Photography & Photos

[poddster]

This thread is about photography and photos, not to be confused with the Weekly Photo Challenge.

The thread is an ongoing one with no time limit and no challenges.

Anyone is welcome to submit photographs here for everyone's viewing pleasure.

Questions and comments should pertain to photos or photography. 

[tcmsecretuseid]

He does look like the grinch. 

[simone4010]

Arts

I was wondering what a polliwog was until I got to the transformation photo.  We call them tadpoles here but I kinda like that polliwog name better lol. 

Love the big green frog.

[channys_mum]

Me too Pollywog has my vote lol

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Pyrocumulus cloud from the wildfire SE of Ashland.........it actually produced lightning and some rain..........

[tcmsecretuseid]

That is incredible. 

[fayekinnitt]

Hey artful - love the polliwog photos.  And I like your frog pic better than mine! 

Very cool cloud pic, band - your talent is amazing.

Cute caterpillar I found in the yard a couple of days ago.

[tcmsecretuseid]

Coincidentally, I found the moth that goes with that Caterpillar, just yesterday. Do moths come from cocoons, like butterflies? It's a bit blurry, because he was staying in one place on the ground, but his wings were fluttering. Plus, I used the clickity pic camera. 

[fayekinnitt]

Cool moth, tcm.  It looks like a stealth bomber. 

Most moths form a cocoon which is wrapped in a silk covering (they sometimes use a leaf as part of the cocoon).  A butterfly makes a chrysalis, which is hard and smooth and has no silk covering.

Two easy ways to tell a moth from a butterfly: a moth's antennae are feathery or saw-edged - and their wing are usually spread (horizontal) while they are in a resting position.  A butterfly's antennae are club-shaped with a long shaft and a bulb at the end - and their wings are closed (held vertically over their back) while in a resting position.

[tcmsecretuseid]

Moth's always look powdery to me. Thanks for all of that info. 

I bought a milkweed plant for the Monarch's this year, and I was thrilled to see a striped caterpillar munching away last week. By the time I got my camera, the darn thing was gone. I hope a bird didn't eat it. 

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]