Bears - _TNY_7101
The stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) in Tyresta National Park were very low, like five cm (2") off the ground in early May, but this fuzzy little eating machine had still gotten started.
Eventually, this one will metamorphosize into a spectacularily beautiful moth known as the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), or great tiger moth, which I would very much like to find and shoot.
The English name is a bit weird though as this one belong to Arctiidae which somehow is called "tiger moths". Why is that weird? Well, the name Arctiidae comes from the Greek "Arctos" meaning "bear" so in other languages like Swedish it's "björnspinnare" (björn = bear) and in German "Bärenspinner" (Bär = bear).
On a sidenote, "The Arctic", the region I mean, is named after this as well so it is litterally "the place with bears - and thus the Antarctic funnily enough is "the place without bears".
Bears - _TNY_7101
The stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) in Tyresta National Park were very low, like five cm (2") off the ground in early May, but this fuzzy little eating machine had still gotten started.
Eventually, this one will metamorphosize into a spectacularily beautiful moth known as the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), or great tiger moth, which I would very much like to find and shoot.
The English name is a bit weird though as this one belong to Arctiidae which somehow is called "tiger moths". Why is that weird? Well, the name Arctiidae comes from the Greek "Arctos" meaning "bear" so in other languages like Swedish it's "björnspinnare" (björn = bear) and in German "Bärenspinner" (Bär = bear).
On a sidenote, "The Arctic", the region I mean, is named after this as well so it is litterally "the place with bears - and thus the Antarctic funnily enough is "the place without bears".