Beetle

Beetle 2011 Jane Walton porcelain Wunderkammer exhibition, Leeper Library, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, December 2011-March 2012.

Beetle 2011 Jane Walton porcelain Wunderkammer exhibition, Leeper Library, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, December 2011-March 2012.

One in a series of wind-up space bugs. This one is kind of an astronaut beetle. Made by Marx Toys 1968

Macro Mondays theme: Edge Pinks this sessions new colour. Shes on the cutting edge of fashion. Looked for a Ladybird/bug (depending on what side of the pond you are on) all last summer and didnt find one. here we are on the edge of spring 2012 in Ireland and one …

I interrupted Kodi’s nap. He was sunning himself and was not happy I was bugging him. I was able to get him mid yawn.

These blister-like growths are called "rough oak bullet galls," and they are produced when a wasp in the genus Disholcaspis (Cynipidae), lays her eggs in the twigs of an oak tree (Quercus gambelii in this instance). Most trees are gall-free, but one or two will be covered in such warty …

The Mossy Rose Gall is well-named. Produced by the egg-laying acitivies of the wasp Diplolepis rosae, they rarely harm the plant much. Galls persist even after they have served their function of shelter and food for the wasp’s larval offspring.

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse in South Portland, Maine — digital effects added with AKVIS Sketch.

Not much to say about this really… this was a shot done in 30 seconds lol, literally, with no planning what-so-ever. Just a uh… "here, this looks good, lean against here, look there, think this" *click* and done. There’s something about the colour here that is bugging the bejesus out …

Pine beetle impacts can be seen in multiple areas of Takla Territory. Forestry and other industrial development (such as mining) are currently underway in Takla Territory.