MACRO ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER

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After the last photographic material for my beloved MACRO OCTOBER IN MARLERA project was collected, on the first day of the following month that has nothing to do with the series of posts I mentioned earlier in this long opening sentence, all of which are done and published while I'm writing this stand-alone one, I took a walk around the same area to see what November has to offer.

The weather was relatively warm around noon, so I found a few insects in the meadow. After a bit of casual, not particularly deep thinking, I decided to start the visual part of today's post with a little bit of iridescence.
Iridescence is pretty attractive, I get regularly attracted by shiny things, so there is a fairly good chance that the post will attract a bunch of upvoters, voting trails, and other creatures that make the rewards grow until they explode in an orgasmic payout seven days later. Let's hope that the payout won't be anti-climatic.
The shiny beetles shown in the above photograph belong to the Chrysomelidae family. All beetles from that family are commonly known as leaf beetles.
The scientific name of this particular species is Chrysolina herbacea.

This tiny flower ...

... belongs to the Petrorhagia saxifraga, a strange carnivorous animal with many heads that mimic harmless flowers.

I'm joking, of course. Petrorhagia saxifraga is a plant from the Caryophyllaceae family, native to southern Europe, and southern parts of central Europe. It can be found in North America as well becouse was introduced there from Europe.

It's a small, inconspicuous plant that often grows along unpaved roads and near the sea, here in my area. Its flowers look much better through the macro lens than when seen with the naked eye.

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Here you can see a leafhopper from the Cicadellidae family. Can't tell you what species exactly is this becouse quite a few very similar-looking ones are present in the area.

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This thing, which resembles a well-designed tiny pot ...

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... had probably fallen from a plant that I wasn't able to identify.

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I can't tell you what the little pot-like thing is but I know the name of the plant on whose hairy leaves the thing is lying in this and the previous two photographs. Echium italicum. Yep, that's the scientific name of the species.

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This tiny mushroom that grows on humid, decaying grass looks like a fruiting body of some fungus from the genus Marasmius of the Marasmiaceae family. I think that the name of the species is Marasmius rotula, but I could be wrong.

This is the same mushroom. You can see the top of its cap in this shot.

I used the small, built-in flash of my reliable & versatile Canon PowerShot SX60 HS to get the previous two photographs. In this shot, you can see how the mushroom looked in ambient light.

This looks like a dry, shriveled version of the same kind of mushroom.

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In this tryptich, you can see the Liorhyssus hyalinus bugs mating. Liorhyssus hyalinus is a species from the Rhopalidae family.

Here you can see a tiny drop of water posing on the leaf of a Medicago plant. I can't tell you which of the Medicago species is this, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not wrong to say that it's a Medicago. I used the flash in this photograph. The following one, on the other hand ...

... shows the same scene in ambient light.

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The scientific name of this plant is Verbascum undulatum.

AND THAT'S IT. I SHOWED YOU SOME INSECTS, ONE MUSHROOM, AND SOME PLANTS ... AND NOW, I'M GOING TO SLEEP - GOOD NIGHT.

AS ALWAYS HERE ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK.



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These are lovely ... I see that your maritime climate is as gentle in mid-autumn as mine was!

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Did you change the place where you live or did the weather get colder in the same old place?

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No ... San Francisco just shifted autumn almost eight weeks to the left this year ... we did not start getting autumn weather until Nov. 17, so on the ninth of THIS MONTH, I'm still finding photos like this:

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You captured some great details during your November walk. It's interesting to discover more of your environment through photography. I hope you share more of your explorations soon.

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How are you dear friend @borjan good afternoon
What a beautiful discovery, it seems you visited the right place for your macro shots, many beautiful things to see and photograph, that well-formed pot apparently is a small guava fruit, I have seen one very similar on the property where I walk
Excellent macro shots, I appreciate you letting us know
Have a beautiful night and a happy rest

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Yes, it looks a bit like the guava fruit miniature. 🙂 I saw guava only on the Internet and TV, though. It's a very exotic plant from the perspective of this place where I live.

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You are right, I did not take into account the habitat of the plant.
I take this opportunity to wish you a great weekend.

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Thank you. 🙂 I wish a great weekend to you too.

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so there is a fairly good chance that the post will attract a bunch of upvoters, voting trails, and other creatures that make the rewards grow until they explode in an orgasmic payout seven days later. Let's hope that the payout won't be anti-climatic.

Am I the one that imagined the vivid wordplay used here in regards to the picture above😂😂😂?


This fruit (if it is a fruit), looks like an Udara

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👍😀😂😂😀👍

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These pictures are really amazing. You must be a great photographer

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Those macro-photo on beetle copulation are amazing!... A big applause!

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@borjan! Your Content Is Awesome so I just sent 1 $BBH (Bitcoin Backed Hive) to your account on behalf of @jlinaresp. (3/5)

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There are some really pretty Mushrooms in the macro spotlight Today. Actually, I think they look like umbrellas, the kind of small umbrellas you often find in cocktail drinks. Awesome photos indeed! !VSC !LOLZ

Happy Holidays! & stay !ALIVE Borjan 👌

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@borjan! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @ fun.farms. (7/10)

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I wish Happy Holidays to you too. 🙂🎅👼🎅

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Wow! Is the water drop for me? I love it, it looks so unique. And of course, I am not leaving here without those little mushrooms, they look so cute. You really good at capturing photos.

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🙂 Yes those mushrooms look like lovely little parasols. 🙂

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What nice Scarabs in the first picture, look like they are lasered with a layer of gold, Absolutely wonderful pictures!

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🙂 Yes, some beetles look like sophisticated living jewels.

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I love how you have us cool macro shots
The shots are lovely and I appreciate how you keep snapping lovely pictures

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Acá en nuestro país el escarabajo brillante es muy común..

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Of course I loved your bait photo, but the little flower would have gotten me too. Mushrooms are ok, but that one was intriguing with all the crevasses.

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Your photos in this post capture the passion and admiration you have for nature, they are great!

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@ borjan, You have taken very beautiful photos. Nice. Beautiful views of nature can be seen only when we approach them with love.

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Love all the photos but my favorite is the droplet on the leaf.

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amazing shot with the beetle! how did you even see those beetle in the plants?

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😃 Must be becouse of the experience becouse my sight isn't very good anymore. 🙂 Observing insects and spiders is my favorite hobby.

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My favorite, with ambient light, very pretty

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All the pictures are very beautiful and you have done a lot of hard work but the first picture is my favorite.

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You always capture beautiful photos of nature and animals.

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