sunday, 12 july
Jacob…
Ebony Jewelwing
Damselfly
Darth Vader –
all predator just like the larger dragonflies.
As a meal you will be devoured quickly.
Suffering will be brief.
Green June Beetle
Clumsy flyer
and drags its belly when walking.
Flies into
windows, screens and porch lights.
Loves
peaches.
Cabbage White
Butterfly
Beaded antennae
are characteristic of butterflies, unlike tapered antennae of moths. Both types of insects have scaled wings. This doesn’t seem coincidental with such
large wings. The animal must tolerate
the added weight and aerodynamic drag of scales because large surface areas require insulation to maintain body temperature. That's my guess.
Bumble Bee
Harvesting
pollen requires being able to work comfortably in any body orientation.
Southern Pearly-Eye
Butterfly
How many
butterflies can manage landing on vertical glass? Dust on the window must have made the surface
detectable. Here’s how it spent the
night. A quick continental breakfast at
sunrise and it was gone.
Black Ant
These guys
are foragers, pioneers exploring the unknown.
It’s risky business but there’s also opportunity for great reward.
It’s risky business but there’s also opportunity for great reward.
eggs
A small pod
containing a soup of molecular structures
and a list of instructions, DNA, to organize them
into a new instance of an insect.
and a list of instructions, DNA, to organize them
into a new instance of an insect.
seeds
Eggs of
plants departing their nest with great fanfare.
It’s an uncertain journey on the wind.
Only a few grow to become plants.
Most simply provide food for hungry animals.
It’s an uncertain journey on the wind.
Only a few grow to become plants.
Most simply provide food for hungry animals.
sparrow
Most of the
time it is best to go about your business unnoticed when you’re a sparrow.
Find a mate in your neck of the brush, set up housekeeping in a thicket, raise your young
and keep an eye out for snakes.
Find a mate in your neck of the brush, set up housekeeping in a thicket, raise your young
and keep an eye out for snakes.
American Goldfinch
Female
Mom is busy
making a breakfast of thistle seeds, perfect for growing young finches.
American Goldfinch
Male
Dad stands
watch over his family’s store of food.
Bumble Bee
Come and get
it!
Love,
Dad
© Tom Taylor
© Tom Taylor
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