Tuesday, August 25, 2026

So big, so tiny

 I have to carry two cameras when I water my garden. One for the sunflowers overhead:

Huge head, busy building seeds for the birds. And it's too heavy for its own stem. I had to add a couple of support poles.

And the pocket camera for the littles on the wall below:

Jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni, female. The males' abdomen is completely red.

Another of the sunflowers, half size still.

With a bud.
And on the wall again:

A Noctuid (owlet) moth, Oligia divesta.

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Tengo que traer dos cámaras cuando salgo a regar mi jardín. Una para los girasoles allá arriba:

1. Un girasol casi maduro, produciendo las semillas para los pájaros. Tan pesada es la flor que el tallo se dobla. Tuve que añadir dos postes como sostén.

Y la otra cámara, la de bolsillo, para las criaturas abajo en la pared:

2. Una araña saltarina, Phidippus johnsoni. Una hembra: el abdomen del macho es rojo sin la franja negra en el centro.

    3. Otro de los girasoles. Este está todavía a la mitad de su tamaño final.

    4. Y otro, con un botón.

    5. En la pared otra vez: una mariposa nocturna de la familia de los noctuidos, Oligia divesta.


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