Category Archives: Insects

Bright and beautiful

A Carpenter bee male at Lapakahi in Hawaii
A male Sonoran Carpenter Bee enjoys the sunshine.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful.’ See more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

Reef fish at Two Step in Hawaii
Reef fish at Two Step.
A Bromeliad in Hawaii
Aechmea blanchetiana bromeliad.
An Ember Parrotfish in the waters off Hawaii
An Ember Parrotfish.
A Crowned Jellyfish in the waters off Hawaii
A Crowned Jellyfish catches the light.
A Rcl Sharon king 'Volcano Queen' orchid at the Hilo Orchid Show in Hawaii
Rcl Sharon king ‘Volcano Queen’ orchid.
Sunset on the Kohala coast in Hawaii
North Kohala sunset.

The Numbers Game #99

A grasshopper on a windshield in Hawaii
A grasshopper on a windshield.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 221. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A Green Turtle in Kiholo Bay.
A Pacific Golden Plover, also at Kiholo.
Breakfast strikes back
This Chinese Rose Beetle escaped being breakfast for this Green Anole, leaving the anole embarrassed.
Cattle on the edge!
An aquaculture farm off the Kona coast.
Workers prepare to remove and electrical transformer
Workers installing a new transformer in my driveway. Couldn’t get by until they were done!

The brown and the gray

A praying mantis and it's shadow in Hawaii
A Praying Mantis casts a its shadow on a rail.

This month’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Any shade of brown and/or gray.’ See more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A black and white image of grid shadows in Hawaii
Grill shadows.
A Reticulated Cowrie in the waters off Hawaii
A Reticulated Cowry.
A harrowed field in Hawaii
A newly-harrowed field in North Kohala.
Wooden handles on a door in Kapaau, Hawaii
Door handles in Kapaau.
Brown moss or lichen growing on a tree in Hawaii
Growth on a tree trunk. Not sure if this is moss or lichen or something else!
A sonoran carpenter bee near a sign in Hawaii
A Sonoran Carpenter Bee confirms that it’s not forbidden to drill nest holes in the fence.

The Numbers Game #98

Lahaina noon at Kawaihae, Hawaii
Where’s the shadow? It’s Lahaina noon! Original post here.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 220. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

Great Frigatebirds on the wing.
A Fiery Skipper butterfly on a Tree Heliotrope.
A bee approaching an agave flower.
Rainbow over a tsunami siren.
A snowflake moray eel in the rocks
A Snowflake Eel playing peekaboo.
Spencer Beach Park at Kawaihae.

The Numbers Game #97

A Goldring Surgeonfish and its shadow, or is it? It looks that way, but the shadow is a different fish!

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 219. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A juvenile Threadfin Jack, one of my favorite fish.
Raindrops on shiny metal.
A shoal of Yellow Tangs having breakfast.
HIghfin Chubs cruising just below the water surface.
A young mourning gecko hides under a tire.
A Mourning Gecko choosing a bad hiding place.
A bee in the flower of a Cannonball Tree.

The Numbers Game #96

The space tracking station near South Point.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 218. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A fireweed control moth (Secusio extensa)
Two Pacific Day Octopuses.
A bee clambers out of a water cooler after collecting water for the hive.
The beach at Keawaiki.
A Monk Seal and pup at Kekaha Kai.
A tug and barge entering Kawaihae harbor.

At the garden

A water lily at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
A water lily.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Autumn or spring plant life.’ See more responses here. These photos were taken at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden at this time of the year.

A Dwarf Pineapple at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Dwarf pineapple.
A Hibiscus schizopetalus at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Hibiscus schizopetalus.
A Bat Plant (Tacca chantrieri) at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Bat Plant (Tacca chantrieri).
A Ti plant at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Ti plant.
A Nodding clerodendrum at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Nodding clerodendrum.
A speckled orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
A speckled orchid and visitor.

The Numbers Game #94

A lava breakout from the Kilauea lava flow.
A lava flow at Kilauea with people walking on it. What could possibly go wrong!

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 216. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A white feral kitten with icy blue eyes
A somewhat spooky kitten.
Sunshine.
A wandering tattler casts a shadow.
A Wandering Tattler casting a shadow like Feathers McGraw in a Wallace and Gromit movie.
A dapper Yellow-billed cardinal.
A young stick insect clings to some mesh.
A tiny stick insect.
Rusty Millipedes making more Rusty Millipedes!