Caption - Tail Wind

 Enjoy these Monday Photo Captions and leave your captions for the last two photos.

Selected ones will be posted next Monday with links to your blogs or websites.
If they are not selected this time, do attempt again. :)

Lisa : It's all about balance.

Anna : All's ready on airstrip #1. Tail wind is looking good. Take off, please!

Kay L Davies : Second-in-charge, we have landed. Do you hear me, second-in-charge? I believe this planet is called Urth!

GardenWalkGardenTalk : The grass is always greener on the other side of the walk.

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The spider and caterpillar photos below are selected this week to coincide with Halloween.
They are the only spooky looking critters around.

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All comments are welcomed too.
Remember to have a joyful week ahead!
Happy Halloween!

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A Hug for a Hug

Some critters 'appear' to communicate via body language.
The above is what I interpreted.
Do note that this dragonfly is smiling.
Have a great weekend!

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Oleander Hawk Moth Caterpillar

There are some very chubby caterpillars with blue eye-liners on my periwinkle plants.
They are the Oleander Hawk Moth Caterpillars.

These green caterpillars have 2 big blue eye-spots that make them look bigger than they really are.
The purpose of these eye-spots are to scare away possible predators.

  

From observation, when the caterpillar is 'startled', its blue eyes widen abruptly, even a human being would back off.
I certainly did.
My dog startled the caterpillar by walking through the periwinkle plants and that action brought about a domino effect.

By the time, I decided to capture its large scary eyes and gotten near to the caterpillar again, it looked grumpy instead.

This caterpillar is green, blending well with the surroundings and often go unnoticed.
Since they are slow and soft-bodied, they need to camouflage to protect themselves from predators.

It has 3 pairs of jointed legs with hooks attached to its thorax.

It has another 5 pairs of stumpy legs on its abdomen.

The caterpillar has powerful jaws and spends most of its time eating.
It holds on to the food with its thoracic legs.
This particular one is chewing off the leaves of a periwinkle plant.

I observed that the caterpillars start their meal from the top of a plant, working downwards before moving on to another.
That only makes sense.
Imagine if it were to start eating from the bottom, it will be exposed by the time it reaches the top with no leaves to protect it.

Below are some caterpillar poop.

I must admit that these pellets look very interesting to me.

There are constant transformation in these caterpillars.

Notice the mouthpiece?
It was round before and then became pointed.
It changes from green to brown.

This caterpillar is about to transform into a chrysalis.
It is lying horizontal now and is on its way towards the ground.
It has been raining daily, I hope it doesn't drown.

Goodbye!
I may never see this again since it will be transforming to a moth that only appears at night.

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Caption - Holding Hands

Enjoy these Monday Photo Captions and leave your captions for the last two photos.

Selected ones will be posted next Monday with links to your blogs or websites.

GardenWalkGardenTalk :  I guess this is what holding hands is like.

Kay L Davies : Do you wanna dance?

Bananaz : Dear! How many more rocks to Hard Rock Cafe? My foot is killing me!

Kay L Davies : Hahaha, hahaha. Did you see the looks on the faces of those cats?

Stewart M : I gave up hunting years ago - I just wait for things to fall into my mouth.

Hootin' Anni's : Gesundheit! (means 'Bless You' in German)

Bananaz : Savasana - Yoga Corpse Pose

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Here's wishing you a happy week ahead!

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Caption - Imposters

Enjoy these Monday Photo Captions and leave your captions for the last two photos.

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Richard & Kay : I think I'll just duck out for a while.

Bananaz : Join you later. Web varnish not dry yet.

Anna : The ugly Duck-ling.

NHGarden : I give it a week.

GardensEyeView : I've had enough of these impromptu meetings.

Richard & Kay : These quackers seem kinda dry.

Bananaz : Let's vote. OK! 8 Ups, 2 Quacks!

GardensEyeView : Who said this is a hen party?

For the benefit of those who do not reside in the US, AFLAC is a large insurance company with the following logo.

Ann'sGardenSpot : Aflac is here. I got a call that someone has an accident.

GardenWalkGardenTalk :  Aflac...Look at all those imposters!

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Here's wishing you a happy week ahead!

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GBBD Oct 2011 at Onenezz

Yellow represents sunshine.

It is associated with joy and happiness.

After removing the lawn, I reserved about 400 square foot of land to grow plants.

Before I decided what to grow, cosmos invaded.

I got rid of some but left most of them where they were because I thought they would be good to attract all the interesting critters apart from looking beautiful.

Below is a Common Grass Yellow Butterfly.

Here is a White Antenna Wasp Moth.

It is a moth, NOT a wasp.

Plain Tiger Butterfly.

Thanks to Nature Rambles, the orange butterfly below is called a Peacock Pansy.
It resembles the Blue Pansy which also appeared on the cosmos. 

Don't you just love the orange skipper below?
I'm entering this photo in Picture This Photo Contest at Gardening Gone Wild.
The theme for this month is 'Fill the Frame' and in this instance, it is the bokeh that is filling the frame, not the skipper.

Here is another orange insect.
Come to think of it, there are lots of of orange insects at this time.
Anything to do with Halloween approaching?

Treehoppers suck the sap of the plant.
They may not be healthy for plants but it really doesn't matter to me.
The cosmos has served its purpose of attracting many critters, both beneficial and otherwise.

A lady bug should be a delightful sight for most gardeners, I guess.

Actually, I enjoy these cosmos with or without the critters.

Anyone keen to adopt a grasshopper?

Probably not.
How about a dragonfly?

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Caption - Hi, Biscus

Enjoy these Monday Photo Captions and leave your captions for the last two photos.

Selected ones will be posted next Monday with links to your websites.

Kay L Davies : Hi, Biscus.

Cathy & Steve : Here's flashing you, Babe!

One : Why is it that I always feel kinda overweight when I am with you?

Kay L Davies : Lo, let us escape from this pod! The earthlings are coming!

Bananaz : Nature's Whack-A-Mole game.

Anna : Me and mini-Me.

Tina, Anna, Barbara : The eyes have it!

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My caption contribution for:

First duck photo : Oh dear! My date is late.
Second duck photo : Can we have just ONE meeting, please?!

Here's wishing you a happy week ahead!

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Cosmos as in the Universe

The space surrounding the cosmos flowers in this post represents the cosmos as in the universe.
See the beauty in space...

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