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Animals without backbones and other life forms
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January 28, 2012, 04:18:31 PM »
You find them wherever you find plants. Insects of course but also spiders, millipedes and centipedes; toadstools and other fungi, and all other beings that belong to nature.
Here are a few as a starter.
This one is called Dyer's polypore or Norway Chicken (don't know why; the Norwegian name is "gulrandkjuke" = yellow rim polypore), (Phaeolus schweinitzii). It causes rot on conifers but this one popped up on a dead rose shrub near a pine stump. The fruiting body developed in a month and then disintegrated into a very colourful slime.
The next two are caterpillars, Grass eggar (Lasiocampa trifolii) and Lettuce shark (Cucullia lactucae). The first one feeds on various trees and shrubs. I found it defoliating a Helianthemum. The second feeds on several Asteraceae and I found it on a sow thistle (Sonchus). I didn't kill any of them, softhearted as I am
This is a common butterfly Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) - or to be more specific, is a representant for a common genus with several species. Always a joy to see.
The last one is a South American bee. Several bees were busy with this Pericum relative along the river Churun where we made a stop for lunch on our way up the river to take a look at Angel Falls.
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Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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At first I was wondering how a South American bee made it to Norway!
I have lots of fungi and insect images, always interesting to see all the life wherever you are-though usually I don't have any idea what they are!
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Quote from: cohan on January 31, 2012, 01:40:37 PM
At first I was wondering how a South American bee made it to Norway!
I have lots of fungi and insect images, always interesting to see all the life wherever you are-though usually I don't have any idea what they are!
She could of course gone by an aircraft
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Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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You never know these days-- all sorts of exotic creatures creating havoc!
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The other day a plane had to go to Norway in stead of Sweden. It had a mouse on board and the Swedes weren't allowed to kill that animal!
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Quote from: Hoy on February 01, 2012, 02:37:32 PM
The other day a plane had to go to Norway in stead of Sweden. It had a mouse on board and the Swedes weren't allowed to kill that animal!
Complicated international relations!
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