Bugs

11 February
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Cereal leaf beetle on ice crystals( and spot the green mite!)

Cereal leaf beetle on ice crystals( and spot the green mite!)

Oulema melanopus. I got quite excited with this find today. When I put the photos on the laptop I also noticed I had again missed yet another green mite!

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30 January
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Otiorhynchus nodosus – öronvivel

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.

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29 January
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Enjoying oneself

Enjoying oneself

That’s what today has been about. Started out my morning on the treadmill and managed 5 miles in 58 minutes 11 seconds. Would be thrilled about that if not needing to do 13.1 miles soon. But followed that up with a wonderful lunch out with Hadley. Then an afternoon on …

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08 January
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Hitchhiker

Hitchhiker

Just for fun … this female pondhawk landed on my flipflop as I was walking in the yard this summer. Pondhawks will often follow me around like cattle egrets do – hoping I’ll stir up a bug they can pounce on. These small dragonflies are fierce predators. I’ve still got …

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28 December
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Conquistador camp

Conquistador camp

I’ve started tagging if anyone else wants to help tag items please do so. Use the button Action , then select Tag option.

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19 December
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Gall on rabbitbrush

Gall on rabbitbrush

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.

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30 November
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‘just married’

'just married'

VW 1960 single cab pick-up. Wedding theme make-over by Cheo.

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30 November
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Another ladybug ;p

Another ladybug ;p

Just practicing macro and there seemed to be an endless supply of ladybugs… Also, I am aware that there is a typo with an extra ‘n’ XD I was typing in the dark.. I’ll fix it when I feel less lazy, ahaha.

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24 October
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My tribute to my vw bug

My tribute to my vw bug

I had my bug for almost 12 years but the time came when, because of it drinking petrol like it was going out of fashion, we had to sell it. :( last saturday was such a sad day, I will miss it, but it still has a little place in …

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17 October
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Fifty four

Fifty four

54/365 Today, I found a lady bug. ULRICH

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