tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post5510761222663920969..comments2023-10-16T09:42:47.302+01:00Comments on Greenie in the wild: Thursday 13th.August 2009Greeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-79630339151494504632009-08-15T08:56:22.621+01:002009-08-15T08:56:22.621+01:00Roger ,
Those Hornets certainly don't hang abo...Roger ,<br />Those Hornets certainly don't hang about when looking for a meal .<br />The speed of devouring the Hoverfly was amazing .<br />As would be finding a Preying Mantis .<br />CheersGreeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-51661442741829546372009-08-13T20:44:00.774+01:002009-08-13T20:44:00.774+01:00Great to see some of the photos you've been ta...Great to see some of the photos you've been taking recently.<br />I'm just back from a few days in Switzerland, visiting my girlfriend, who is currently living and working near Lugano.<br />It was there (a few years back, now) that I had my first chance to watch hornets at close quarters. I was near a stand of golden rod, watching to see whatever came by, and mostly it was bees. Then along came a hornet, which also flew round the flowers, but you could kind of tell it wasn't really interested in them like the bees were. <br />And then - all of a sudden - whack! Just as one bee was backing out from a flower head, the hornet pounced on it from behind and put it in a bear-hug, right in front of me. In the next second, it snipped off the bee's head, and was off and away with it! <br />Hmmm, they're real brutal little beasties, aren't they!<br />I was also lucky enough to get another 'first' on this latest trip. I thought I'd seen a clouded yellow land near a stick by some brambles, but when I got to it I couldn't see any sign of it. I tried jiggling the stick, and each time I did it seemed as if something was moving. I looked closer, and there it was... the first praying mantis I've ever seen in my life.roger.wood800https://www.blogger.com/profile/18142004378903057945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297012542834525300.post-90678644186568207472009-08-13T20:31:03.469+01:002009-08-13T20:31:03.469+01:00It's always nice to break the isolation with s...It's always nice to break the isolation with some like minded company Greenie. I went for my evening walk, and it proved to be the best part of the day........more on tomorrows post!Warren Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.com