A billion eyes are watching you.

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Entymology isn’t one of my strong points (Nor is photography, which is why I have hundreds of photos on my phone, all of them clear enough to see, as I’ve cropped them, but too small to upload on Goy.) so I apologise for the poor quality of some of my snaps in advance.
A few months ago many Goyers were lamenting the lack of bees & the like, while I felt guilty for my beginner’s luck, as I enjoyed a glut.
I trust the imbalance has since been redressed by Mother Nature & you’ve all had your fair share?
You have? Jolly good.
Well, I’ll be contrary & begin with the ridiculous & hope to achieve the sublime.
Any failure is my fault entirely. ;-)
Let me begin by telling you a short story about a creature that settled on the paving slab not far from where I was sitting a few weeks ago.
At first I thought it was a fly, about half an inch long with a livid red spot on it’s back just below it’s head, but realised it was a beetle, when it unfolded it’s wings.
I nearly fell off my chair, as it’s entire back was revealed.
It looked the exact colour of a burning coal!
The wings closed & I realised this might be one bad hombre.
Mouldy admits, here & now, a chill travelled his spine, which might be a bit melodramatic, but you had to be there, trust me.
Then I took a photo.
That’s right, I leant as far towards it as I dared & took a pic, but was ready to run away screaming like a big girl’s blouse, if it made any threatening gestures.
What?
Well it had six legs & a mouth. Use your imagination.
One wave of a single leg or a chomping of it’s mandibles & I was heading for the hills, I tell you!
Photo taken & machismo re-estabilished, I studied it, while it studied me in turn, then, unimpressed, it flew away.
That, sadly, is one of the photos that were too cropped to upload for this blog.
I expect, one day, to show it to someone only to be told “It’s harmless, eats vegetation & the colouring is to discourage predators”.
Naturally, I’ll force a laugh & say I knew that, but we’ll know differently, won’t we? ;-)
Anyway, enough of that nonsense & back to matters at hand!
When I clapped eyes on this creature I thought – Boy, it’s ugly!
It probably thought the same about me.
The Fly…

This next one was breathtaking with black & yellow bands, including it’s legs, as it rested on a Coreopsis bloom.
Talk about fast.
When it took off I half expected the soundbarrier to let out a boom!

A butterfly wannabe.

The real thing…about an inch long & I don’t know what type it is.

A quick glug of miracle gro & presto! Blurred, but enlarged.

“Butterflies? Nah, never suffered. Wheeeee!”

“I’ll just have the cabbage soup, please, waiter”

• 18 Aug, 2013
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