Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2009

Beautiful critter

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Once again, my open window policy has paid off. This curiously patterned moth has been hanging about in my kitchen, where the portable air c...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Giant four-eyes

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One byproduct of my new portable air conditioner now at home in the kitchen is that it was necessary to remove the window screen so the exha...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

A surprise from the freezer

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Strange (and wondrous) events follow in the footsteps of one's Sson, when he is an ecologist. As an example, today I decided that I shou...
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Monday, October 06, 2008

The beauty of bugs

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A curious -- and welcome -- side effect of the digital revolution in photography -- ever more people are discovering the insect world. Cause...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Mid-summer munchies

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Plants are prospering with our sun and rains. And, the more they prosper, the yummier they get. This poor petunia, complete to root plug, wa...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Gifts of winter

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Not that winter is my favorite season, mind you. Oh, no -- I'm still in the process of shaking down a new heating system that's chal...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Late Call for Critters?

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A week, 10 days have elapsed since I photographed the critters on this page. But the climate has changed. No, at my elevation (5400 ft.), th...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Screen Critters

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We all know that the reason for window screens is to keep the creepy-crawlies out. In my world, there's another reason: to provide a lan...
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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Four Portraits Plus an Insect Circle

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When the moth settled down on my keyboard space bar, it was picture taking time! One of several recent insect portraits, tho this has not b...
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