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Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
A Wheel Bug
A Wheel Bug (not a mis-pronunciation of "Real Bug") is easily identified by the spiny "wheel" on his back. Being 1 1/4 inches long and unusual in appearance, it can be quite intimidating. However it will make every attempt to avoid human contact. If handled, it may emanate a foul odor (it is in the same family as the stink bug) and try to bite.
The bite is more of a sting because it has a syringe-like beak (that reddish thing folded down under his face) that the bug inserts into its victims. It injects a venom which dissolves its prey's insides. In humans, this venom causes a burning sensation (similar to a bee or wasp sting) that lasts several minutes and leaves a wound that can take several weeks to months to heal.
Don't be too quick to shoo them out of the garden though. They are very beneficial because they eat soft bodied pests like caterpillars, aphids, moths, etc. I even read that they may eat Japanese Beetles!! Since we had an issue with Japanese Beetles this year, these bugs are more than welcome. In fact, my husband wants to look into how to encourage more.
They are a slow moving insect and generally won't land on you just to bite you. If one happens to land on you, gently brush it off. Once you know they have taken up residence, make sure you watch out for them when working in your garden.
Now that you've been educated on this nifty bug, check out all the other macro shoots here.
Celebration
5th on the Sweetsauer Photo Hunt #2
Well, this is actually after the celebration. The goats & pigs got out of the yard and there was a big ruckus and much cheering. The farmers rounded them all up and then the sheep settled down - I guess a better title would be "The Party's Over".
Cockatiel
Although cockatiels are part of the parrot order, they are better at imitating whistles than speech. They may learn to whistle different tunes. Although they can learn words, the only understandable parts of the words are the inflections, while the consonants are not easily discernible. Their whistles and other mimicking sounds such as 'lip-smacking' and 'tutting' are almost perfect imitations of the sounds their owners make. Although some cockatiels do learn to repeat phrases, males are generally better at mimicry than females. It is said that some females cannot "talk" simple words and this is true, it mostly occurs in males. Cockatiel speech often comes out as a "whistle" when they do annunciate, the voice being soft in volume and difficult to make out. Cockatiels can mimic many sounds, such as the bleep of a car alarm, a ringing telephone, the sound of a zipper, the beeping of cell phones or microwaves, or the calls of other bird species such as blue jays or chickadees and loud weather like thunder. They can also mimic other pets such as dogs, occasionally barking back.
Grasshopper
Insect: Grasshopper
The grasshopper is found worldwide and is one of the larger types of insect, with most grasshopper being about 2 inches long. The grasshopper has wings meaning it can migrate large distances when the weather gets too cold.
There are 11,000 thousand known species of grasshopper on Earth, that live in grassy areas and forests. The grasshopper is known for being able to jump extraordinary distances.
The grasshopper is also a stable food source for many creatures around the world including reptiles and birds. It is common for humans to eat grasshoppers in places like Asia and South America where the bigger grasshopper are, and there is a less readily available alternative protein source.
From the Inside Out . . .
My blog, my photo library . . .
"Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the Outside In . . .
Since this blog is my photo library and it's the opposite view of From the Inside Out, I thought this was still appropriate."Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Which Came First?
Nick: Here's a thought. Why don't we get an egg and start our own chicken farm? That way we'd have all the eggs we could eat.Fetcher: Right. We'll need a chicken, then.
Nick: No... no, we'll need an egg. You have the egg first, that's where you get the chicken from.
Fetcher: No, that's cobblers. If you don't have a chicken, where are you going to get the egg?
Nick: From the chicken that comes from the egg.
Fetcher: Yeah, but you have to have an egg to have a chicken.
Nick: Yeah, but you've got to get the chicken first to get the egg, and then you get the egg... to get the chicken out of...
Fetcher: Hang on, let's go over this again.
From the movie Chicken Run
Red Hen
Cluck, cluck, red hen,have you any eggs?
Yes sir, yes sir,
as many as your legs.
One for your breakfast
and one for your lunch;
Come back tomorrow
and I'll have another bunch.
(variant of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep)
Down on the Farm
This is the first of a series depicting the Pleasantville Farm. It's still in it's infancy. In fact, many of the animals are still babies themselves. Here's one now!
Schroeder
In the world of “Peanuts,” of course, Schroeder was the Beethoven-obsessed music nerd . . .When Schroeder pounded on his piano, his eyes clenched in a trance, the notes floating above his head were no random ink spots dropped into the key of G. Schulz carefully chose each snatch of music he drew and transcribed the notes from the score. More than an illustration, the music was a soundtrack to the strip, introducing the characters’ state of emotion, prompting one of them to ask a question or punctuating an interaction.
Ghost Cat
A mountain lion can drop silently from a height of 60 feet and land running. They can leap 15 feet upward and on flat ground, a lion can spring forward almost 45 feet in one pounce. ~ Extreme Science
Butterfly Wings
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou
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