Monday, July 18, 2011

A.B.C.


A.B.C.


Always
Bee
Crossing!

(As always, mouse over for alt text captions, and click for larger images.)







Fledgling Cardinal (Note the caption at Flickr.)

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20 comments:

Mandos said...

Shouldn't the first alt text be "always look bee-fore you cross"?

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

trying to deflect the nascent Zardoz?

WELL IT WON'T WORK! LOOK AT MY CAPITAL TEXT!

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I made it your way, Mandos.

Zrm, I wasn't trying to deflect a Zardoz. I'm just trying to avoid a May-like posting slump.
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zombie rotten mcdonald said...

hmpf. I might as well work on that stupid kitchen vent enclosure.

I SAID GOOD DAY!

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I thought you were going to put a slide on the porch?
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Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

I'm digging the bugs!

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

These are lovely...and I'm glad to see you're no longer glorifying the unhealthy lifestyle of those anorexic bees.

Substance McGravitas said...

I don't think I am at fault when a bee gets all up in my grill.

Unknown said...

I love the Widow Skimmer. Is that a bug that is regional or widespread across these here United States?

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

The Widow Skimmer is a relatively common dragonfly with this range:

Ontario and Atlantic Coast to Georgia and Gulf Coast, west to Texas and northern Mexico, north to South Dakota.
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Unknown said...

Well shit Thunder..does that include Cali fer chrissakes?

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Here's a stinkbug, mikey.

That's a female stag beetle, and this is what the male looks like.

Dusty, those skimmers are not found west of Texas, but there are some others that may be out in California. Western Pondhawk, perhaps?
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Randal Graves said...

It's been so long since we had a good killer bee movie.

Vonnie said...

Blech blech bug pictures!
I feel all creepy crawly right now.
blech!!
NotSafeForVon!

ms fahrenheit said...

Well, here I am waiting to get stung. This comment thread seems a little anaphylactic.

Yes, I drove my Hyundai.

J— said...

This is what we called a stinkbug back in that land of California when I was a kid.

I saw one of those widow skimmers in Montana last month. Cool bug.

Unknown said...

I remember when I lived in AZ and the friggin bees/bugs in general were so huge, they looked like b52's coming in..and you could hear them before you saw them.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

We should all bee thankful.
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Kathleen said...

wow those are really cool pics.

Laura said...

I used to love Bees. Then that darn Jerry Seinfeld starred in "A Bee Movie" and they've never been the same for me. :(
I hate him.

((Hugs))
Laura