Right alongside our front walk sits a cluster of flowers that I planted from seed to assist with hummingbird photography – I’d rather have shots at natural-looking flowers than feeders. Unable to find either plants or seed for varieties I knew were hummingbird attractors, I grabbed a bag of “bird and butterfly mix,” which [...]
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August 25th, 2011 | Tags: camouflage, eye color, hunting behavior, Jagged ambush bug, Phymata, praying mantis, Synchlora aerata, wavy-lined emerald moth | Category: Nature, Photography, Science & Evolution |
 2 commentsThis one has actually been sitting around for a while as I got up the desire to type it out. I figured I’d do it as a follow-up to Darwin Day. What you’re looking at here (or will be, as you stop reading and gaze at the image) is the caterpillar stage of [...] February 13th, 2010 | Tags: Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, Agkistrodon contortrix mokeson, camouflage, Euclea delphinii, Hox genes, Northern Copperhead, Southern Copperhead, Spiny Oak-Slug Moth | Category: Nature, Photography, Science & Evolution, Too Cool |
 Leave a commentWelcome to the first of a new topic, one I’ve been meaning to get to for a while. So far, I have two others in the queue which will show up before too long, so keep watching. This is my way of illustrating one of the reasons I got into nature photography in the [...] September 26th, 2009 | Tags: camouflage, Chrysopidae, green lacewing, larva, macro photography, North Carolina Botanical Garden | Category: Nature, Photography, Too Cool |
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