Great pics, action packed and lots of comments. Amadan said it’s an ‘iSpot classic’. I agree!
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A very nice shot!
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/812820/polistichus-connexus an interesting and clearly identifiable beetle
Yes - good shot of an entirely new-to-me, possibly/probably rare, and fairly easy to agree with beetle. “What’s not to like?”
My Own
Favourite (previous?) Lockdown Observation.
Just a really captivating photo.
This well-taken photo is pleasing but also a little frustrating - you just can’t see the detail you would like:
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What are they, though? Are they some kind of Hymenoptera? Maybe Symphyta? But the antennae just seem rather long, and the body articulates midway. Anyone have any ideas?
A well-crafted post, but the tree steals the limelight for me.
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Yes, lovely, thanks. Not Ben’s first gorgeous sequence https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/772444/
Do always find time to look at a few Other Obs - it is very rewarding.
An unusual Moss stalagmite-like formation observed in the bus shelter.
From the From the OU’s The Biological Survival Course (see second link)
Python spotted in New Forest? need to read comments.
Another one of my observations but this one partly because I am wondering if there is an issue with the name as this Hypomyces does not seem to show up much in web searches.
Top of the scale for Gorgeousness…One of a series of Nudibranch observations from South Africa. All of them are worth a look.
Who holds the record for MOST agreements in one observation? https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/153314/dsc1661
In response to https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/814027/squeezing-it and my comment on how easy it is to be mislead, this was seem on Whixall Moss about 25 years back:
Very nice 10 yr old connected video here (Mike’s new Project).
Should we add videos more often? We all have good video cameras!
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/30500/stinkhorn-flies-video
Near to it, in YouTube, I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTFugHA2WaI.
Mike’s observation should carry a stink warning!
Artemis of isles often includes a video link like this one of a heron.
I do sometimes follow links to videos but it can take a bit more time. Sometimes the subject is one that lends itself to clarification by video - this one of Mike’s shows well what the flies are about. Brilliant!
Thanks, had to set it up rather carefully to avoid scaring them all off.
While i much prefer real ales (pale with hoppy emphasis in particular) to lager, one very notable exception is Corona. That’s a top 5 favourite of mine. How about that? I really like it’s ‘easy-going’, almost soft drink (echoes of the 70’s brand?) balance.
I somehow missed this post, but just read and enjoyed all the comments it drew. And that’s a great pic. Seems the Mexican tipple is popular with Kermit the Frog too.
As for the suddenly unfortunate name, i saw a cartoon a while back which depicted the interior of a fridge. On one side of the shelf, a carton of milk, a block of cheese and other items were tightly huddled in a corner behind a huge communal face mask, staring petrified across a big empty space at a bottle of Corona on the other.