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This is a female pellucid fly (Volucella pellucens) on a flower on the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
So what does "pellucid" mean? Well, the definition is "translucently clear" and it's called that because of the white part of the abdomen, appearing like a clear window (which incidently is why it is called "fönsterblomfluga" - window hoverfly in Swedish).
I noticed last night that this Monarch chrysalis had become translucent... a sure sign that the butterfly inside was about to emerge. So, I can't wait to show you what I found today! (But i will wait, because a project is calling me.)
Monarch butterfly pupa
Danaus plexippus
Kansas, USA. This was the evening a cold front was moving through the area. Unusual wind and wind directions. Think these types of clouds produced the false sun in the previous pictures. The bright spot on this photos is the real sun.
Sculpture by: Alejandro Propato
Artist statement: A red, translucent flower has grown on the coast. Nurtured by the energy of the sea it has reached colossal dimensions. Inside, there is a cozy space where visitors are invited to enter the interior space to take a moment for contemplation.
In serener Bright
In a more golden light
I see
Each little doubt and fear,
Each little discord here
Removed.
-From: "I have a Bird in spring"
By Emily Dickinson
A spot of sunlight shows through the translucent wings of a Tree Nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe).
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Backlit light painting and focal stack. Not sure the PhotoShop auto-blending worked very well. Don't miss the detail in this one! www.flickr.com/photos/kerrinjon/50246649971/sizes/6k/
Apologies to anyone who isn't fond of bugs..
The trap is shaped like a little red apple - approx. 2.25" diameter - and seems fairly effective. I used the supplied liquid in one but followed a hunch based on the smell (later backed up by a little online searching) and put apple cider vinegar - with a few drops of dish detergent to break the surface tension - in the other. My homemade liquid seems to work just about as well as the commercial one, so I'll just keep using the containers. We have a whole bottle of apple cider vinegar... :)
The liquid that came with the kits says it's enough for 90 days - the instructions say to use half the bottle in each apple, and that's supposed to last for 45 days. BUT...it's evaporating very quickly. I've nearly used up the bottle keeping ONE trap supplied for a week.
Image made in response to the Macro Mondays group's July 20 theme, "Translucent."
This is a very small blue glass bottle; the photographed area is approximately 2.25 inches.
Spectra wears DOTD Lagoona shoes. I adore these, they are up in my top 5 MH shoes. So pretty. Impossible to stand in tho.
Couldn't resist posting another shot from my Translucent MM session. This one has a patterned silk scarf underneath the organza.
Explored on 29th July 2026 for July's Explore Takeover theme: Orange, position 16. Another 2 of my shots got chosen as well morning coffee [Explored] in position 142 and Stop... Wait... Go... [Explored] in position 324.
An "x-ray" of a tree's leaves in Central Park :)
Um "raio-x" das folhas de uma árvore do Central Park :)
Nikon F90X, Ilford Pan 400, developed in Rodinal 1:25 @ 22° for 4m50s, agitated every minute. Scanned on Epson V600.
One of the test shots on my 'new' F90X that I picked up for 30 quid.
When this weeks theme was proposed I set out with the intention of taking an image of backlit leaves. Though when walking through the woods during the last hour of sunlight it struck me that the forest itself is translucent. It allows some light to pass through down to the forest floor but not all light. Some is obscured by dense canopy above. So here is an image of a translucent fern lit by the sun through a translucent forest.