bugged

Last week my car was in the workshop for insepction, quite expensive but o.k., has to be done.
Yesterday my cam belt was replaced, very expensive.
Today my car doesn´t work anymore.

***!!!!

Alledgedly coincidence.

Not happy.

offspring in the butterfly house

anyone know what plant this is ?

Enrichment

Used to love "environmental enrichment" at the zoo.
Gave Nick a pinecone with peanut butter yesetrday and he semmed to enjoy it ;)

Evolution of thoughts

This picture is not mine, it was on my Newsfeed (source).

Not so long ago I would have looked at it, and seen a caterpillar on a flower.

A year ago I would have seen a Monarch-to-be.

Later that it was feeding on tropical Milkweed. *

And now the first thing is I think is: "Wow, someone has got a problem with Aphids!" ;)

Wonder what I will see in the future..


* Yes, I would have thought Danaus plexippus on Asclepias currassavica.
But I get told by everyone but biologically interested people (who are the best, anyway;) ) that scientific names are annoying and only used to show off.
Well, I think common names are a waste of time, I have to learn those in german and english and dutch and googling them takes 10 times as long as the "latin" ones.

Caterpillar I found today

while walking the dog, on Alnus