Comments on: it came from mars http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:14:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1252 Mon, 29 May 2006 16:47:43 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1252 DivaJood -- Yes, perhaps it was like the Sphinx in Greek mythology, and was about to ask a riddle. (-: DivaJood — Yes, perhaps it was like the Sphinx in Greek mythology, and was about to ask a riddle. (-:

]]> by: DivaJood http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1248 Mon, 29 May 2006 15:59:27 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1248 It looks like its asking you a question -- amazing image. Very yellow, very other-worldly. It looks like its asking you a question — amazing image. Very yellow, very other-worldly.

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1239 Sun, 28 May 2006 23:59:16 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1239 Jimmy - Thanks, it is kinda cool, isn't it! (-: RA - Yes, the colour was so vivid. I think that's partly why I was a bit surprised (closer to "amazed") when I first noticed it perched on the stick. I'd never seen any kind of insect, especially a large one, of such a bright yellow colour. And yes, so amazing that it turns into something so different as an adult. Duncan - Thanks! I'm familiar with quite a lot of sawflies, but the Cimbex are definitely not among the ones I've photographed in the past. Such huge winged insects. Really quite striking! Jimmy - Thanks, it is kinda cool, isn’t it! (-:

RA - Yes, the colour was so vivid. I think that’s partly why I was a bit surprised (closer to “amazed”) when I first noticed it perched on the stick. I’d never seen any kind of insect, especially a large one, of such a bright yellow colour. And yes, so amazing that it turns into something so different as an adult.

Duncan - Thanks! I’m familiar with quite a lot of sawflies, but the Cimbex are definitely not among the ones I’ve photographed in the past. Such huge winged insects. Really quite striking!

]]> by: Duncan http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1237 Sun, 28 May 2006 23:19:37 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1237 That's a beauty Bev, funny, when I looked at the picture of the adult you posted, I immediately thought of our sawfly over here, very similar creature. That’s a beauty Bev, funny, when I looked at the picture of the adult you posted, I immediately thought of our sawfly over here, very similar creature.

]]> by: robin andrea http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1235 Sun, 28 May 2006 17:57:12 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/28/it-came-from-mars/#comment-1235 What a fantastic color, like a grapefruit with little eyes and a body. A yellow larval probiscus monkey! I've never seen anything so vibrantly yellow, and to think it becomes a large black bee-like insect, what an amazing thing. Great follow-up on a long-term mystery. Wonderfully done. What a fantastic color, like a grapefruit with little eyes and a body. A yellow larval probiscus monkey! I’ve never seen anything so vibrantly yellow, and to think it becomes a large black bee-like insect, what an amazing thing. Great follow-up on a long-term mystery. Wonderfully done.

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