Midget politics

photo, originally uploaded by julesberry2001.

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Wyoming

Wyoming pasture, originally uploaded by julesberry2001.

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Open-door parking

It is the same place as the other pix. Starbucks is on the left. I don't need to ask what kind of car this is, as it was clearly labelled with "E Series Jaguar" on the back.

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lotuses

They were flowering about a month ago, but at that time there were all those mountain photos that needed to be posted...

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Predator

Preying in the evening

Preying in the morning Yesterday, this grasshopper was still hopping around. Wonder how long it will last...

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just insects

James sends me out into the mosquito infested swamps for bug-safari, but when I return and show him the photos he dismisses them as "just insects". I wonder what he expected. These are about 6 cm long. Sneaking up on them was intereting. It made me feel a bit more like a hunter-gatherer and a bit less like a 21st century consumer.

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Cicada carapace

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Humping ladybirds

Actually there is another mountain picture. It seems that a number of insecty things fly to the mountain peaks especially to mate. Nice location for a sex-holiday I suppose. The swallowtail butterflies seemed to be at it on one peak, and on another a swarm of massive ladybirds (~1cm) were doing their thing.

P.S. This is it, I reckon.

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Green Hoppity Monsters

Back to the normality of sea-level living - cute green grasshoppery crickety things are hopping around the neighbourhood, enjoying the unremitting heat of summer.

What cool back leg patterns.

But then I found a monster: AAaggggh!


I think it may be a shouryou-batta (ショウリョウバッタ)/ Acrida cinerea antennata/ oriental long-headed locust, but it looks rather more colourful than most of those I found online. I guess from its massive size (10cm+?) that it is a girl. I'd hate to meet the preying mantis that would gobble it up for tea.

The top photo is from my D90, and the lower one from the RX100. As a special treat, for those of you interested in the new RX100, I also took the monster's photo with my D90 (see here).

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Starbucks Green

Back from the mountains to normality, Japanese style.

British Racing Green isn't a specific colour, but any green that British teams have raced in. So said Wikipedia, last time I checked. Starbucks Green seems to be similarly vague.

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