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Sunbathers in pink take over the boulevard
It's so hard to find native plants in Mar del Plata. Frankly, I don't understand why a tourist hospot...
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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012
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The butterfly bush
The Redwing bush or “butterfly”, as we call it, is a very pretty native plant with good ornamental...
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Uploaded on Dec 18, 2011
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Zygostates micro-orchids (reloaded)
Just to replace an older photo that didn't look quite as good. This is an epiphytic orchid. Each...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2011
Caterpillar pills
Imperial Moth eggs about to hatch. At this point you can see that each egg contains a...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2011
Time to go green... literally
Tuesday afternoon in La Plata, and almost spring. As platenses go about their daily routines in the...
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Uploaded on Sep 20, 2011
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Armchair deductions around a pepper tree
Yes, these are pepper tree fruits and yes, the tree is invasive in many parts of the world. But not...
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Uploaded on Apr 17, 2011
Do I look like a partridge? Hmmm?
Just like it happened with several other animals native to the Americas, early European visitors...
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Uploaded on Apr 15, 2011
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Deadly droplets
The entire surface of a Devil's Claw plant (except the inside of the flowers, it seems) is covered in...
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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2011
Browns are so “out” this summer
I'm assuming these are still Eacles imperialis opaca moths, even when they're not brown as usual. For...
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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2011
Tiny blue dresses on a coat hanger (reloaded)
This pic replaces a former one I had taken of a cultivated plant of this same species. This plant is...
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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2011
Identified at last... not!
Not sure where the seeds came from... I don't remember. But they were collected from the wild and...
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2011
Pretty today, yummy tomorrow
The only use of feijoa trees here in La Plata is ornamental, and indeed, judging from the size and...
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2010
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Warning: Cute bunnies!
Just got a couple of old “Billiken” magazines dating way back from the 40s, and found this ad on the...
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Uploaded on Oct 25, 2010
Sweet! (please snatch this)
This is a picture of my stevia plant which I originally intended to upload to Stock.xchng (a website...
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Uploaded on Oct 17, 2010
Apple factory
The neatest factory I've ever seen. “Please excuse all the flowers and scent, we're making apples for...
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Uploaded on Oct 15, 2010
Alonso García, Architect
De rigueur shot of ovenbird & nest. The nest is made of mud or clay mixed with little bits of...
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Uploaded on Oct 15, 2010
A little warmth
Just to add some warmth and colour to the photostream, since winter is (photo-wise) rather boring......
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Uploaded on Jul 27, 2010
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Gas mask?
Nope, just a Manduca hawkmoth pupa. Sadly, it was found dead (dried up), so I can only guess at the...
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Uploaded on Feb 28, 2010
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