Archive for March, 2012

Favourite Nature Photos of 2011 Part 5: Leftovers and Unkowns

Posted by Laurel Green on March 13th, 2012 at 7:02 am

Here’s the fifth and final part of my favourite nature photos of 2011. Just some leftovers. If anyone can identify the unknown plants for me, I’d greatly appreciate it.

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coyote

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muntant red clover?

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weird unknown plant

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weird unknown plant with berries

These photos come from my following sets: Coyote: August 1st 2011, Nature: July 3rd 2011, Nature: June 28th 2011, and Nature: June 14th 2011.

Favourite Nature Photos of 2011 Part 4: Cicada Shells

Posted by Laurel Green on March 12th, 2012 at 7:02 am

Here is part 4 of my favourite nature photos of 2011. The cicadas never stopped making noise that year.

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bean leaf beetle and cicada shell
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bean leaf beetle and cicada shell
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cicada shell
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bean leaf beetle inside cicada shell
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cicada shell
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cicada shell covered in web

You can find more pictures from this set here: Nature: October 6th 2011

Favourite Nature Photos of 2011 Part 3: The Incident

Posted by Laurel Green on March 11th, 2012 at 7:02 am

Here is part 3 of my favourite nature photos of 2011. I’m not sure what happened here. It wasn’t good. Ick.

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies and ladybugs

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dead flies and ladybugs

You can find more photos from this set here: Dead Bugs: July 6th 2011

Favourite Nature Photos of 2011 Part 2: Flowers and Plants

Posted by Laurel Green on March 10th, 2012 at 7:02 am

Here is part 2 of my favourite nature photos of 2011. I got a little carried away with macro photography.

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forget-me-nots

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lilacs

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apple blossoms

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baby grapes

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dead milkweed

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pussy toes

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apple blossoms with moth

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burs

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king devil buds

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king devil blooms

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red clover

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english plantain

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fleabane

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bird's-foot trefoil

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bladder campion

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white clover

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nodding thistle

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nodding thistle

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vetch

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blueweed

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yarrow

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shamrocks

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prunella

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purple prunella

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honeysuckle berries

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bittersweet nightshade

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milkweed flowers

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unripe grapes

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unripe raspberries

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gooseberries

These photos come from my following sets: Nature: July 3rd 2011, Nature: June 28th 2011, Nature: June 17th 2011, Nature: June 14th 2011, and Nature: May 26th 2011.

Favourite Nature Photos of 2011 Part 1: Creepy Crawlies

Posted by Laurel Green on March 9th, 2012 at 9:13 am

Here is part 1 of my favourite nature photographs from 2011. The fact that I am posting them in March of 2012 has nothing at all to do with laziness. *shifty eyes*

I’m not afraid of spiders.

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bean leaf beetle
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jumping spider eating a jewel fly
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jumping spider eating a house fly
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cross spider back
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cross spider front
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yellow garden spider
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giant scary moths
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dead jewel fly

These photos come from my following sets: Nature: October 6th 2011, Spider Eats a Fly: September 10th 2011, Spider Eats a Fly: July 22nd 2011, Nature: August 30th 2011, Nature: August 29th 2011, Nature: August 20th 2011, Nature: July 3rd 2011, and Nature: June 3rd 2011.