10/20/19
10/8/19
A Wickedly-cool Good "Bug"
From my Little Things of Nature Portfolio -- Sketches Afield.
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Know nature. Learn to be still.
This wickedly-cool tailless whipscorpion crossed my path early one morning recently. Of course, I had to sketch it.
Actually, it isn't a bug -- it's an arachnid, from the order amblypygi. But it is good, however. And it is harmless to humans. This 4-inch creature (including legs) is great to have around for pest control. Living under rocks during the day, they come out at night to prey on cockroaches, crickets, other small insects.
More from my Little Things of Nature Portfolio:
9/13/19
9/8/19
Delicate Sounds of Nature
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| Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) From my Little Things of Nature Portfolio -- Sketches Afield. --- Know nature. Learn to be still. |
Everyday, just as the sun begins to rise, there's a brief span of time when the natural world tries to remind the noisy and distracted humans of my city of nature's beauty. Shortly before the cacophony of yapping dogs, leaf blowers, and car traffic fills the air, a tiny songbird, whose population is declining because of loss of habitat, sings its delicate three-note song to welcome the day.
Are you listening?
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8/5/19
Back-to-School Madness
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