Avalon’s winter lights
The cat playing with the twinkle lights. "Mom are all of the lighting bugs for me?" -Avalon
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16 November
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09 July
0Comments Cooley spruce gall
The galls of the Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid, Adelges cooleyi, easily pass for cones. They are numerous, and located mostly at the tips of branches. The creature that makes them is related to aphids, but in the family Adelgidae. The trees are rarely harmed.
12 June
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07 June
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Art Wall in Topanga Canyon, CA Great California VW Beetle Convertible Volkswagen motion blur
22 April
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We went for a walk along Bournemouth beach today. I took hundreds of shots & really struggled to choose one as my shot of the day for , so had to get my other half to pick one. I do like the colours in this, and …
06 April
0Comments Leaf gall on oak
This amazing little ball is a growth produced by a wasp in the genus Acraspis (family Cynipidae). Gall wasps are tiny, stingless wasps that stimulate abnormal growths of cells in the host plant. A larval wasp eats and grows inside.
10 March
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Water Crickets live among vegetation or on the surface of still, or slow moving water. They belong to the family ‘Veliidae’ of which there are 500 species! I was lucky to get this shot because I only spotted it last minute and it didn’t hang around long enough for more …
07 March
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30 January
0Comments Otiorhynchus nodosus – öronvivel
The colors at the beetles of family Curculionidae are highly variable depending on species, as well as size. The largest and most colorful vivlarna found in the tropics.
19 December
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I think nearly every plant must have a gall-maker. This cottony mass is made by a fruit fly in the genus Aciurina (family Tephritidae). The host here is Rubber Rabbitbrush.