) at Sheldon Lake State Park. Trees include bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)..
... and the invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica sebifera, also known as Sapium sebiferum), an aggressive tree in Texas and the Southeatern United States. It is drought AND flood tolerant, grows in a variety of soil and light conditions, and it provides a wonderful fall display of yellow, orange and red. Too successful, its leaves even produce a toxin that prohibits other plants from growing around it (reason enough to eliminate this volunteer from your garden). So unless you make your own soap or candlewax, consider a native tree instead. It's regrettable to equate success with weediness, in any species.
Floridians has some pretty spectacular insects. You have to go looking for most of them, but it’s hard to miss the eastern Lubber grasshopper.
This giant, slow moving grasshopper’s bright orange, yellow and red colors are a warning that it contains toxins and will make any potential predator sick. If for any reason, you fail to heed the color warning and pick it up, the grasshopper makes a loud hissing noise and secretes an irritating foul-smelling foamy spray.
These 4-inch grasshoppers are too large and toxic for most natural predators, so they don’t need to move fast. Lubbers cannot fly far, and travel in short clumsy hops, or walk and crawl slowly through the vegetation. They feed on broadleaf plants and can become a nuisance when swarms invade residential areas and feast on garden plants. Lubbers seem to be unaffected by most insecticides, and according to experts at the University of Florida, if they become a garden pest, the best way to get rid of them is to stamp on them, or ‘hand pick’ them and drown them in a bucket of soapy water.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
I went to this Greenland about 15 minutes away, where was very close to my house I used to live, but, I didn't discover it till 30 years later. Anyway, I was looking for damselflies to shoot, but, NO, they're gone. Instead, I found some fungus to shoot.
"Culinary notes
Laetiporus sulphureus is generally rated as a good edible fungus (unless growing on wood such as Yew, which itself contains dangerous toxins that could be taken up by the fungus); however, it is best picked when young and moist.
A popular way of cooking this fungus is to cut it into slices, brush them with oil, and then fry them in breadcrumbs; serve with lemon juice. The taste is quite like chicken; however, although most people find this a good edible species a small minority find that it causes feelings of nausea. If frozen (uncooked), this fungus retains most of its flavour, and so it is a good species for storing in preparation for the winter months."
Green and Black poison dart frogs are small amphibians about 4 cm (1.5 inches) long. They have poison glands on the surface of their body, and toxins are produced by their diet in the wild. Their bright colours and bold markings are believed to discourage predators. Poison dart frogs are also known as poison arrow frogs.
They get this name because hunters living in the rainforest traditionally used the frogs’ skin toxins on their darts and arrows. Some frogs are more poisonous than others. The toxins come from the ants or other insects they eat in the wild. Captive-bred poison dart frogs are not toxic due to their different diet.
I did not use a macro lens here but used a telephoto and still ran away so fast.
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Bugs don't get much more beautiful than this bright shiny dogbane beetle! It's scientific name means "made of gold" and depending on the angle of view I guess you could say that's true. It's favorite food is a plant called dogbane, a cousin to milkweed that is poisonous to dogs, people and most other living things that would eat its leaves. However, dogbane beetles can eat dogbane leaves and sap without getting hurt, storing the toxins in special glands to hurt any potential predator stupid enough to try and eat them. So you can typically see these dazzling beetles sitting right out in plain sight during the summer season. Their larvae feed on dogbane roots so they contain the same dangerous chemicals too.
The rice paper butterfly, also called the paper kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95 to 110 cm across.
The larval wood nymphs are similar to monarch caterpillars in that they feed on plants in the Apocenaceae (dogbane) and Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) families. Also like the monarchs, giant wood nymphs are distasteful to predators, and they derive this protection from the toxins produced by their host plants.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Zebra (Longwing) Heliconia has a boldly striped black and white wing pattern and is aposematic, warning off predators. The zebra longwing butterfly caterpillars eat the leaves of passion flowers. The passion flower contains a toxin that gives the zebra longwing an unpleasant taste and makes it poisonous to predators. We were grateful to be able to see and photograph this non-native species.
Drowsy caterpillars are transforming into moths with a cunning skill - producing their own cyanide.
Plump in their yellow cocoons, caterpillars of six-spot burnet moths have been pupating in the Museum grounds.
And this common British species has started to emerge, complete with eye-catching red and black wings.
The red spots are a sign of a deadly talent. The moths are able to produce hydrogen cyanide - a chemical compound that gives them a bad taste and, in large quantities, can kill a predator.With dark, faintly iridescent forewings bearing six bright red spots, the burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) are easy to spot against green grass.
The species is widespread in Britain and Europe, and it has hydrogen cyanide at every stage of its life cycle.The caterpillar food is birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a grassland plant that grows in the Wildlife Garden. When caterpillars feed on its leaves, they are able to metabolise toxins found inside the plant for their own use, without being harmed.
If the caterpillars do not get enough hydrogen cyanide from their food, they can produce it themselves.
The cyanide is also used as a mating tactic. Females can release plumes of the chemical, which is likely to combine with normal sexual pheromones and help attract males. Males can also transfer the cyanide to a female during mating.The six-spot burnet moth thrives in grassland, and visitors to the Museum will be able to see it fly and lay eggs during July and August.
Caterpillars will then start feeding in autumn, before hibernating through the winter and pupating next spring.
Unlike many species of nocturnal moths, the six-spot burnet is active during the day, relying on its striking wings to warn off predators.
Many shield bugs secrete a sweet smelling liquid when they are in danger. They are usually also pest insects that feed in large groups on all kinds of plants in fields and fields. Many farmer toxins no longer work. They especially like cotton, corn, soybeans, ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and weeds.
