{"id":26203,"date":"2020-06-17T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=26203"},"modified":"2020-06-16T09:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:21:13","slug":"on-this-date-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2020\/06\/on-this-date-25\/","title":{"rendered":"On this date 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week, we have entries from 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2016 – just to make it easier to fill out your scorecard. Our 2010 submission above is a cluster of stink bugs, lacking a common name (well, other than ‘stink bug’) but bearing the scientific name of Menecles insertus<\/em><\/a>. I couldn’t explain why there was suddenly a large number of them clustering in my yard, mostly on one tree, but I did a few illustrative images, even without this information, because I live life on the edge like that. You can see, however, that I was working without a softbox at this time and the photos suffer for it. I was very mean to my photos for a while, but I’ve outgrown that now. Mostly.<\/p>\n

\"juvenile
For the next year in our lineup (refer to the list above,) we have a juvenile Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis<\/em>, though at the time I was listing them as Tenodera aridifolia sinensis<\/em>, since I was unaware that it had been changed not long back,) providing an action portrait on the rosemary plant;<\/strong> this gives some indication of scale if you’re familiar with rosemary. That was the same bush, started the year before as a tiny potted thing dropped into the garden, that grew so much in one year that I had to transplant it in the spring to a location by the porch lest it take over the little garden. By the time we moved a year later, it was so large it couldn’t be transplanted.<\/p>\n

\"dramatic
Next up we have a wildly active summer storm that I watched from across the nearby pond – and posted about then<\/a>, so go to that link if you want the sordid details and more, graphic photos. [Hey, I’m starting to get the hang of this clickbaiting thing.]<\/p>\n

And finally, we have a grab shot during an overcast day at Gold Park, in their little pollinator garden there, bumble bees on the coneflowers. A little past prime display, mind you, but if the bees weren’t concerned, you shouldn’t be. Seriously, it’s all about appearance with you, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

\"unidentified
That’s all we have room for this week! Join us next week when we’ll be featuring some original nature photographs by our very own Al Denelsbeck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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