spacecadet Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Just now, Allan Bell said: What happened to my little friend after his house arrest? Allan Evicted. But he'll be back. We encourage spiders. One lived in our wing mirror for years. I have some amazing video of one trussing up a wasp in the kitchen the other summer. Didn't have a chance. Whiz, whiz, cocoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, spacecadet said: Evicted. But he'll be back. We encourage spiders. One lived in our wing mirror for years. I have some amazing video of one trussing up a wasp in the kitchen the other summer. Didn't have a chance. Whiz, whiz, cocoon. Ah. Pleased to hear that. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Ah. Pleased to hear that. Allan Oh we wouldn't lay a finger on most things. Even leave the wasps to the spiders as you know. Ants in the house get short shrift though and the electric tennis racquet does a great number on mossies and bluebottles. Crack, smoke, gone🤩 Anyway Hercule was pretty massive. Need a complete Sunday Times to make a dent on his carapace, I think. Edited August 19, 2020 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 You have got to remember, "Beauty in the eye of the beholder". Have a good life. Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 On 20/08/2020 at 18:23, Alan Beastall said: You have got to remember, "Beauty in the eye of the beholder". Have a good life. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Sally R said: I've recently discovered peacock spiders, a male and female, living in a clump of grass in the backyard. The male does elaborate dance moves to impress the female. I managed to get a photo of him, but not sure if he was just practising or whether there was a female out of sight watching that I couldn't see. I did see a female a few days Excellent images Sally, well done. Peacock spiders are fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Edited August 29, 2020 by Shergar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Don't let anyone tell you you're not handsome... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Nelson Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 One of the recent Monarch butterflies that hatched feeding on Joe-Pye weed in our garden. Not nearly as many as last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Catching up on the fantastic images! Beauty in nature is found everywhere, isn’t it? Dave, I have two Monarch cats in my new butterfly cage, but not sure if they are ok. I got them off my swamp milkweed. I haven’t seen them eat all day. I’m being a helicopter mom over them. I have floral tubes holding water to keep the milkweed fresh in the cage. Love your Monarch. Speaking of the milkweed. I go out every day and squish aphids. There was an infestation early on, but hey, I don’t mind yellow fingertips. Aphid guts. It washes off. But I did see an insect similar to a grasshopper (but not one) chomping on the milkweed. I grabbed it in my fist and it bit me. Sharply. I was horrified and jumped like a...er...grasshopper. I won’t do that again. I barely fought off panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: Catching up on the fantastic images! Beauty in nature is found everywhere, isn’t it? Dave, I have two Monarch cats in my new butterfly cage, but not sure if they are ok. I got them off my swamp milkweed. I haven’t seen them eat all day. I’m being a helicopter mom over them. I have floral tubes holding water to keep the milkweed fresh in the cage. Love your Monarch. Speaking of the milkweed. I go out every day and squish aphids. There was an infestation early on, but hey, I don’t mind yellow fingertips. Aphid guts. It washes off. But I did see an insect similar to a grasshopper (but not one) chomping on the milkweed. I grabbed it in my fist and it bit me. Sharply. I was horrified and jumped like a...er...grasshopper. I won’t do that again. I barely fought off panic. Better get checked out for Covid 19. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rabe Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 04:59, gvallee said: Don't let anyone tell you you're not handsome... Love that with the reflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Just now, chris_rabe said: Love that with the reflection. Thanks Chris. It's not the best angle, I would have preferred more sideways, but it was a bit challenging from a moving boat. I got lucky with the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, gvallee said: Thanks Chris. It's not the best angle, I would have preferred more sideways, but it was a bit challenging from a moving boat. I got lucky with the light. I think you nailed it. It's terrifying. No competition from me! A female speckled bush-cricket, leptophytes punctatissima, found on our stained-glass front door and persuaded inside for a sitting. A bit camera-shy after a while, I don't think she liked the modelling light. She would only sit still on this ruler. Nothing like nice clean antennae. Edited September 3, 2020 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rabe Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 sweet little blue tit in the spring in a patch near home that kept me mostly sane during worst of lockdown 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hyde Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 This Robin has been around all summer. He was following me as I was landscaping our garden and I was feeding him worms as I found them. He’s really tame now and I was not much more than an arms length away when I took this.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Steve Hyde said: This Robin has been around all summer. He was following me as I was landscaping our garden and I was feeding him worms as I found them. He’s really tame now and I was not much more than an arms length away when I took this.. Aww, you’ve got a friend! https://tinyurl.com/y4uehckf Edited September 8, 2020 by Betty LaRue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If people haven't seen these already, some are just amazing https://www.birdpoty.co.uk/2020-finalists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Martin L said: If people haven't seen these already, some are just amazing https://www.birdpoty.co.uk/2020-finalists Outstanding images. I like the one of the blackbird feeding a huge bird not of its kind. I kid you not, if a errant egg was laid in the blackbird’s nest, the parents were stuck with feeding an insatiable appetite. Not fair! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 08/09/2020 at 08:21, Steve Hyde said: This Robin has been around all summer. He was following me as I was landscaping our garden and I was feeding him worms as I found them. He’s really tame now and I was not much more than an arms length away when I took this.. It is amazing how many Robins only have one leg. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Allan Bell said: It is amazing how many Robins only have one leg. Allan We have a variety of one-legged birds here. Not just robins. Sometimes I’m a one-legged bird when I’m scratching a mosquito bite on the back of my leg with the other foot. I like to think of myself like this. Graceful. And yes, I’m a bit nosy. In actuality, I’m probably picking my nose on a bad-hair day. Edited September 11, 2020 by Betty LaRue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Not quite nature but transplanted from Holland.....OH's birthday chrysanths. Very yellow. I used this one elsewhere to illustrate the advantages of controlled lighting. This is the LR export from RAW, with no processing as such, only default NR and sharpening, not a slider touched. The colour is spot-on. Edited September 16, 2020 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Niiice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) feeding on grevillea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Not exactly nature but nice all the same. Allan Edited September 21, 2020 by Allan Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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