Loss of Insects Reported Worldwide

     In a recent article in the Post Gazette's Health & Science section, it was reported that insects have been disappearing at a dramatic pace.  This news is devastating to all world citizens. 

     I love photographing all bugs.  I am sharing some of the different ones I have found out and about.

Leaf Shadows

Anteater

Bend and Stretch

Caterpiller

Eiffel Tower

 Wooly Mammoth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last weekend, we had sunny weather for my exercise effort in the mornings.  I was totally distracted by the wonderful shapes cast by the leaves' shadows.  Today, I will just see puddles!

Mayflies at the Plaza

Two mayflies reflected in a store window at the plaza.  Living in the river most of their lives, fish love these morsels of insect delight!  They have to be quick though, mayflies only live for a few hours once they fly.  

Potter County Weekend June, 2011

Community

Interweaving Species

Red Leaf and Insect

Fog Mountain

Shutter

A quick, first trip to the cabin this weekend.  The usual winter clean-up followed by photography shoots and time with Jim - Cornish game hens and spinach cooked to perfection topped off by an aromatic cigar!  We even had a snapping turtle laying eggs in the field this morning while having our coffee; until I hit her with a golf ball!!  More pictures in a later post.

Black and White at 57 - Day Fifty-five

Day Fifty-five

The scene - Fox Chapel pillar.  The date - June, 2007.

The title - Camouflage.

Insects

One on the clean silverware and one in the lilacs - Country living in Northern PA during May!

Potter County Summer Trip

Three Blind Mice

Lichen Action Figure

Stump

The eastern coast hot spell was evident while we were in Potter County, PA. It was hot, hot, hot! I never thought I would be glad we got an air conditioner for the cabin, but I was. Enough on the the weather..... the birds were quiet, there were very few bugs and it was great to read on the porch, take pictures and look for heart rocks in the creek. And yes, I spent some time removing unwanted residents. More in flickr photostream.

Thistle

Flying In

Thistle Silk

Yesterday morning while 'trudging' in the neighborhood, I stopped to photograph a big patch of thistle. Most of it has gone to seed, but there were a few surprises. More in the flickr photostream.

Image of the Week

Polka Dots are In - but maybe not on pumpkins!