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Papilio palamades, Palamedes swallowtail

Cirsium horridulum, bristle thistle (aka horrid thistle)

#花 @plants

A butterfly with black and yellow patterned wings perched on a yellow thistle flower with thistles leaves, buds and other foliage in the background. The butterfly is facing left and has its proboscis poking inside the top spines of the flower. The thistle flower is a green ball of spines with small spiny arugula-like leaves wrapped around the bud. On top of the green ball are numerous yellow spikes.
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    @nature @photography @hiking

    jblue , to plants group
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    Strongly considering collecting seeds and planting these around trees as revenge on squirrels for digging up seedlings and stealing fruit. 😈… 🐿️🐿️🐿️😱☠️

    Cirsium horridulum, bristle thistle (aka horrid thistle)

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of the yellow and brown thistle center showing intricate details and textures. The stamens are deep in the center and look like the end of spaghetti noodles squeezed into a bunch.
    A wider shot of the thistle. It is actually a very large plant. The leaves look like arugula if it were massively thorny and could be used as a weapon. The rolled up hedgehog of a flower sits on top of this giant vicious plant.

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    Please like these photos.

    This bug was so fast. Followed it around for 15’ and these were the best pics I got. Oh well.

    Hemaris deffinis, snowberry clearing (aka hummingbird moth) on Salvia lyrata, lyre leaf sage

    @plants

    A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped flowers with a green background. There are new buds of flowers at the top of the pic and those are dark purple. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. In this pic, the moth has pulled away and its proboscis is hanging out in front.
    A hummingbird moth with black and yellow coloring hovering near purple flowers. This is a download facing pic. Its head is in the flower.
    Close-up of a hummingbird moth feeding on purple flowers against a green grassy background. This pic the hummingbird moth is facing right with its head in a flower.

    A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped downward-facing flowers with a green, grassy background. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. The moth in this pic has its whole head in the flower and his clasping onto the flower from the sides.
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    • jblue , to plants group
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    Bad hair day

    Erigeron philadelphicus, fleabane

    #花 @plants

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    When nature gives you cold, you make icicles 😁

    @photography @nature @climate



    TimKStanton , to Photography
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    Enjoyed a fun spring hike yesterday in southern . Went up an isolated rock mountain (a “monadnock” and so-named). No ice or snow, all the way to the summit. Great views from the top! Lots of class II scrambling up steep rock slabs — impressive that this is the popular “family” trail— those 6 year old children from New Hampshire are tough! 😀

    Photo of view looking up a steep rock slab toward summit. Summit, behind green trees, is seen near top of photo.
    Photo of steep rock slab, taken from side view, illustrating the steepness of some of the slabs. Forested valley and solid blue sky in background. A large angular rock is attached to the slab.
    Photo looking down one of the steep slabs with green trees at the end of the slabs. Forested valley is shown in the background.

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    but taken on 😁

    @photography @nature


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    Eurytides marcellus, zebra swallowtail on Rubus allegheniensis, wild blackberry

    #花 @plants

    A zebra swallowtail butterfly on leafy green blackberry brambles full of white buds and white flowers. This pic is taken more towards its side and is facing top left. The wings are mostly open and the left wing is pointed to the camera.

    A zebra swallowtail butterfly on leafy green blackberry brambles full of white buds and white flowers. The black stripes run parallel to its black body, except on the end of his wings where curves at an angle with the shape of its wings. At the end of its wings is an eye spot that looks more red-haired matryoshka doll head with black eyes nose and mouth. Above either side of the doll is dusted iridescent blue specks. The tips of the swallowtail’s tails are white.
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    • m4nuel , to Photography German
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    Mit anderen Menschen in den Bergen hoch über den Tälern solche Momente zu teilen ist einfach einmalig. Der Sonnenuntergang ließ mich die Stille genießen ☺️ 😍

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    / / picks of the day:

    ➡️ @outside - Magazine about outdoors, hiking, running etc

    ➡️ @trailspotting - All about hiking in New Hampshire, California, rest of USA

    ➡️ @Snoweider - Freelance Mountain Leader in Scotland & English Lake District

    ➡️ @GSteffanos - Hiking enthusiast, photographer, author of “Then the Hail Came”

    ➡️ @TimKStanton - Hiking & outdoors enthusiast in Massachusetts USA

    ➡️ @betazoid - Lovely landscapes, wildlife & nature from hiking in Austria

    🧵 1/3

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    / / picks of the day (continued):

    ➡️ @cascadepine - Wildlife & nature in the Pacific Northwest

    ➡️ @m1hax - UK hiker, mountaineer, amateur radio, SOTA activator

    ➡️ @W9SSN Amateur radio, SOTA, hiking, trekking

    ➡️ @Taiwan_Trails - Hiking in forests of Taiwan

    ➡️ @hikingdude (main) & @blog (blog) - Hiker & photographer in Alps & Europe

    ➡️ @stephenhui - Hiking author in British Columbia

    ➡️ @WalkersAreWelcome - UK initiative to encourage walking

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    / / picks of the day (continued):

    The accounts below are discussion groups. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention it to post to the group. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/)

    ➡️ @hiking - Discussion group about hiking

    ➡️ @climbing - Discussion group about climbing

    PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.

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    Pelegrina galathea, peppered jumping spider

    Asimina triloba, pawpaw

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of a maroon flower with deeply-veined petals with a blurred natural background. The pic is same flower and spider bug different angle. The flower hangs down on the branch and the pic is taken from the side and the spider is upside-down facing left. You can see it from the side and it is cast in shadow. The top of the flower is dusted with yellow pollen.

