Here is Empusa pennata - the conehead mantis - a large, but very thin praying mantis from southwest europe.
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Wednesday 12 June 2013
Conehead Mantis
Wildlife Wednesday #51
Here is Empusa pennata - the conehead mantis - a large, but very thin praying mantis from southwest europe.
Males can distinguished by their long, feathery antennae which they use to home in on pheremones released by the females during the breeding season.
Here is Empusa pennata - the conehead mantis - a large, but very thin praying mantis from southwest europe.
Sunday 9 June 2013
Friday 7 June 2013
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Sunrise Ash
Tree-fetish Tuesday #41
A shapely ash tree at sunrise in the rolling Kirkcudbright countryside.
A shapely ash tree at sunrise in the rolling Kirkcudbright countryside.
Monday 3 June 2013
Red Cage Fungus
Monday Mushroom #50
I came across this intriguing looking egg like structure pushing up through the leaf mould in a forest in southern France.
Red cage fungus is related to stink horns - same egg-like, jelly filled ball which the expanding fruiting body bursts out of. The shape and colour of the mature fungus are rather different, though. I couldn't find a mature specimen, but see wikipedia
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| Clathrus ruber - Red Cage Fungus |
I came across this intriguing looking egg like structure pushing up through the leaf mould in a forest in southern France.
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| Clathrus ruber - Red Cage Fungus |
Red cage fungus is related to stink horns - same egg-like, jelly filled ball which the expanding fruiting body bursts out of. The shape and colour of the mature fungus are rather different, though. I couldn't find a mature specimen, but see wikipedia
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| Clathrus ruber - Red Cage Fungus |
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