This shell was sitting on a fence post. I think this may be one of my favorite pictures to date. But I do wonder what happened to the snail inside.
Luckily I found another one. This guy was outside of the botanical gardens chilling near the bench.
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The snail is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe eyeball one?
DeleteWhat is the name of the "chap" in blue? I am not sure I have seen one of these before. Insects are fascinating as long as they don't bite one.
ReplyDeleteWiki has this to offer about "blue insects:"
ReplyDeletehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blue_insects
Interestingly enough I did a search in a bug database and nothing comes up under california for this. However, it appears to be a common blue damselfly which is European.
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Blue_Damselfly Or if it isn't that it looks VERY similar.
Testing:
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Blue_Damselfly