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Are there any #beetle specialists in the #fediverse? Had this in the moth box this morning. At least 4cm long (measured at 4, possibly 4.2cm) App says King Diving Beetle but they're quite rare round here. More likely Great, but I see gold edge rather than yellow and seems too big. Grateful for any assistance

Edit - location: Hastings, UK

#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #askfedi #alttext

Overhead shot of 4cm beetle. It is oval. It has ridged wings to about halfway down. The bottom half is not ridged. it has gold or dark yellow edging.
Front on shot of 4cm beetle It has two black frog-like eyes on a stippled black head. It has a gold band near its mouth and two pincer like protrusions. It stretches back where its wings become blurred in the picture. It has crab like legs.
Shot of the underside of a 4cm beetle. It has large gold teardrop scales that point inwards until halfway where it them becomes horizontal bands of reddish brown. Its legs point hither and thither as it attempts to right itself.
#nature #Fediverse #summer #garden #cute #wildlife #alttext #conservation #entomology #biodiversity #beetle #insect #AskFedi #britishwildlife

I am in Phoenix to give a talk at ASU, and I took some time to go to the nearby #botanical #garden. Incredibly beautiful #cactus. It's amazing how large they can get. I grew up in Tucson, so it reminded me of the hikes I used to take with my family.
Desert landscape with a large saguaro cactus in the foreground and a rocky outcropping in the back
A large organ pipe cactus. They can get up to sixty feet tall. This one is maybe forty or fifty feet.
#garden #cactus #botanical

Please, no one tell this little guy that he's not hidden very well. Please don't spoil his dreams.

#photography #wildlife #nature #toad #garden

A picture of a toad, looking into the camera from a side profile, standing on a grey, concrete paving slab. Over the toad's head is a green buddleja leaf, doing a poor job hiding it
#nature #Photography #garden #wildlife #toad

Hi Mastodon #garden lovers or #soil knowers or #fungus experts, I have no idea what I've come home to in part of my newly planted garden, #help? looks like some sort of #seed? I recently added a heavy dose of #compost to this garden and planted lupin seeds underneath this particular area, but this looks odd!
small brown cups hold tiny black seeds and sit in mixed compost
#garden #help #soil #fungus #seed #compost

Fog Farming. This would work along many seacoasts. It would have been great in Sonoma & other CA coastal areas. In my long ago Sebastopol #garden, the trees over my gardens provided at least of quarter of the garden's #water needs, met by #fog condensing on & dripping from the trees / vines above. Nice that it's DIY #lowtech.:

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Desert Fog Nets Catch 10,000 Liters Of Water Daily

These fog catchers in the Atacama Desert, Peru, also known as the driest place on earth, capture 10,000 liters of freshwater a day for drinking and growing s...
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#water #garden #LowTech #fog

@danwchan thank you! I do love the squashes😋

Bonus picture of bumblebutt in squash flowers. The bumblebee is collecting nectar from the bottom of the flower.

#Bumblebees #Squash #Garden #organic #pollination #pollinators

Close-up of a bumblebee in a squash flower. The bee is covered with yellow pollen.
#garden #squash #pollinators #pollination #organic #bumblebees @Danny (he/they)

I have lots of squash.

Most weeks, I bake an ovenful of squash: Cut into halves or quarters, scoop out seeds, bake on a tray for 40 min or so. Scoop the squash out into a container.

Now, there's a million things you can do with this ready squash in your fridge. e.g. Lasagne, soups.

Today, I had uchiki kuri squash under two fried eggs. Eggs were purchased directly from a local farmer with well kept laying hens.

It was so simple and so good. That's all.
#LocalFood #SimpleFood #Squash #Garden

Squashes curing. They are arranged green acorn squashes, yellow uchiki kuri, red uchiki kuri.
#garden #squash #simplefood #localfood

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