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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 24, 2020 13:49:51 GMT
Great photo, but rather ominous with the very still moth on that velvety black petunia. I'd take it as an omen if I were you.
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Post by lugg on Jul 24, 2020 20:16:44 GMT
I am quite excited by your pic Mick - I think it is a jersey tiger ? If so nationally scarce |Here is a link butterfly-conservation.org/moths/jersey-tiger( I am doing the Big Butterfly Count at the moment so have umpteen ID apps downloaded)
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 24, 2020 20:55:46 GMT
It certainly looks like it lugg. That’s exciting!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 27, 2020 7:47:10 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 27, 2020 15:32:42 GMT
Beautiful photos. That moth pic is stunning Mick...you orta enter it in this year's countryfile calender competition!
Your honey bee on a pretty white flower (ami?) is perfect Kerouac.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 27, 2020 16:24:45 GMT
Lugg. is 100% correct! It is indeed a Jersey-Tiger. How do I know for sure……during dinner we were watching a program on Dragonflies and in the narration the camera zoomed up on trillions of Jersey-Tiger's which dragonflies love to devour. I never knew Dragonflies are the same today as they were 300 million years ago. Even preceded the dinosaurs.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 27, 2020 16:25:30 GMT
That is a lovely photo Kerouac!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2020 17:56:38 GMT
I didn't know that about dinosaurs either, Tod. Fascinating!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 1, 2020 17:11:40 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 1, 2020 19:48:53 GMT
Cheery!!! You have once again raised the bar on bee pictures!
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Post by tod2 on Aug 2, 2020 10:46:50 GMT
She sure has! National Geographic again!!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 3, 2020 20:20:05 GMT
Ooh I dunno. Lugg has posted some beauties, as has Kerouac.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 17, 2020 15:44:53 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 17, 2020 22:05:57 GMT
Wow ~ the colors, composition, and bokeh in that second picture are really outstanding.
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Post by lugg on Sept 26, 2020 8:55:50 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 26, 2020 11:38:31 GMT
What a capture, Lugg! It takes a picture like this to really appreciate this little guy. It would seem the markings would serve the double purpose of camouflage when perched on bark and of warding off predators with the eye-like dots.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 26, 2020 13:20:31 GMT
Meanwhile, I'm afraid that any pollinator photos from me are finished for at least the next six months... I wonder who pollinates the winter flowers (rare, but they do exist).
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 28, 2021 16:53:30 GMT
starting a new season of bugs...
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Post by lugg on Apr 28, 2021 18:47:26 GMT
Just gorgeous - roll on the warmer months and the return of the pollinators.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 13, 2021 6:43:26 GMT
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Post by lugg on May 15, 2021 19:22:43 GMT
That is really lovely K2
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Post by lugg on May 15, 2021 19:25:36 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2021 3:22:04 GMT
It definitely seems to be constructed differently
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 2, 2021 5:21:58 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 24, 2021 11:09:27 GMT
I don’t know what was so special about this flower.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 24, 2021 20:35:47 GMT
Wow, Mick, wow! Not just a great capture of all those bees at work, but also a super composition and luscious colors.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 25, 2021 9:51:01 GMT
Pure luck as usual but thanks anyway!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 25, 2021 14:46:35 GMT
I have noticed that most bees are not worried about us when we lean in with our cameras, unlike those totally skittish butterflies and various other insects. Bees are too busy with what they are doing.
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Post by lugg on Jun 25, 2021 21:48:29 GMT
Lovely Mick - what plant is it ?>
K2 that beetle is fantastic - I would love to know exactly what it... maybe a green stag horn beetl4e ?? I cant down load the pic for a more accurate id.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2021 3:20:24 GMT
Well, it was very green and had huge wings hiding under the carapace, which I saw when it finally flew away.
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