Friday Night Photos Small World Vol 2 Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 5:00pm
Happy Friday Everyone. As always, post any photos you like.
Here's some of the little critters I was able to find while looking through the leaves during a walk through the Balboa Park rose garden last week.
Firey Skipper
Newly emerged Lady Bug
Lady in waiting. Lady Bug larva
Hover Fly
Aphids
Unknown
Unknown
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My baby critter
all about my yard, outside my gate. He is just so damn cute! I am hoping he will join me again this afternoon.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hi, OTC
Your Armadillo is a cute little critter. I hope it stops by for another visit with you.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Me, too.
I have not seen one out that time of day since I was a kid, unless they are a baby that has been separated from Mommy. This one is at least old enough to fend for itself.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Nice JJW selection
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
I go to Luckenbach regularly.
It reeks of JJW.
I just wish I didn't have to go thru Austin and crazy traffic goin' and comin'.
I actually have a trip planned in September. I will take my camera, snap some photos of Lady Byrd Johnson's city park in Fredericksburg.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I know how you feel about large city driving.
I don't care for it either.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
dillos
I hate the dang things! I will grant the cute as dickens part. Especially when you scare them and they jump two feet straight up in the air like a cat.
But you cannot have a vegetable or pollinator garden with them around. All four pups in each litter are all the same sex. The 20 or so cases of Leprosy the CDC reports annually are all people that handle dillos, generally for eating. Roughly 20% of the population is estimated to carry it. You can bounce a .22 round off them too. There are records of people shooting themselves with the ricochet off a dillo. Nine-banded Armadillo is the proper name of these.
be well!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
I had a secretary from California
say 15 years after moving to Texas, she had not seen a live one, only dead ones in the road. There was talk about them becoming near extinct a few years ago.
They eat gardens, tear up yards. Absolutely.
On the other hand, my Dad, a farmer, always grew extra for whatever critters ate the crops. Some for them, lots for us. That is my family philosophy. Nobody, no critter goes hungry.
I trapped a baby several years ago at my office in town, took it to the woods. Let it go for pine cones.
It is so hot, so dry, I expect all kinds of critters to come for food and water.
A huge raccoon caused one of my movement lights in the yard to go off. Coons are a pain. But, I see that they get something.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hi otc
I've seen one armadillo in my life. It was a night on the patio with my dad in Florida, probably smoking cigarettes. We were both speechless as it passed 10 feet in front of us very slowly. It's still a wonderful memory of mine. Enjoy.
Hola OTC, great. I've never seen one in the wild.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Kiddie Kipling story about ’dillo my dad read to me when I was 4
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1294/the-beginning-of-the-...
"Unknown" #1 looks like a melanistic honeybee
Some of the subtypes of the European honeybee are naturally dark in color, and are a matter of local pride to the regions where they dominate, e.g. "British Black Bee", "Native Irish Honey Bee", "Cornish Black Bee", etc. They were once the dominant type of bee in Germany ("German honey bee") but are now rare due to the preference of German beekeepers for a different strain. Notice that it appears to be collecting pollen like a standard-type honeybee.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Hi, TOM
Thanks for the info on European honey bees.
Whatever type of bee it is, it's a pollinator and that's a good thing.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
no bees,
no life. We have lots of honey bees around our bird bath. hope they survive and thrive!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Try to make sure they don't drown themselves
because it's the only moisture they can find.
Great photos SP!
Great pics SP! The first unknown, the bee, is one of our native species. I would check three groups: Digger, Miner, and Sweat Bees (Halichtidae - my best guess). There are a couple thousand species amongst those three groups but I am fairly certain it is one of those. They are mostly solitary types. It is not a Euro (honey) Bee of any sort.
The second unknown is a Robber Fly, these are family Asilidae. A huge family also, long narrow abdomen and high end predators of smaller insects. Though the bigger ones can take bees and wasps!
GREAT photos man!
I am overwhelmed with work on Fridays now, so barely have time to swing by and appreciate all the great stuff here, but wouldn't miss it! Thanks for your work and hosting!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi, dystopian
Thanks for the ID on the robber fly. If you look close at this one you will notice it has a bee or wasp.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Thanks for pointing out
that it's doing it's robber thing ; )
Crypto hasn't given up on getting a bailout
backdoor bailout
Hi Social,
You are a great detective! You uncover the most wonderful detail through your lens.
The ladybug emerging is a treat. I have never seen them hatch, but I do have a small colony (two inch area) of ladybugs living on the house frame in a very narrow space between the house frame and the bedroom door frame. They or their offspring have lived there for years. Once in a while after I open the door one flies in. Oddly enough I never see them flying around outdoors?
An image from this week's view of candy cotton clouds …
Thank you for your work and commitment to Friday photography. It’s always a pleasure.
Enjoy everyone!
Hi, Janis.
I love all the green flora you get to experience every day. It sure beats the dull brown that is southern ca. in the summer.
For all the lady bugs that make the rose garden their home, I very rarely see any of them flying when I'm there.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Just this afternoon I watched one single ladybug
circling steadily on it's feet around the small outdoor table. It must have flown off at some point and I missed it.
The ever-green surrounding bush is my most treasured pleasure.
Hi Janis, wonderful shot. Cotton candy indeed,
and all the layers, too.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hi el
Your appreciation and impressions are always heartening and supportive. Thank you.
I wish you the pleasure of nature, always.
Always a great morale booster!
Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Thank you, orlbucfan.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Good evening SP, great photos, as usual. Great subjects
too. Been missing these of late, crazy hectic here.
I don't have too many such and all from prior years, nothing recent. There are a few personal faves, however, all from the back yard:
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Very cool!
n/t
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hi, EL
Very nice. I really like the spiders.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Thanks SP. We got a real kick out of that hatch.
Don't really know how many survived how long however because of all the birds and lizards that hand out here.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I love dragonfly photo
That's not a Plumeria/Frangipani stalk the dragonfly is above, is it?
Hi Janis, glad you liked that dragonfly.
It seems to show up most years. It's on a pear tree post leaf drop.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --