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Bugs eye view

It is amazing what we see through our eyes. But what if we could see through the eyes of a bug? It is of course impossible for humans to percieve what an insect sees, but we think that a compound eye, consisting of 2 to 20 000 lenses will project a sort of mosaic image. So our eyes are very sophisticated to see near and far, like we do.

What an amazing world opens up to us when we add lenses to our eyes, in the form of a magnifying glass, macro lenses on cameras or microscopes.Β  I love looking closely at things, flowers, leaves and insects. I also have a nicroscope in my kitchen that I use often to see what is bothering my plants – a fungus or an insect. When I can get that on camera for you, I will definitely post it, but in the meantime I will use my camera!

[one_half]Borage in bloom[/one_half]

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[one_half]Onion flower[/one_half]

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[one_half]Violas still in bloom[/one_half]

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[one_half]Bulbine[/one_half]

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[one_half]Leopard Tree’s new leaves[/one_half]

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[one_half]Blueberry blossoms[/one_half]

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[one_half]Lavender alwaysΒ lovely[/one_half]

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[one_half]Fuschias – the bell of the ball[/one_half]

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[one_half]Wild flowers in my back garden[/one_half]

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[one_half]Rosemary blooms delight[/one_half]

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Happy Gardening
xxx

 

By Barbara

Country living is the best! Being a true spirit of the earth, my garden is all about vegetables and fruit trees and herbs and chickens roaming free. I was keen to really start gardening when we moved to Philadelphia in 2005, but not your typical suburban-type garden – sterile and bug-free! I wanted an edible garden.

18 replies on “Bugs eye view”

What an interesting way to look at thing. What I noticed was, as pretty as the flowers are to us, they are magnificent in a bug’s eye view! We get mad when we have insects all over our favorite blooms, but from a bug’s eye view, who could resist such beauty and lure? I’ll be a bit more understanding of the bugs now.

Oh man! You are SO right! My next close up post will definitely be on BUGS!! πŸ™‚ THanks Alan, how could I have missed that.

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