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Other Nations: A Naturalist’s Blog about Buffalo Bayou
by Alisa Kline

Jul 29

Ouch!

A mandolin is a wonderful kitchen tool. It is a hand-operated, razor-sharp blade that can make quick work of slicing cucumbers for pickling. However, if you are too fond of cooking shows and like to emulate the techniques you learn from them, you might throw caution to the wind and slice up said cucumbers without the knife-proof glove that keeps you from slicing off body parts.

No one on Chopped uses the glove.

So, a small chunk of the tip of my ring finger is no longer part of me. Not medically interesting, not even all that bloody, but boy does it hurt. And typing doesn’t help.

I’m sure a week of no typing will clear things up nicely, but in light of all the excitement, this week’s blog post is going to consist of recent photos taken on the preserve and captions. Perhaps next week, I will fill your head with my voice, but until then, be grateful for the silence.

If there were a fly civilization, they would create huge statues that look like this. A truly heroic fly.

 

This is a female blue dasher dragonfly. She is maybe two inches long.

 

 

This is a close-up of her head. I have no idea whether that iridescent blue spot is functional or decorative. Either way, I want one.

 

Another amazing fly. I cannot guess what adaptive function all that magnificence is in service of, but wow!

 

And that person at the top is a juvenile katydid on a hibiscus. I know they are a juvenile because the antennae are striped and they have not yet grown wings.

tags: Houston Birds, Houston insects, Houston Parks, Houston Wildlife, Master Naturalist, Native Birds, Wildlife blog, wildlife houston

categories: Insects

“[Animals] are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.”

—Henry Beston, The Outermost House

 

For sightings, questions or comments email blog@alisakline.com.

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