And the next shot is...

[greybeard]

Gizmo ready to GO

and the next shot is SLOW

 

[Inphoto]

ATNS is at the beach

 

[otherprof]

Beach (Tel Aviv at Sunset)

and the next shot is "two for one"

 

[Digger...]

2 of my Buddy's,

Next shots a gizmo?

 

[otherprof]

(One iof them must be Gizmo . . .)

and the next shot is "stranger than fiction"

 

[4rum]

Abbots Sphinx Moth caterpillar. Absolutely stranger than fiction. The caterpillar is an incredible mimic. Your eye is drawn to the look - a - like 'head' which is actually it's tail. It is marked and looks like the head of a snake. The mockery doesn't stop there. If you look closely at the 'eye' it appears to have reflected light? It isn't. That is another part of the disguise. That spot is a spot! That's not any eye. It's on the wrong end of the worm and that whole end of the caterpillar is made up to convince you that you have encountered a serpent. It 'strikes' rapidly and acts like a snake. There are even vents between its feet/legs which hiss at you. Don't believe me? Believe me, I wouldn't either if I hadn't researched this amazing work of nature.






next shot - insect macro

 

[RScottie]

Abbots Sphinx Moth caterpillar. Absolutely stranger than fiction. The caterpillar is an incredible mimic. Your eye is drawn to the look - a - like 'head' which is actually it's tail. It is marked and looks like the head of a snake. The mockery doesn't stop there. If you look closely at the 'eye' it appears to have reflected light? It isn't. That is another part of the disguise. That spot is a spot! That's not any eye. It's on the wrong end of the worm and that whole end of the caterpillar is made up to convince you that you have encountered a serpent. It 'strikes' rapidly and acts like a snake. There are even vents between its feet/legs which hiss at you. Don't believe me? Believe me, I wouldn't either if I hadn't researched this amazing work of nature.






next shot - insect macro

That's awesome. Nature never fails to amaze me.

 

[4rum]

RScottie I'd never seen anything like it. I still had no idea how intricate its disguise was until I read up on it.

 

[snowbear]

cmw3_d40_DSC_4256-72 by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

The Next shot is Cheesy

 

[otherprof]

Cheesy it was!

Next shot is "all about the color"

 

[Photo Lady]

nest shot is gardening

 

[otherprof]

nest shot is gardeningView attachment 287712

Oops! Thanks!

 

[greybeard]

Oops! Thanks!

Next Shot?

 

[snowbear]

Next Shot?

Still Gardening

 

[4rum]

Cleared this land from a total jungle 4 years ago. Keeps me busy. It's particularly for honeybees, hummingbirds and Monarch butterflies. Since this photo I have a large patch of milkweed started for the Monarchs.


Next shot: Favorite hiking trail.