Category Archives: bugs

July goulash

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Alistair

This is an end-of-the-month collection of images, none of which has had a posting of its own. An adult Great Blue Heron flies by. A Bank Swallow parent flies in to feed a demanding chick. In July this has … Continue reading →

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Frustrated damselflies

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Alistair

It has been a frustrating season for damselfly couples: It seems that there is a shortage of suitable housing in which to raise a new family. Usually by the end of July, damselflies have found partners, mated, flown off together, … Continue reading →

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June goulash

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Alistair

This is an end-of-the-month collection of images, none of which has had a posting of its own. A cinnamon-coloured Black Bear eyes an intruder in its territory. For a female Osprey to be lifting her tail this late in … Continue reading →

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Spider and fly

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Alistair

“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly. And set his her table ready, to dine upon the Fly.

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Supplying chick food

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Alistair

Sigh…. This is my first posting in nearly a week. My blog was hacked by sleaze merchants, and for an hour was promoting junk pharmaceuticals before I took everything offline. It required a professional to muck out the barn. … Continue reading →

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Breakfast bugs

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Alistair

Birds meet the dawn hungry. Here are two that chose bugs for breakfast. The birds, I know; the bugs, I do not. Song Sparrow. Killdeer

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Beast with two heads

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Alistair

The beast with two heads is meant to evoke Iago’s remark about the beast with two backs (Othello Act 1, Scene 1, ll. 126-127), for like the bard’s beast, this butterfly with two heads is a copulating pair. The blending wings of … Continue reading →

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Clearwing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Alistair

This has to be one of the neatest bugs ever. It hovers over flowers sipping nectar like a hummingbird, but it looks like a giant bumble bee. It is neither bird, bee, nor fly. Rather, this oddity is a daytime-flying moth with … Continue reading →

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Small fliers

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Alistair

Recently, I wrote about the difficulty of taking a picture of a Spring Azure in flight. The motivation was to capture the lovely blue upper wings that become apparent during flight. However, capturing a close image of any insect in flight … Continue reading →

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Crane Fly mating

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Alistair

As I wander about the yard watching the progress of spring, I ofttimes have seen the frenetic flight of Giant Crane Flies, but my photographic skills were not able to match their rapidity. I managed a picture of one … Continue reading →

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