fauna

I'm sure most of us remember that point in childhood when we first discovered the "COOLNESS" of a magnifying glass. We would run around and look at anything we could find, awe at the neatness of it and maybe, even if inadvertently, learn something in the process. Somewhere along the line we...

I've recently been playing with photography since taking a day workshop with a pro wildlife photographer and whilst we are exceptionally busy and time is scarce any excuse to get away from the office when I'm confined and not running courses is providing some interesting photo opportunities...

Can anyone ID this character? I mean, he said his name was Fred, but I'd like to know WHAT he is, not WHO. Pretty interesting looking bug. This guy was also hitching a ride at the trailhead when we got back. I haven't seen one of these in years. I don't know what he is, but we used to...