(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . New Day Cafe - Saturday: Angels and Insects [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-23 Good morning, Newdists. I don’t know what tomorrow will look like as TS Ophelia’s heavy rainbands begin to strike us around 3-4 am -ish. The power company of this rural county has already alerted us that power loss is a probability. I hope not. Rain has already started, but the heavy bands will happen later in the night. Honestly, it’s the high winds that I don’t like. Your Cafe’s Kitteh — x I feel the need to airlift 50 cases of tuna to Ukraine pic.twitter.com/osiPE0S092 — Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 22, 2023 . The Green of the day. x Here are the fronds of the Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) folding up when touched. It is thought that this is a defense against browsing herbivores. pic.twitter.com/pSZ5KeZqcK — Jen Cross (@7StellarJays) September 23, 2023 . x Sharing my Flycatchers (under Chat & Flycatchers) on Saturday Feel free to share yours and repost. A flycatcher of open, mixed forests of oak, rhododendron & pine. Also known as white-browed blue flycatcher Ultramarine Flycatcher#IndiAves #ThePhotoHour #BBCWildlifePOTD pic.twitter.com/5AAdxTsDmJ — Feathers in Wild_Hemant Kirola (@kirola_hemant) September 23, 2023 . x Brazilian Butterfly 😊 pic.twitter.com/DTrzUt1KPk — ted smith (@Tedsmithimages) August 30, 2023 . x Share the joy of fairy-wrens with this fridge magnet collection. Quality tin gallery magnets, handmade in Australia. $25 for 5 magnets. Shop now at https://t.co/SIorh0UOto#birds #birdsofinstagram #fairywren #bluewren pic.twitter.com/FEd5LAf55X — Paula Peeters (@paperbark_) September 16, 2023 . x After digging into this a bit more I have learned that the dots on the elytra (hard covering over the wings) are the reason this is a leaf beetle and not a lady beetle. https://t.co/McGHc5k6rd — Jen Cross (@7StellarJays) September 22, 2023 . . x I probably should have saved this one for Halloween, but here's a really cool leaf beetle from the Colombian cloud forest. I love the magic-wand antennae. (Family Chrysomelidae; I haven't gotten a more specific ID yet) pic.twitter.com/ABzfIfxtf0 — Tom J. Astle (@tjalamont) September 22, 2023 . x Canadair CL-415 Super Scoopers of the Spanish Air and Space Force picking up water to fight wildfires in Greece. pic.twitter.com/7iNa9t2pqR — MachinePix (@MachinePix) September 8, 2023 . x A Blue Dasher Dragonfly pauses long enough to become yesterday’s wildlife portrait. David Attenborough. pic.twitter.com/qmNMkBknTH — Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) September 22, 2023 . x Do as much as you can, while you can. Life is short even if you live to a good age 🌿🦋🧡 #ThoughtForTheDay #butterflies #FlowersOnFriday pic.twitter.com/Kcp5UTRb3C — Walnut Kitchen Garden 🌶🫑🌼🍅🥦🌸🫐🍒🌿 (@PollyGardener) September 22, 2023 . x Bird or muppet? You be the judge. (Variegated Fairywren; Queensland, Australia; ca. 2011) pic.twitter.com/OXfhLKmCk9 — Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) September 22, 2023 . x Yellow in mellow. Subject: Dragonfly. Latin: Anipsoptera. pic.twitter.com/IMOfz9HH0l — Paul Wright 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇸🇰 (@wilder_action) September 20, 2023 . x I'm having a love-hate relationship with red winged fairy wrens. I love them and they hate me. all my photos so far demonstrate the utter contempt they have for me & my lens exhibit A: pretending to be a smol vampire#wildoz #quollpatrol pic.twitter.com/WV4PbWPXyg — Judy Dunlop (@Judy_Dunlop) September 16, 2023 . x Oooooo, shiny thing! Dear readers, please let us introduce you to the dogbane beetle. Its diet consists mainly of... you guessed it, dogbane plants. These plants can be toxic to humans, but the dogbane beetle is like, no problem y'all, I can totally eat this. pic.twitter.com/t7h5fexDif — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@USFWS) September 14, 2023 . Newdists, please grab a cuppa, a plate of food and join us in the thread. . . New Day Cafe is an Open Thread. What do you want to talk about today? [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/23/2194969/-New-Day-Cafe-Saturday-Angels-and-Insects Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/