Who Do That Voodoo?

 Not me.

 

 

Zebraic Visage

 

 

 

Tie-Dye Sans Sink

 

 

Grotesque Pollinator

 

 

Ambush Bug Enjoys Take Out, Not Takeout, Meals

Lying in wait the ambush bug strikes with its strong hooked forelegs,
holding its prey while injecting it with a paralytic saliva from its beak.
Using digestive enzymes the ambush bug liquefies its prey's tissues,
then its beak acts as a straw to consume its meal.
Isn't nature just wonderful? 

 

Swarming Cluster

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PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY - 8/19/22

© 2022 Luke T. Bush

Way up in a downtown tree the object appears to be a beehive. But closer inspection with a telephoto lens reveals it’s really a mass of honeybees in a large cluster. When a nest becomes overpopulated a new queen and some worker bees leave the nest in a huge swarm to establish another colony. The queen emits pheromones after landing in a tree to draw her followers to her, forming the temporary cluster. The tree swarm waits as scouts go out to find a new location for a nest. 

When this photo was taken part of the cluster had been carefully removed, a second relocation effort to follow with the remaining honeybees.

 

Pollen Butt

 

Ready To Ambush

 

Screw The Tree

 

 

Fighting Bees

 

"This sunflower isn't big enough for both of us!"

Splooting

 

 

On a hot day a squirrel will spread out like a bear rug to cool off.  After splooting for a while this guy sat up and enjoyed his peanut.

Inner Glow

 

Cable Guy

 

Anatomy Poster

 

His Eye On His Work

 

Digging In

 

His Eyes Bigger Than His Stomach

 

New Parking Meters Installed Downtown

 

PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY -- 08/05/22

No more timed spaces downtown.  New smart meters will be in operation.  Don’t forget: convenient free parking at the mall and other shopping centers not downtown.

Buzz Off, Photog

 

Dramatic

 

Tree Tussle