Daily photos
I’ve been busy outside again, and here are some of common finds around here. I’ve tucked everything under the fold to hasten main page load.
Anemone trifolia
Silene dioica
A nice, brown, curculionid. Their bodies are “hard as a rock”, I’ve been told… I try to avoid touching animals. I know I wouldn’t want to be touched by a giant if I were a 15 mm beetle, or any other organism.
And this was my first time encounter with cicindelids. Very neat, aware and active animals! I’ve grown to like them immensely. They are very cunning, indeed. When I tried to approach them in a wild quarry, they all started running and/or flying uphill. It was like they KNEW I couldn’t follow them. Some hid in the shades were it was hard for me to stop or photograph them.
They are predators. Notice the big jaws!
Possibly Cicindela sp.
I like the picture of the tiger beetles and what can I say about the Silene dioica, it’s good for snakebites. Very good pictures!
Comment by Larry — 16 April, 2007 @ 6:57