Bugs, bees and beasties- Bio-diversity matters

[Fungus]

Today I finally succeeded in photographing a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in hovering flight while sticking its proboscis into a garden flower to collect nectar from it.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

isnt evolution wonderful, to produce a moth with such a resemblance to a bird.

 

wonderful image gerrit

[Fungus]

saw these tadpole acting like ants

 

Rob,

Last week, high up in the Austrian Alps, there were two shallow ponds with lots of small tadpoles of the Alpine salamander (Salamandra atra). Last year I met two adults, one of which continuously was climbing up my shoes, because it was the only warm and dry spot in the wet grasslands surrounding us .

[David Goss]

Heres some of mine i hope you like:001_smile:

[David Goss]

oops maybe i will try that again

[David Goss]

dammit i shouldnt do this drunk i suppose:001_rolleyes:

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67489&stc=1&d=1307816611

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67490&stc=1&d=1307816611

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67491&stc=1&d=1307816611

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67492&stc=1&d=1307816611

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67493&stc=1&d=1307816611

 

Ok lets try that now...

[David Goss]

Another attempt at a few more... heres hoping:001_tt2:

[David Humphries]

Old wasp nest I came across today.

 

 

What amazing structures they truly are

 

The struts spacing the floors of the nest are so cool

 

Fantastic engineering

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Old wasp nest I came across today.

 

 

What amazing structures they truly are

 

The struts spacing the floors of the nest are so cool

 

Fantastic engineering

 

 

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lovely tensile triangles in the struts:thumbup1:

 

wait till you get a view of a bumbles nest, columns made of wax and pollen, smell and look like candy as they layer different colours of pollen as the seasons flowers change. it broke my heart when i realised what i had done having already done the damage.

 

this is what it means to feel natural empathy, by the way.

[David Humphries]

lovely tensile triangles in the struts:thumbup1:

 

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yep, I see it

 

 

 

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