User contributions for M&Mel

27 May 2009

• 13:0313:03, 27 May 2009 diff hist +177‎ N File:2145186692 498c17be77.jpg ‎ These thin pine trees are beautiful. Lodgepole Pines
• 12:2812:28, 27 May 2009 diff hist +151‎ N File:377px-Pinus contorta map.png ‎No edit summary
• 07:0607:06, 27 May 2009 diff hist +140‎ N File:171704003 8828a7282a.jpg ‎ lodgepole pine

26 May 2009

• 04:0904:09, 26 May 2009 diff hist +251‎ N File:Largest lodgepole pine.jpg ‎ Hiking in the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake. Looking up from the base of the world's largest lodgepole pine
• 03:3403:34, 26 May 2009 diff hist +617‎ N File:Cones.jpg ‎ These are the cones of the lodgepole pine that we saw throughout Yellowstone. The interesting thing about these cones are that some are "serotinous" and will only open to release their seeds when exposed to extreme temperatures like that of a forest fire.

24 April 2009

• 07:2107:21, 24 April 2009 diff hist +135‎ N File:3096726909 7faa02b3bc.jpg ‎ Poinsettia
• 07:1907:19, 24 April 2009 diff hist +141‎ N File:74116749 d6be57bcd9.jpg ‎ white poinsettia
• 07:1607:16, 24 April 2009 diff hist +225‎ N File:323628928 94477075a4.jpg ‎ Common name: Poinsettia, Mana angangbi (Manipuri) Botanical name: Euphorbia pulcherrima
• 07:1307:13, 24 April 2009 diff hist +405‎ N File:2197324518 f165141846.jpg ‎ A poinsettia bract, on the way to becoming a pink/soft red. This was taken in the same house as the previous photo in this series, as you can tell from the floor. This is the last of the series. Sorry, I'm out of poinsettia photos for now. More detail a
• 05:5005:50, 24 April 2009 diff hist +145‎ N File:318741307 87739ea3f4.jpg ‎ macro Poinsettia
• 05:4705:47, 24 April 2009 diff hist +254‎ N File:3387942653 1198baeaf8.jpg ‎ Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia) - cultivated near Wunwu Temple, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. Photographed on 4 March 2009.
• 04:1504:15, 24 April 2009 diff hist +201‎ N File:310911088 46b549da25.jpg ‎ This is the true flower of the poinsettia. The red leaves are called bracts.
• 02:0002:00, 24 April 2009 diff hist +159‎ N File:35301013 9b41fa2445.jpg ‎ Poinsettia aka Christmas Star

6 March 2009

• 10:2710:27, 6 March 2009 diff hist +146‎ N File:Dsfgdfgagggg.jpg ‎ Desert Millipedes
• 10:2310:23, 6 March 2009 diff hist +222‎ N File:This is gross.jpg ‎ Shot with a Nikon D70s with a Nikon 50mm 1.8 with a 4x filter. From Charleston Lake, ON, Canada
• 10:1710:17, 6 March 2009 diff hist +139‎ N File:EWW.jpg ‎ Gross Bug
• 10:1510:15, 6 March 2009 diff hist +322‎ N File:Milli.jpg ‎ A millipede found under a log at Weymouth Woods. Likely Sigmoria latior, see BugGuide. I prodded it to get it to curl up, and it exuded some defensive secretions from its anus. PCCA20080322-9647A
• 10:0910:09, 6 March 2009 diff hist +145‎ N File:Pill.jpg ‎ Pill Millipede
• 09:0809:08, 6 March 2009 diff hist +284‎ N File:2320653110 3ef9482f8d.jpg ‎ Just a millipede, disturbed in its hiding place under a log, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. (I put the log back) More detail at the larger size.
• 07:4707:47, 6 March 2009 diff hist +157‎ N File:2092230226 ae1fd4758b.jpg ‎ American Desert Millipede
• 04:3704:37, 6 March 2009 diff hist +343‎ N File:2096947613 8478d39ee8.jpg ‎ The same pair of millipedes that were mating, seen from a side-on parallel, view. From a photographic point of view, it was unfortunate that the depth of field was insufficient for the body of the upper millipede.
• 04:0804:08, 6 March 2009 diff hist +151‎ N File:337879425 e46e1db269.jpg ‎ Millipede from Taiwan
• 03:5303:53, 6 March 2009 diff hist +144‎ N File:46812361 7480d26efe.jpg ‎ millipede-9-24-05

3 December 2008

• 03:2403:24, 3 December 2008 diff hist +1,014‎ N File:Raccoon World.png ‎ Description This map shows the worldwide range of the raccoon, the native range is red, the introduced range is blue. The distribution in North America is based on the map on page 80 in the book “Raccoons: A Natural History” by Samuel I. Zeveloff. The
• 03:1703:17, 3 December 2008 diff hist +396‎ N File:Raccoon skeleton medium.jpg ‎ Location University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Caption raccoon (Procyon lotor) skeleton with major bones labelled Contributors Phil Myers (photographer, copyright holder), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
• 03:0903:09, 3 December 2008 diff hist +142‎ N File:Raccoon skeleton.jpg ‎ all that remains

21 November 2008

• 06:3506:35, 21 November 2008 diff hist +174‎ N File:Common Raccoon.jpg ‎ Youngest member of Raccoon family near Lost Lagoon.
• 06:3006:30, 21 November 2008 diff hist +386‎ N File:A mutated raccoon.jpg ‎ – Luigi Pirandello A mutated raccoon, Procyon lotor. Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA Keyword: Marketing, Raccoons SNWR_041224_012 Fine Art Prints are available at www.wildphotons.com 10% of your purchases go to an environmental or educational
• 06:2606:26, 21 November 2008 diff hist +501‎ N File:Tres Marias Raccoon.jpg ‎ Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. -- Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower, Chess Master Blonde Raccoon, Procyon lotor, stalking prey, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA Keyword: Execution, Raccoons SacramentoNWR_041224_020
• 06:1606:16, 21 November 2008 diff hist +130‎ N File:Raccoon Tracks.jpg ‎ Raccoon Tracks
• 06:1006:10, 21 November 2008 diff hist +203‎ N File:Procyon cancrivorus.jpg ‎ Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)"Hmm, should I wash my hands before or after I eat?"
• 06:0706:07, 21 November 2008 diff hist +174‎ N File:Crab Eating Raccoon.jpg ‎ Crab-Eating Racoon - skinny Panamanian Species
• 02:0702:07, 21 November 2008 diff hist +184‎ N File:Sleeping Raccoon.jpg ‎ Raccoon sleeping on a tree in a funny position, in the Siky Ranch
• 02:0202:02, 21 November 2008 diff hist +293‎ N File:BAby raccoon.jpg ‎ Baby Raccoon. A co-worker brought in a baby raccoon and he was so adorable. His name is "Scratchy". He loves attention and even fell asleep on top of my file cabinet.

28 October 2008

• 11:3811:38, 28 October 2008 diff hist +140‎ N File:Damselfly Larva.jpg ‎ Damselfly larva
• 11:3311:33, 28 October 2008 diff hist +129‎ N File:Damselfly Heads.jpg ‎ Head On
• 11:1111:11, 28 October 2008 diff hist +216‎ N File:Orange Threadtail.jpg ‎ a damselfly resting on a plant in the Nathan Road wetlands reserve in Rothwell, Queensland.
• 11:0711:07, 28 October 2008 diff hist +163‎ N File:Damselfly Blue-ringed.jpg ‎ Damselfly Blue-ringed Dancer male
• 11:0011:00, 28 October 2008 diff hist +169‎ N File:Pyrrhosoma nymphula.jpg ‎ Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
• 10:5710:57, 28 October 2008 diff hist +219‎ N File:Tule Bluet.jpg ‎ Tule Bluet at Rattlesnake Springs Picnic Area, Eddy Co., NM 071021. Enallagma carunculatum
• 10:4610:46, 28 October 2008 diff hist +305‎ N File:A Blue tailed damselfly.jpg ‎ Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) male. kingdom: Animalia, phylum: Arthropoda, subphylum: Hexapoda, class: Insecta, order: Odonata, suborder: Zygoptera, family: Coenagrionidae

22 October 2008

• 05:5705:57, 22 October 2008 diff hist +169‎ N File:Preety Damselfly.jpg ‎ Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
• 05:3705:37, 22 October 2008 diff hist +297‎ N File:Close Up Of Damselfly.jpg ‎ Damselfly found along a river bank. It took a LOT of attempts to get this close without scaring them away. Hand held using a reversed lens and diffused flash. June, 2006. current
• 05:3305:33, 22 October 2008 diff hist +210‎ N File:Reproduction Damselfly.jpg ‎ Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum). Stanford reservoir, Leicestershire current
• 02:2802:28, 22 October 2008 diff hist +247‎ N File:Anatomy 2 Damselfly.jpg ‎ Ischnura aurora (damselfly) current
• 02:2602:26, 22 October 2008 diff hist +258‎ N File:Damselfly Anatomy.jpg ‎ Pseudagrion aureofrons (damselfly) current
• 01:4401:44, 22 October 2008 diff hist +189‎ N File:Blue Damselfly.jpg ‎ Common Blue Damselfly - okatytönkorento (Enallagma cyathigerum) current