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Low level seascape taken at Wells next the Sea on the North Norfolk Coastline in England. A red safety buoy can be seen across the first stretch of water in the centre of the frame.
My Travel Photography
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Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada.. 3 August 2023
2024-25: Judge merit award out of 781 entries in Photocrowd 'Liquids Pouring' in February 2025.
2023-24: Judge merit award out of 940 entries in Photocrowd 'Children Playing at the Beach ' in May 2024. Judge commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'People Having fun In or On the Water' in August 2024.
In early morning along Wascan Creek West of Pasqua Street, i could see these white spots all over the grassy field. Looking through binoculars, i realized they were not new flowers, but Western White butterflies warming up before taking flight . Les Sherman Park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 29 August 2023
Large Lace-border moth (Scopula limboundata) on clover leaf. Home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.. 22 July 2023
Finally confirmed on inaturalist! inaturalist.ca/taxa/81680-Scopula-limboundata
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Size
wingspan 25-30 mm, based on CBIF specimens
Identification
outer margins of wings angular; wing ground color pale whitish or yellowish, speckled with brownish-yellow dots and crossed by 3 or 4 wavy brownish-yellow lines; small black discal spot near middle of all wings; area between second and third wavy line usually less speckled than remainder of wing; subterminal area of hindwing (and anal angle portion of forewing) often with dark gray blotches or patches - lacking in the "enucleata" form of S. limboundata
Season
This species is essentially univoltine on Block Island, RI, flying mainly mid-June to mid-July, but with a slight partial generation flying in August and September.(1)
Food
larvae feed on apple, blueberry, clover, dandelion, meadow-beauty, and black cherry
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Blanketflower (Gaillardia) with personality! Home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.. 27 July 2023
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Prairie Crocus flower (Anemone patens) now called Prairie Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana).. Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 30 April 2023
Honeybee (Apis mellifera) ?
Yellow-banded Bumblebee foraging on Prairie Crocus. Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada. 3 May 2023
Male Yellow Warbler at the pond. Home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 9 May 2023
Small green iridescent sweat bee (Family Halictidae, SF Halictinae, Sweat and Furrow Bees) 3/8-1/2 in long. Raspberry Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. 27 June 2022
Subgenus Agapostemon: inaturalist.ca/taxa/606634-Agapostemon
Numbers
14 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, 44 spp. in 2 subgenera worldwide/total(1)
Identification
Differentiated from other metallic green bees, tribe Augochlorini by: Posterior face of propodeum completely encircled by a salient rim; hind tibiae equaling or exceeding their tarsi in length (Discover Life)
Males are easier to ID because they have strongly black-and-yellow striped abdomen. Females can be differentiated from Augochlorini tribe by the raised ridge encircling the propodeum as shown in Bee Diversity
(2)
Range
New World (transcontinental, so. Canada to Argentina: map)(1)
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2023-24: Expert commended out of 4111 entries in Photocrowd 'in Colorful Architecture' in October 2023
King's Park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 20 January 2023
this really is not a black and white image
Looking up at a Sisal Tree that dot the landscapes of the Canary Islands.
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Lots of pretty little Churches in this part of Tenerife but not a shop for miles... Colourful flags hang from the tower of the church in Barranco Hondo, Candelaria, Tenerife.
Church Photography
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