A Wee Bit of Bee Butt

Story and pictures by Avalus

I noticed earth-bees emerging and vanishing between two stone plates in the paveway in the garden, so I crouched down and waited for the next bee to come out. But the inhabitants were not that sure about the sudden appearance of a strange black block in front of their door and so cautiously just poked their heads out only to retreat again. (first picture and the detail cut out, with a head of a bee eying me suspiciously visible) Then after five minutes or so one of them had enough of the paparazzi, moved out and took off just as I moved in a more comfortable position and so I nearly missed her. As you can see, I just captured her butt :D.

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Seriously Tiny Spider

Behold below the fold. [Read more…]

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Another Bumblebee

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Beetle on a Lookout

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Roadside Desert

Death and destruction on the roadside. A parched strip of land, baked by the sun in the summer, destroyed by salt runoff in winter. But silverweed endures and sends its creeping stolons across it.

I did not notice the dead moth until today. But it fits the scenery just fine.

A Small Collection of Winged Things

More fabulous photos from Avalus.

First two different hoverflies, then a wasp, cleaning herself, then an older bee, a different kind of bee, and a damselfly.

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Yellow Toadflax

A very common on roadsides and near rail roads, but a very beautiful flower all the same. Belowed by bumblebees.

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Bumblebee

I find it interesting that not only is the pollen on this flower pink, but that also the bumblebee apparently collected enough of it to have pink pollen sacks on her legs.

Looking for Lizards?

We’ve got them, thanks to Avalus, who has a good eye for spotting well camouflaged small creatures.

a young and an older sand lizard

This Spider is a Cutie Pie

Avalus has a new camera and he’s been taking lots of fabulous photos of small creatures, and he’s sharing with us. Today, it’s this little guy, whose photo you can find under the fold.

a crabspider that tested my arm as a potential hunting ground [Read more…]

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – The Male Fern

I like the feathery patterns of fern leaves.

Wednesday Wings: Haven’t you grown?!!!

It’s been a while since I posted an update on our adorable Nile geese.

The first pics are from two weeks ago.

They have almost their parents’ colouring and size, only the heads are still darker. Sadly, 7 gosducklings turned into 4, but nature is a cruel place where often adorable baby birds turn into a fox’s next meal.

On Monday we met again, and one of them was just as interested in me, as I was in it.

There was no aggression in its behaviour, just pure curiosity in that strange creature with a box for a face.

Mushroom Hunt Pictures: Jay Feather

In Czech folklore, Jays are the guardians of the forest due to their habit to make an awful lot of noise when they spot humans. They also used to be game birds and considered to be a pest, but they are protected by law now all year round. So when a gamekeeper wants to adorn his hat with a jay feather, as per custom, nowadays he has to find the feather in the forest and cannot just kill the bird for them.

They are beautiful but tiny and rare to find. This one is less than 5 cm long.

Affinity

Art, Fun, & Nonsense.

What if the Lincoln reflecting pool can't be fixed?

We are kidnappers!

Remember that One Time

The Greater Gardening of 2026 - Part 35 - Thistle Test

It's Bandcamp Friday

Infographic: The Wallpaper groups

Civil Time Again

The Probability Broach: Cannonball run

On LLMs and Intelligence

A Wee Bit of Bee Butt

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Seriously Tiny Spider

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Another Bumblebee

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Beetle on a Lookout

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Roadside Desert

Like this:

A Small Collection of Winged Things

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – Yellow Toadflax

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – A Bumblebee

Like this:

Looking for Lizards?

Like this:

This Spider is a Cutie Pie

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures – The Male Fern

Like this:

Wednesday Wings: Haven’t you grown?!!!

Like this:

Mushroom Hunt Pictures: Jay Feather

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this: