Today Skunk's journey took him and a friend for a bike ride through Pacific Grove, California, then for an evening hike in the woods near Spanish Bay in the Lynn "Rip" Van Winkle Open Space, after which he continued riding into the sunset along Asilomar Beach. On the walk in the woods, he saw a lot a wild blackberry, yellow vetch, and monkey flower in bloom. We saw a few slender salamanders, two centipedes, many sow bugs, and several small cricket nymphs of some variety. An Anna's hummingbird gave us a wonderful show as he (along with several male mosquitos) was feeding on an impressive flowering bush (somewhat resembling Lavender) whose stalky flowers were blooming in an imposing array of purple shades. I'm pretty certain that it is an introduced species, but I haven't been able to identify it yet.
No picture today except for that found in your imagination. The camera batteries died.
Cool Website of the day:
BugGuide.Net!
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This picture was taken in 2005 at City Point in Hopewell Virginia, near a spot where my grandfather and I used to go fishing. I caught a ... -
Hint: You really should left-click on this one! This interesting moth was found in my doorway on the morning of 14 June. Notice the fat ... -
This banded alder borer was discovered on the beach near Seaside CA on July 18th 2006. It was buried in the sand and from all appearances,...
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Here is a weevil that landed on my hand in San Angelo, Texas as a friend and I were sitting outside having a conversation at a picnic table...
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This video of water beetles was taken on my bike ride along the river on July 23rd.
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I have two of these predacious diving beetles living in a large fishbowl. They are over an inch long, and they eat minnows. They trap air b... -
This is what we used to call a "Green June Bug" in Arizona. It's a Fig Beetle. Found on a bike ride in Shreveport today.
Life is short. Nature is forever. You are the nerve cell of a Universe experiencing its inner beauty.
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