{"id":246,"date":"2009-07-15T08:16:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T06:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2009\/07\/15\/pretty_flowers_and_mimics\/"},"modified":"2009-07-15T08:16:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T06:16:58","slug":"pretty_flowers_and_mimics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2009\/07\/15\/pretty_flowers_and_mimics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Flowers and Mimics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was going to write a post about ecotrons, and explain <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nature.com\/people\/boboh\/blog\/2009\/07\/11\/a-lamppost\">the lamppost<\/a>, but I&#8217;ve been too busy doing other stuff.  So, instead here are some photos that I just took whilst perambulating around <a href=\"http:\/\/luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi\/english\/index.htm\">Tv\u00e4rminne<\/a>.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know much about what I photographed, so if anyone can say anything interesting about them, please do!  Oh, and click through, and look at some of the large versions.  Just admire the ability of technology today to overcome the user&#8217;s camera shake.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFirst, a rather pretty plant:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30214555@N03\/3722474891\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2659\/3722474891_e1c59a519f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s interesting that the leaves change between green and purple (I caught one in the act).  Does anyone know what plant it, and why the leaves are purple?<br \/>\nWhilst we were looking at this, I saw this beastie:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30214555@N03\/3722475419\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3511\/3722475419_c78a9ef99b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGo on, what it is?<br \/>\nYep, it&#8217;s a moth mimicking a wasp\/hornet\/hymenoptera thingie.  But does anyone know anything more?  And what, exactly, is is mimicking?<br \/>\nHere are a couple of other camera shots:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30214555@N03\/3722475577\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2509\/3722475577_e03009335a.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>You looking at me, eh?<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30214555@N03\/3723288422\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2622\/3723288422_0e93526488.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd finally (if it works), a short video (if not, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30214555@N03\/3723312528\/\">go directly to the Flickr page<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Commentary provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nature.com\/people\/mike\/blog\">Mike<\/a> and Johan.<br \/>\nOh, and if you liked this, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/grrlscientist\/2009\/07\/good_morning_from_tvarminne_th.php\">admire GrrlScientist&#8217;s post<\/a> and then <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/grrlscientist\/2009\/07\/update_antarctic_vote_count_12.php\">go and vote for her to go to Antarctica<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was going to write a post about ecotrons, and explain the lamppost, but I&#8217;ve been too busy doing other stuff. So, instead here are some photos that I just took whilst perambulating around Tv\u00e4rminne. 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