Some nature pictures
Jun. 21st, 2009 07:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI finally got myself a new camera! My previous one broke last summer, and I was annoyed and didn't buy a new one because expensive things shouldn't just break like that for no reason. Anyway, I'd forgotten how much fun it is to take pictures. Here are some of my recent ones (click for bigger versions):
The first one is from my visit to the seashore last weekend (well, the Baltic sea--it's brackish water). This is Lathyrus japonicus (Beach Pea).
I've also got some pictures from today's excursion to a nearby nature reserve. This beauty is Ledum palustre (alternative name: Rhododendron tomentosum). In English it's apparently called Labrador Tea, among other things. It likes wet places in the taiga, all over the northern hemisphere.
Typical wet place in the taiga:
Finally caught the little monster! Dragonflies aren't easy to catch--they're fast predators--and I always feel all triumphant when I do. (And no, I didn't snatch it up with my hand. I used a butterfly net.) This is a Cordulia aenea, Downy Emerald in English. Huh, that's a good name, since the thorax is all metallic green and covered in hair.
Here's another one, a Leucorrhinia dubia (White-faced Darter).
Finally, here's Cynthia cardui, which Wikipedia tells me is called Painted Lady in English, and is found on every continent except Antarctica. This one has migrated all the way from northern Africa (no wonder it looks all worn out). They can reproduce up here, but the offspring never survive the winter, and so they have to migrate all over again next spring.
For now, please comment at the LJ entry.
The first one is from my visit to the seashore last weekend (well, the Baltic sea--it's brackish water). This is Lathyrus japonicus (Beach Pea).
I've also got some pictures from today's excursion to a nearby nature reserve. This beauty is Ledum palustre (alternative name: Rhododendron tomentosum). In English it's apparently called Labrador Tea, among other things. It likes wet places in the taiga, all over the northern hemisphere.
Typical wet place in the taiga:
Finally caught the little monster! Dragonflies aren't easy to catch--they're fast predators--and I always feel all triumphant when I do. (And no, I didn't snatch it up with my hand. I used a butterfly net.) This is a Cordulia aenea, Downy Emerald in English. Huh, that's a good name, since the thorax is all metallic green and covered in hair.
Here's another one, a Leucorrhinia dubia (White-faced Darter).
Finally, here's Cynthia cardui, which Wikipedia tells me is called Painted Lady in English, and is found on every continent except Antarctica. This one has migrated all the way from northern Africa (no wonder it looks all worn out). They can reproduce up here, but the offspring never survive the winter, and so they have to migrate all over again next spring.
For now, please comment at the LJ entry.
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Date: 2009-06-21 09:32 pm (UTC)And I'm sure it'd be okay to do part of BP if you're not up for all of it.
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Date: 2009-06-21 10:38 pm (UTC)Julia, but yeah, I have some ideas about where you could go.
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Date: 2009-06-22 01:58 pm (UTC)