Hornets and Food. European hornets (Vespa crabro) like sweet food, but they rarely go for nectar from flowers or your favourite summer drink. They sometimes eat fruit, but usually feed from the sap of

The atmosphere in the park across the street from my house is usually relaxed and friendly. But as soon as somebody starts feeding the ducks, the airborne rats fly in: They immediately start attacking

I present to you four abstract photos of water surfaces, because they are so very arty, and also because you can stare at them for a long time and recognise shapes that aren't really there, which is a

This young Muscovy duck was posing for me again, so I took photos. I am like that. So much better than taking selfies and buying votes for them, wouldn't you agree? Thanks for wathing!

These butterflies are mating on cabbage, their favourite stuff. This species is quite discrete about it: I also found the last one of the big caterpillars of the swallowtail. There were seven here before;

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Some photos of the small copper (Lycaena phlaeas), kleine vuurvlinder in Dutch, for your viewing pleasure: Thanks for watching!

I just can't be bothered today. You may know the feeling. As an alternative outlet for your ever generous voting, I suggest this post by the woefully under-rewarded Georgi Tsachev. Don't let the size of

Just as we wondered which way to go: Thanks for watching! PS. Kindly give some attention to this post by one of the many under-rewarded Steemians.

Will @nonameslefttouse be back? Or did he go the same way as @mynameisbrian and @valtr and @dek and @chessmonster and all those others I appreciated? Place your bets now! There are enough of you left for

For some reason, some species of dragonflies like to sit on barbed wire. I'm fine with that, as it makes finding them easier. Below you can see seven of the fine photos I made of these hefty hunters by

Two more dragonflies overlooking a bed of flowers, where their prey is feeding on nectar: These are a bit too big to feed on mosquitos, unfortunately, but they do eat a lot of flies, even shortly before

Not all bees live in colonies with a queen; there are also solitary bees. These have individual nests, albeit close together, and all females are fertile. Some of these solitary bees live underground,

Stylishly photographed, of course: Thanks for watching!

It's all art now.

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Sometimes I like to sit down in a park and take photos of whatever is near, or comes near when you have bread. Here are four of such photos: After all, why get up and be active when you get the same rewards

It has been hot in The Netherlands, with almost no rain, and the water levels in our rivers have dropped, like here in the river IJssel near Deventer: The commercial transport ships are having trouble

In The Netherlands, people who could afford it used to be buried inside churches; the graveyard outside was not good enough for them. This is why you can still find many tombstones in the floors of older