This was an amazing sight… it looked like a snake at first sight, but then it was pretty strange… After a quick search based on a wild guess, it turned out to be larvae migrating, possibly some kind of a gnat larvae. But why are these larvae moving like this? You might guess that it…
We may have noticed these common holes in soft sandy patches and walked on. Few might imagine that these tiny holes are actually the engineering effort of some young insects (antlion larvae), at work catching a little hard working engineer – an ant! As ambush predators, catching prey is risky because food arrives unpredictably and,…
It was a nice to see this beautiful fellow looking around for minerals on the ground… and holding his ground in the strong winds. The green jay butterfly belongs to the swallowtail family (wiki): Strong and restless fliers, they are very active butterflies and flutter their wings constantly even when at flowers. They are seldom…
They are invisible only as we take them for granted, but visible if we really look out for them. Since Darwin, we have generally thought of trees as striving, disconnected loners, competing for water, nutrients and sunlight, with the winners shading out the losers and sucking them dry. The timber industry in particular sees forests…
I personally have a 10×50 model pocket sized but some unknown company years ago. Did some research for a new one recently. I’d suggest not to spend too much time on reading into all the details, its never ending 😅 So here’s a summary… The main criteria to consider for your specific needs are: magnification weight…
The binary tree picture is just a forwarded joke referring to computer science terminology… but here’s something more basic… Start with the number 0, 1… add + 1 = 2. 1 + 2 = 3 2 + 3 = 5 Keep adding the previous number and the sum… 3 + 5 = 8, … We…