Today’s Big Pictures of A Little Thing
A small butterfly of unknown species, landed and less than a couple tenths of a second later, aloft (click them for the bigger pictures):
Today’s Big Picture Of A Little Thing
(click it for the bigger picture) An intriguing spider, not quite one centimeter in length and of unknown species found on one of the hammock ropes in the backyard. I’ve not before seen one with such a large and tall cephalothorax in relation to its abdomen. I have an ID request in to the indispensable …
Found Cat
If you’re in my Silver Lake neighborhood (south of Sunset Boulevard between Parkman and Benton Way) and are missing this very people-friendly (but not very cat-friendly, though amazingly crate-trained) tortoise shell calico cat (I’m guessing female), it’s safe and ready for pick-up. Send me an email at wildbell@gmail.com. Or get me on Twitter: @wildbell. If …
Today’s Big Picture Of A Little Thing
Found this morning hanging out on the snail blossom vine. For a sense of its scale, the insect could have fully stood upon my thumbnail with room to spare (click it for the bigger if grainier picture).
An End To Negligence On Two Counts
Until yesterday I had been woefully lax in the maintenance of our treefrog Hop’s space. The last time I cleaned it was… I can’t remember when. Months. Upon Months. Maybe even more than a year. Not cool. My excuse was two-fold. 1) It didn’t smell, and 2) Hop didn’t seem to mind the increasingly organic …
Morning Snap: Portrait Of Stoic Glumitude
(click it for the bigger picture) Poor Ranger. It’s been more than two weeks since her right anal gland ruptured copycatting her left one which did the same thing at the end of February, both requiring surgery. Her left one had healed up well, but post-operation of the right one an infection set in that …
Today’s Big Picture Of A Little Thing
An exceptionally intriguing and accommodating moth hanging out on the edge of a planted pot in our backyard: (click to ginormify)