Flowers: Betonica officinalis
Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula. Other names for the flower include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, and impala lily. Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions.
Adenium obesum produces a sap in its roots and stems that contains cardiac glycosides. This sap is used as arrow poison for hunting large game throughout much of Africa and as a fish toxin. 35710
Queen Anne's Lace flowers grow in abundance and that makes me very happy..The flowers are arranged in small clusters, tightly packed together in an umbrella-like shape (umbel) with a flat top
Oftentimes, there will also be one purple flower at the center of the umbel. In Daucus carota, the amount of toxin overall is small, though it has been known to cause a slight intoxication to grazing large mammals, like cattle and horses, when ingested.
Skin contact with Daucus carota foliage, especially wet foliage, or contact with the cell sap can cause skin irritation.
トリカブト、鳥兜, A helmet (Kabuto) of a bird
A mountain flower having a strong cardiac toxin
Taken on the Mt, Nyukasa, approximately 1,800m above sea level
All that suffering
The constant anxiety
The feeling of being surrounded
by terrible people who
only care about themselves.
The devastation of how we treat our animals
or the cruel Earth we’ll leave behind
The sickness off our souls
The worst of us when
We had so much potential
Let it all out
the rage of how men
still gain control over women’s bodies.
How we’re losing control over our autonomy
and our democracy.
Let it all out
the sadness that comes from racism
from profit over people
from homophobia and greed
No one can bear it for very long.
Let it all out
The way we treat those who aren’t able bodied
or young as if they are useless.
Or the way necessities are the most
expensive to those who are poor.
Let it all out
How humans still insist on
a gender assigned at birth and
are ruled by a faulty biology and
not by the will and the spirit.
You can’t keep all those toxins inside of you.
You don’t need to be beautiful.
You just need to be honest
and real with yourself in a surreal world
to devastate the best of us.
La Tristesse Durera Toujours
**All photos and poems are copyrighted**
The Common Crow (Euploea core) is found in Asia and Australia. As caterpillars they feed on Milkweed and Oleander, both of which have toxins that protect the caterpillars and butterflies from predators. It's only as butterflies they show their uncommon talent in the field of photography and as hair dressers.
When your country continues to profit off of institutionalized racism, it is not freedom. When your country continues to give guns more rights than humans, that is not freedom. When your country denies people the right to body autonomy, that is not freedom. When your country does not provide a safe space for non Christians to attend public school, that is not freedom. When your country actively suppresses voting rights, primarily in those neighborhoods where African Americans, Natives, and Latinx humans live, that is not freedom. When your country allows corporations to oppress its workers and release toxins that lead to disease and death into the air and drinking water, valuing profit over human safety, that is not freedom.
When your country urges you to look up to your forefathers as heroes and these same people owned humans, you have to challenge this notion. When your country criticizes you for protesting and fighting for those who committed treason to be held accountable, you need to speak up. When your country continues to cause danger abroad and at home for immigrants, you need to realize this is unjust and fight for change.
This is my United States of American flag photo. It's an untitled work by Nick Cave from 2018. art21.org/artist/nick-cave/
**All photos are copyrighted**
The rice paper butterfly, also called the paper kite butterfly, wood nymph, or tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a distinctive black and white butterfly. The wingspan is 95-110mm across.
The larval wood nymphs are similar to monarch caterpillars in that they feed on plants in the Apocenaceae (dogbane) and Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) families. Also like the monarchs, giant wood nymphs are distasteful to predators, and they derive this protection from the toxins produced by their host plants.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
In contrast to mimicry, where an individual tries to go unnoticed, the opposite strategy is called aposematism, from apos, far away, and sema, sign.
It is about being visible, with bright colours that denote toxicity, in this case the toxin is taken from its nutrient plant, Euphorbia sp.
It is a "species-level" defence. A "novice" predator will try to eat it but will give up because of the discomfort it will cause, perhaps simply because of the bad taste.
The predator has learned, and may pass on this lesson. The caterpillar "at the individual level" will have died, but "its sacrifice" will help the rest of its species to survive because the "taught predator" will not try again.
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Al contrario que el mimetismo, donde un individuo intenta pasar desapercibido, la estrategia contraria se denomina aposematismo, de apos, lejos, y sema, señal.
Se trata de mostrarse visible, con colores vivos que denotan toxicidad, en este caso la toxina la toman de su planta nutricia, la Euphorbia sp.
Es una defensa "a nivel de especie". Un depredador "novato" intentará comérsela pero desistirá debido a las molestias que le producirá, quizá simplemente el mal sabor.
El depredador ha aprendido, y quizá transmita esta enseñanza. La oruga "a nivel de individuo" habrá muerto, pero "su sacrificio" servirá para que el resto de su especie sobreviva ya que el "depredador enseñado" no lo volverá a intentar.
Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula. Other names for the flower include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, and impala lily. Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions.
Adenium obesum produces a sap in its roots and stems that contains cardiac glycosides. This sap is used as arrow poison for hunting large game throughout much of Africa and as a fish toxin. 35296
Parc Monceau es un encantador parque cerca del Arco de Triunfo. Tiene muchos caminos y un largo sin asfaltar de jogging, ideal para correr.
Ricino: Las semillas son muy tóxicas, por la presencia de una albúmina llamada ricina, ya que basta la ingestión de unas pocas, masticadas o tragadas, para que se produzca un cuadro de intensa gastroenteritis con deshidratación; puede dañar gravemente el hígado y el riñón e incluso producir la muerte. Es una de las toxinas biológicas más potentes que se conocen.