Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


October 8, 2007: Wasps and Butterflies

I took a flight from Charleston to Charlotte and then to Nashville - home of FedEx. Jack and the kids picked me up. Here is the track from Chapel Hill to Charleston and the flight to Nashville

track from Newark to Nashville

The next day I was poking around their garden and found many interesting insects. Here is a fly with a drop of dew in his/her mouth

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Closer view

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Then a magnificant orange wasp looking for something yummy

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I just followed her around

oct 08 6452 breakfast hunt

More hunting

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upside down hunting

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More upside down hunting

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Sneeking a look at me

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and poking around here and there

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A whirlabout (Polites vibex feasting on purple flowers

Polites vibex

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