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Bumble Bee in Toronto, Canada: Macro

Bumble bee, Toronto, Canada, 2 cm long, in cup. Photo by Don Tai

Bumble bee, Toronto, Canada, 2 cm long, in cup. Photo by Don Tai

I heard this loud buzzing and thought my furnace had some issue, but the furnace wsa not on. It was a large bumble bee, buzzing inside my house, trying to break free. My front window was tricking it. He was beautiful.

I heard it yesterday in my house. How it found its way inside I do not know. By the time I thought of a plant to capture and release it outside, he had stopped buzzing and could not be found. Today near my front window he buzzed for a couple of seconds, then landed on the ground. I used a cup and captured it, and used a piece of stiff paper underneath to right the cup. With a transparent Pyrex plate on top I shot this macro at 3.5x.

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Macro Shot of a Cicada: Toronto, Canada

This cicada was upside down and near death. I turned it right side up and its legs twitched. I picked it up and put it on a piece of wood, and it screeched a tiny bit. When death is at your door, we all succumb.

Cicada near death, 2017 Sept 15, Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai

Cicada near death, 2017 Sept 15, Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai

Cicada near death, 2017 Sept 15, Toronto, Canada. Photo 2 by Don Tai

Cicada near death, 2017 Sept 15, Toronto, Canada. Photo 2 by Don Tai

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Dinosaur in our Living Room (1)

Midland Painted Turtle, head and right front claw: macro, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle, head and right front claw: macro, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: Neck, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: Neck, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: front left claw, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: front left claw, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: front right claw, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle: front right claw, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle, rear left shell segment, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle, rear left shell segment, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle, Head, Toronto, ON, Canada

Midland Painted Turtle, Head, Toronto, ON, Canada

Links: 15 million years old, Painted Turtle, Turtle Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Chrysemys, Gray, 1844
Species: C. picta
Subspecies: C. p. marginata
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