Nature

[Mousehound]

A Hill Grass Yellow from Doi Inthanon

[Mousehound]

Try again! This is the Hill grass yellow.

[Ace of Pop]

.Note the Superiority of My Pinhole Camera Lens.

[jack2964]

They don't normally feed on the ground but this one couldn't resist the scraps I tossed out for my chooks.

Variable Squirrel (White morph)

[Guest]

Just sharing this TED talks video of pollination as it might be in the interest of the people who post here. Stunningly beautiful videos.

http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination

[sometime]

My little garden friend taken awhile back.

[Guest]

Living stick.. or something

[klauskunkel]

Nature, naturally

[Robby nz]

A little Common Lora peeking out from the flowers.

[klauskunkel]

Ok, now...right turn coming up...take it slowly, remember the understeer...it's...so...heavy, I'm getting too old for this!

[Goompa]

Australis Dragonflyus Take-a-breakis .

Just joking guys , I have no idea what type this is , it just looks relaxed

I hope I haven't posted this photo before .

[Mousehound]

This small moth - 8mm long approx. is found pretty well everywhere in the world. It has possibly the widest distribution of any moth. if you walk through long grass you will see these tiny insects fly up for a few feet and then vanish as they settle again. moths are amazing animals with many strategies for survival. Some can send signals to bats to warn them that they are poisonous. Some mimic other moths and some can hear. They are responsible for reducing vast amounts of vegetation to mulch and are a major food source for many mammals (including people).

Plutella xylostella Cabbage Moth, Diamond-backed Moth

[Guest]

In Finnish we have a saying "Etana, etana näytä sarves - tuleeko huomenna poutaa." Which basically means that if the snail shows it's "horns" tomorrow will be a pretty day. Is there a similar "old wisdom" in other languages / cultures?

This one is giving me a mixed signals. While in Phuket has been under severe storms for the past few days, this snail shows it's horns. Then again it's doing this on a tree several meters above the ground level

[Goompa]

Maybe it's just a bit that way inclined

[sunshine51]

@ Oilinki...It's a Thai snail...things here are not always as they appear!

Nice pic.

Edited September 15, 2014 by sunshine51

[rhythmworx]

In Finnish we have a saying "Etana, etana näytä sarves - tuleeko huomenna poutaa." Which basically means that if the snail shows it's "horns" tomorrow will be a pretty day. Is there a similar "old wisdom" in other languages / cultures?

Red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning sailors warning.

[sunshine51]

In Finnish we have a saying "Etana, etana näytä sarves - tuleeko huomenna poutaa." Which basically means that if the snail shows it's "horns" tomorrow will be a pretty day. Is there a similar "old wisdom" in other languages / cultures?

Red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning sailors warning.

Not all tail wagging dogs are friendly...old Apache proverb.

[fabianfred]

Birdsong

[jack2964]

Great Eggfly?

[klauskunkel]

I'm retired now, don't do much...

Edited September 18, 2014 by klauskunkel

[klauskunkel]

...just hangin' out, ya know

[fabianfred]

Birdsong

Thanks for the likes guys... my first photo to make it to Expore on Flickr...

[sunshine51]

FF...with the addition of that treble clef (correct?) this is what makes the pic work to me.

A muso friend of mine is gonna try and do something on a keyboard...watch this space!

But don't let your eyes get sore ok...

[Goshawk]

Birdsong

Great art . . wish i'd thought of it.

It immediately got me thinking of the Infinite monkey theorem. You know, the one that goes along the lines of . . . Given enough time, a chimp punching at random on a typewriter would almost surely type out all of Shakespeare's plays.

Well . . . click...click...click...click... Ad infinitum

Hey presto! they all land in perfect sequence to the opening minute or two of 'Village Swallows from Austria' by Josef Strauss (or any other work, by any other composer )

[shaggy1969]

[Guest]

Yellowhead came to visit once again. It has grown quite a lot since I first met him/her.

[Guest]

Butterfly drinking tree sap

[FracturedRabbit]

P9210020 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

[Robby nz]

For the butterfly experts.

[jack2964]

Huh...???