Tag Archives: invertebrate
Roman Marine Life
This afternoon I went to the Museum of Fine Arts to see the new Goya Exhibition. It is wonderful and well worth a visit. I had a few minutes to spare so I wondered over to the Greek and Roman … Continue reading
A Walk in the Grounds of an old Venetian Castle, Pylos, Greece
Originally posted on NaturalistNotebook:
On a hot, dusty day in early June I visited a beautiful, old castle that looked out onto the Meditereanian from Pylos on the Greek coast. Wildflowers were everywhere and I took many?photographs as I walked…
Celebrating Marine Life
I love penguins and it is a joy to watch them at the New England aquarium – they are at the base of the giant ocean tank that is such a signature feature at the aquarium. This a truly magnificent … Continue reading
Invasive Bugs at Home
I wondered why many leaves on the avocado tree in my yard were getting brown blotches. I carefully shook some leaves over a large plastic dish. Several tiny transparent insects started crawling around the dish and I took some photographs. … Continue reading
The Orb-Weaver Spider
I saw the wasp struggle in the web high over my head and watched the huge spider speed towards it. In an instant she was spinning – almost spitting silk – until the wasp was wrapped in a white cocoon … Continue reading
Some Halloween Critters from Taiwan
I am posting some photographs I took of wonderful and sometimes startling creatures that I saw in Taiwan – in honor of Halloween – A large centipede, huge red wasp, slug, land crab in the forest, brightly colored fiddler crabs … Continue reading
Insects in Taiwan
Taiwan is famous for its beautiful butterflies and dragonflies. Most of them moved too fast for my camera to catch but here are a few examples of the wonderful insects I saw recently. The forests and wetlands were full of … Continue reading
