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
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Newly emerged Lady Bug
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Lady in waiting. Lady Bug larva
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Hover Fly
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Aphids
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Unknown
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Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 6:37pm

all about my yard, outside my gate. He is just so damn cute! I am hoping he will join me again this afternoon.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 7:24pm
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@on the cusp
Your Armadillo is a cute little critter. I hope it stops by for another visit with you.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 7:51pm

@Socialprogressive 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.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 8:44pm
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@on the cusp

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Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 8:52pm

@Socialprogressive 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.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 9:27pm
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@on the cusp
I don't care for it either.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 11:12pm
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@on the cusp 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. Wink 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!

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Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 11:52pm

@dystopian @dystopian 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.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 1:36am
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@on the cusp

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.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 9:16pm
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@on the cusp

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 3:45am
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@on the cusp  
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1294/the-beginning-of-the-...

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Submitted by TheOtherMaven on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 7:52pm
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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.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 9:13pm
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Thanks for the info on European honey bees.
Whatever type of bee it is, it's a pollinator and that's a good thing.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 9:37pm

@Socialprogressive no life. We have lots of honey bees around our bird bath. hope they survive and thrive!

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 1:38am
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@on the cusp

because it's the only moisture they can find.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 11:06pm
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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!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 12:12am
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@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.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 1:40am
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@Socialprogressive

that it's doing it's robber thing ; )

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Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 11:32pm

backdoor bailout

Despite its skeptical approach to digital currencies, exacerbated by the recent cryptocurrency market crash, it looks like the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) intends to extend its hand to the new asset class by allowing banks to hold up to 1% of reserves in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC).

Indeed, BIS’s Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has made the proposal for limiting the banks’ total exposures to “Group 2 cryptossets to 1% of Tier 1 capital” in its consultative document titled “Second consultation on the prudential treatment of cryptoassets,” published on June 30.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 1:26am
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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!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 8:27am
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@janis b
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.

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 12:39am
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@Socialprogressive

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.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 9:19pm
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and all the layers, too.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 12:48am
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@enhydra lutris

Your appreciation and impressions are always heartening and supportive. Thank you.

I wish you the pleasure of nature, always.

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 7:20am
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Rec'd!! Smile

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 8:28am
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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 9:15pm
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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:

Monarch1

dfly4

garden spider hatch 5

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 9:26pm

@enhydra lutris n/t

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 11:31pm
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Very nice. I really like the spiders.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 9:06am
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@Socialprogressive

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

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 12:52am
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That's not a Plumeria/Frangipani stalk the dragonfly is above, is it?

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 07/10/2022 - 9:03am
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It seems to show up most years. It's on a pear tree post leaf drop.

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