Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

"The next time you kiss do it in French" In the window of a secondhand shop Montreal.

The Cinderella slipper, Montreal (by Matthieu Isabelle, 2013)

Bengal owl- from an owl rescue centre in Wiltshire, UK, that was being used as part of a fund raising drive. She is sitting on someone's very thickly gloved hand and was very well behaved. [According to Wikipedia this owl has several names: The Indian Eagle-Owl also called the Rock Eagle-Owl or Bengal Eagle-Owl (Bubo bengalensis)].

Sunset in Wudailianchi, a remarkable nature park a few hundred miles North of Harbin in China (in the northeastern region that used to be called Manchuria). The park is formed from a series of volcanic peaks and lakes. It is quite close to the Russian border.

The bright orange viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) resembles the larger Monarch butterfly. The caterpillars of the viceroy feed on plants in the willow family and accumulate salicylic acid (similar to aspirin). This makes them bitter and unpalatable to predators. Their similarity with the equally orange and black Monarch butterfly, which is also poisonous is an example of Müllerian mimicry which (from Wikipedia) “is a natural phenomenon in which two or more poisonous species, that may or may not be closely related and share one or more common predators, have come to mimic each other's warning signals”. Fortunately, I am not planning to eat butterflies so I can just enjoy their beauty.

A ambush bug- not very well disguised- in a daisy

A couple of butterflies doing what couples do. These are probably European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterflies, which are not native to North America, but have been found quite recently here in Quebec. It looks like they have plans to stay.

a yellow and black mud dauber wasp.

A green darner dragonfly showing the "eye" mark on its forehead.

A green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) photographed by cell phone. I found her on the way in to work in the middle of the city as she rested on a wall and took the morning sun

Fishing boats in the harbour at sunset, Digby in Nova Scotia. The Digby fleet is most famous for scallop fishing.

The lighthouse, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia on the East coast of Canada. This is quite probably the most photographed and visited lighthouse in Canada. The fog makes a less dramatic color contrast but it is true to the job of a lighthouse, which is to guide ships to safe passage in bad weather.

A red boat in the harbour mouth of Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada

A hover fly feeding

A grasshopper on a sage plant. It seems to have a toothy grin?

A gnat shelters from the rain.

Male and female goldenrod spiders (Misumena vatia) in courtship. The male is the smaller darker animal.

A bee flying through lupin flowers