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grrlscientist | November 13, 2006
Shaggy ink caps Coprinus comatus.
Image: David Warman.
David writes; I like this picture, even though of a common mushroom variety, because it shows all main stages of the fruiting body simultaneously. I was fortunate in my timing. This picture was taken with my old digital camera. I now have a Pentax K100D, which has breathed new life back into the wonderful lenses I used to use in the days of film.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like…
grrlscientist | November 12, 2006
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta rubria,
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Gainesville, Florida.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: butterfly, red admiral butterfly, insect, Lepidoptera, zoology
grrlscientist | November 11, 2006
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Female blue dasher dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis.
Houston, Texas, 21 May 2004.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: dragonfly, blue dasher dragonfly, insect, Odonata, zoology
grrlscientist | November 10, 2006
Alaska Sunrise.
Taken from a cruise ship traveling along the Alaskan coast, 2000.
Image: CS Davis, a reader's father.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: Alaska, sunrise, planet earth, nature
grrlscientist | November 9, 2006
Mushroom, unknown species.
East Tennessee.
Image: CS Davis, a reader's father.
Can any of the readers identify the species?
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: mushroom, fungi, mycology
grrlscientist | November 8, 2006
Male peafowl, Pavo cristatus, courtship display.
This is a feral peafowl that lives a backyard in Eastern Tennessee.
His name is Big Bird.
Image: by Molly, a reader's sister.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: peacock, bird, Aves, zoology
grrlscientist | November 7, 2006
Sea star species,
2005, Caladesi Island, Florida.
Image: Craig Carlyle Clarke.
This photo was taken by Craig while walking on the beach a few hours after hurricane Rita passed. The storm surge had tossed a lot of things onto the beach, including that sea star, and some other animals that he took pictures of -- including a shark. Craig writes that the storm surge was still rolling when he was on the beach with his camera, and it was amazing.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with…
grrlscientist | November 6, 2006
Queen Butterfly, Danaus gilippus.
from the Butterfly Room at the Phipps Conservatory (Pittsburgh).
Image: Rehana Rodrigues.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: butterfly, queen butterfly, insect, Lepidoptera, zoology
pharyngula | November 6, 2006
This has got to be good. I understand Cthulhu is lurking in the wings with a folding chair, too.
grrlscientist | November 5, 2006
Ambush Bug, Genus Phymata.
Found on a raspberry bush,
Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio.
Summer, 2006.
Image: Dave Schreiber.
I have been receving some gorgeous images from you, dear readers, images that I can hardly wait to share with you! If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: ambush bug, insect, Phymatidae, zoology
grrlscientist | November 4, 2006
Thornbush Dasher, Micrathyria hagenii.
Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, Texas, October 2003.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: dragonfly, thornbush dancer, insect, Odonata, zoology
grrlscientist | November 3, 2006
Red-bordered Pixie, Melanis cephise,
23 October 2004.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: butterfly, red-bordered pixie butterfly, insect, Lepidoptera, zoology
grrlscientist | November 2, 2006
White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae,
Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, Texas,
23 October 2004.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: butterfly, white peacock butterfly, insect, Lepidoptera, zoology
grrlscientist | November 1, 2006
Blue Metalmark, Rivina humilis,
Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas. Oct. 2004.
Image: Biosparite.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: butterfly, blue metalmark butterfly, insect, Lepidoptera, zoology
grrlscientist | October 31, 2006
Mystery Caterpillar on Gaura,
Nelson Farms Preserve, Katy Prairie Conservancy, Texas.
NABA Butterfly Count, 4 September 2006.
Image: Biosparite.
I thought this image was appropriate for the day, given this caterpillar's sporty Hallowe'en stripes.
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tags: butterfly, caterpillar, Lepidoptera, insect, zoology
grrlscientist | October 30, 2006
Backlit photo of Saturn taken by the Cassini probe.
If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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tags: Astronomy, backlit Saturn, Cassini
grrlscientist | October 29, 2006
Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus,
Nelson Farms Preserve, Katy Prairie Butterfly Count,
4 September 2006.
Image: Biosparite.
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tags: butterfly, fiery skipper butterfly, insect, lepidoptery, zoology
grrlscientist | October 28, 2006
These beautiful creatures are day-flying moths from the family Ctenuchidae,
in the process of mating.
This picture was taken in Kerala, southern India by a reader, Basia. You can read
more about these insects at India Ink.
Image: Basia Kruszewska.
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"Insects commonly remain together for hours when mating. However, the actual sperm transfer occurs quickly," says Phil Nixon, an entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"In many insects, the female's eggs are fertilized by the sperm of the last male to mate with her before the eggs are laid. It is thought that the male…