Monday in Nature Weekly Photo June 9, 2014

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Good Morning All,<br>

I hope you've all had a great week. We'll just jump right in this morning. I'm opening with another slime mold. This is a pretty stage of<em> Lycogala epidendrum</em>. The surface will harden and eventually crack open, looking like tiny puff balls. They are extremely common. The pretty color stands out on logs and these are big enough to see unaided.</p>

<p>What's nature bringing your way?Let's see here at Monday in Nature.</p><div></div>

[jordan2240]

<p>Was playing with a close-up 'filter' on the Lumix at a state park this weekend, and while this isn't a particularly great shot, it was one of the better of the day. These things are tiny. </p><div></div>

[mbkissel]

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[didereaux]

<p>Okay, in line with todays 'close-ups' theme. Here is 7 Legged Artie the Arachnid.<br>

Eos 6d 24-105mm IS USM L @105mm ISO 640 1/50 F6.3 (hand held)<br>

<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B4b7qn3_Mf8/U5OKpN-_IDI/AAAAAAAAC9E/j-Plb27iC6U/s640/IMG_2158.JPG" alt="" /></p>

 

[Bill J Boyd]

<p>There is a new baby in my neighborhood. This shot from my patio.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Unidentified beetle on <em>Listera ovata</em></p><div></div>

[Rick Bortnick]

<p>These fellows were less than 1/2 inch tall. When out in the field, one sometimes takes shortcuts in IDing them. These are LBM's (little brown mucshrooms), a <em>very</em> large group.</p><div></div>

[gordonjb]

<p>This common Eastern Garter snake came by to check out what I was up to, while I was down on the ground photographing wildflowers last week.</p><div></div>

[kts]

<p>islands in a pond</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17785259-lg.jpg" alt="beetle2V" width="637" height="700" border="0" /></center><center>Canon 6D+Sigma 105mm macro</center>

[Jon Eckman]

<p>A bit of color from yesterday</p><div></div>

[ed_hazera3]

<p>A Wild Iris greeting with open arms.</p><div></div>

[ShunCheung]

<p>We saw this killdeer at a county park yesterday. It was behaving strangely in front of us, apparently trying to distract us. My wife and I realized that is usually a signal that her nest is near-by and she doesn't want us to discover it. Sure enough, we saw her egg not far from the trail.</p>

<p>Nikon D7100 with 80-400mm/f4.5-5.6 AF-S VR lens at 400mm, f5.6.</p><div></div>

[SCL]

<p>This morning I saw what I thought was a fly nymph on my kitchen screen, so I grabbed my u4/3 body and an old Canon FD macro 50/3.5. Much to my surprise the little dot was something else...I think it is a baby of the little "jumping" spiders I see especially this time of year. Adults are about 1-2mm in size. Handheld 1/50 f/8, ISO 200.</p><div></div>

[SCL]

<p>2nd thought...not 8 legs, so must be some sort of fly nymph after all.</p>

[rmuckey]

<p>My favorite "bug" shot - taken while enjoying my coffee in the morning sun across our creek. Taken from about 10yrds. and cropped in DPP</p><div></div>

[daniel_harris]

<p>I finally got out and went fishing/exploring around the San Joaquin / Sacramento River Delta and came across this large Swallowtail Butterfly.</p><div></div>

[colin carron]

<p>magnificent stuff!</p><div></div>

[JDMvW]

<p>Sky Frog</p><div></div>

[jonathan_parkhouse1]

<p>John, as I recall you're in the UK, so your unidentified beetle is a Garden Chafer, <em>Phyllopertha horticola</em>.<br>

Mine's a Banded Demoiselle, <em>Calopteryx splendens</em>, in my opinion our most attractive damselfly, which breeds along our local river here in Wiltshire.</p><div></div>

[SteveH]

<p>The Bluestem Prairie just outside Fargo, ND (USA) is owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. They recently had a controlled burn. I discovered this beauty while wandering around the char, looking for some early wildflowers. </p><div></div>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>Here's something I caught in pixels three months ago and have been struggling ever since to get white balance, reflecting highlights and contrast sorted out to some decent combination... For the bug-minded, it's the front end of a rockhopper = wild and free relative of the slippery silverfish nibbling away at those old dusty cardboard boxes hidden up in your attic!</p><div></div>

[MarcelRomviel]

<p>My contribution comes from my parents garden;</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>A deceased moth of some kind.</p><div></div>

[robert100]

1627 hours yesterday afternoon Sunday 06-08-2014 catching the warmth of the sun on the gravel in my

parking area<div></div>