    Close-up of a maroon, deeply-veined flower with a blurred blue sky in the background. It has three large petals opposing directions like a triangle and three more curled petals between the gaps of the petals. Light is shiny through the petals casting deep shadows in the folds. On the left petal is a plump jumping spider facing down. It sort of has dessert camouflage.
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    Wildflowers have the best names.

    Packera dubia, wooly ragwort

    Nuttallanthus canadensis, blue toadflax

    #花 @plants

    Close-up of small light purple flowers with a blurred green background. They are growing on a very tall stem. The flowers look a little bit like snapdragons.

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    National Park Service needs help identifying public land vandals at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. If you can help ID these clowns please contact the Park at 702-293-8990. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1245062311/lake-mead-rock-formations-destroyed

    Two men on a red sandstone cliff are toppling a large boulder over the edge. The man on the right looks to be very heavy set and is wearing a long sleeve red shirt, light blue pants, and tennis shoes. He has short brown hair and a beard. He is bent over trying to push a large boulder over the cliff's edge. The man on the left is dressed in black with a short-sleeved tee-shirt. He appears to be loosing a second boulder.
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    Haydar , to Random stuff German
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    Meine heutige Strecke: Hofgarten - Kaiserswerth . Jetzt unterwegs mit der U-Bahn zur Pempelforther Str., wo es für mich los geht

    jblue , to plants group
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    This is moss!

    Diphasiastrum digitatum, fan clubmoss (aka ground cedar, bears paw, crows foot)

    Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina Jessamine

    Praying mantis ootheca

    Pteridium aquilinum, common bracken

    #花 @plants

    Two yellow trumpet-like flowers with sunlight directed towards them. The bell is flared out to a star shape. It is growing on a vine with narrow green lanceolate leaves.
    A praying mantis ootheca hanging on to a green stem. It is brown and looks like a dry brown sponge
    A close up of a small green curled fern leaflet. To the left further down the stem, the leaflets are more unfurled, to the right they are coiled tightly on the stem.

    jblue , to plants group
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    The most beautiful fly I have ever seen in my life. So beautiful!

    So AMAZE! 💚❤️😍😭😍❤️💚

    Sphecomyia vittata, long horned Yellowjacket fly

    Amelanchier canadensis, serviceberry

    #花 #树 #果 @plants

    A gloriously beautiful fly that looks a bit like a bee on white flowers with green foliage in the background. The direction of the photo is looking down on the fly’s head. The eyes are an opaque matte black and look like a bikini top on its head. The rest of the head is sunflower yellow with a long black stripe in the center. It has a black tongue sticking into the flower. The thorax is mostly black with two pairs of short yellow stripes. Its two wings are resting closed together and are translucent reddish brown. The legs are long, thin and reddish towards the tarsi and yellow near the abdomen. The flowers are closely packed together on a stem with thin white petals looking like they’re barely hanging on to the green star-shaped cup center.

    A gloriously beautiful fly that looks a bit like a bee on white flowers with green foliage in the background. The fly has a plump body with sunflower yellow and black stripes and big black eyes and thick blunt antennae in the shape of a V on its head. The thorax is mostly black with yellow stripes going in the opposite direction. Its two wings are resting closed together and are translucent reddish brown. The legs are long, thin and reddish towards the tarsi and yellow near the abdomen. The flowers are clustered very close together on a stalk and have thin white petals that seem haphazardly arranged, green stamens, long thin filaments and yellow anthers. There are small leaflets poking out from under the flower cluster.
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    Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip tree

    Does the leaf seem happy to you? 🤔

    #树 @plants

    Close-up of a light green leaf bud on a branch with a blurred natural background. There are new small leaves emerged around the side of the main bud in the center. It looks like a strange flower like a green magnolia.

    A close-up of the underside of a new green leaf against a grey background of trees and sky. Light is showing through the lead so that the veins are clearly visible and light green. The leaf has four pointed lobes. Looking at the leaf one half at a time, the two lobes together look like a frog about ready to catch a fly. Below the leaf is another leaf that is just beginning to emerge out of a leaf bud.
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    Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, cinnamon fern

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    Three young fern fronds unfurling in a natural setting. The stems are more orange-ish brown but the leaflets are sort green and fuzzy.

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    Taxodium distichum, bald cypress

    #树 @plants

    Close-up of a green coniferous branch with needle-like leaves, blurred background. The angle of the photo positions the branch in the middle from a thicker end of the branch pointing higher in the photo towards the end of the branch. Sunlight is shining on the new leaves so they glow green.
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    My father and by brother visited me for Easter. And in the last four days, we hiked about 60 km around Oldenburg and the surrounding regions.

    Mind you, my father is 84. Being that fit at this age is something we can all hope and aspire for.

    jblue , to plants group
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    yesterday. Saw wood duck, turkey, zebra swallowtails, lots of deer 🦌🦌🦌

    Asimina triloba, pawpaw flower

    Prunus serotina, black cherry (not sure)

    Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina jessamine

    Houstonia caerulea, bluets

    #花 @plants

    Sunlit plant with green leaves and pink stems against a blurred natural background. The red stems are where new growth and flower shoots emerge in the spring. The sunlight shines directly through the leaves and pink stems so they appear to glow with color. Some blue sky peeks through the background.
    Close-up of a yellow flower with green leaves and a blurred natural background. The sun is shining on the flowers so they appear glowing yellow with dramatic shadows. The flowers flare out like a trombone bell but with five petals arranged like a star. The petals have a crease in the middle so the ends appear heart-shaped. There is some blue sky peeking through the faded green background.
    A cluster of tiny purple flowers with green tiny leaves snuggled close to the ground. The flowers have four petals and a magenta center and emerge out of long thin brown stems. They’re very cute.

    jblue OP ,
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    @plants

    Usnea subfloridana, boreal beard lichen

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