cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

A different sort of #WhatsItWednesday.

The photo shows the tops of marsh grasses, with a bank of trees behind. Over the grasses there are clumps of white floating dots.

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odd
odd

@cliffordbeshers Mosquitoes? 🦟

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@odd Bugs, but not mosquitoes.

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odd
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@cliffordbeshers I saw “Mountain Men” on TV today, and it had a segment on mosquitoes. I think of you as a mountain man, so maybe that connection led me to it. I’m not sure if I know what it could be other than flies of some sort. 🏔️

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@odd Well, you are correct, they are flies of some sort. I don't actually have all the answers on this one, but tomorrow's image will show what I do know.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers Is that the weed we know as Old Man's Beard?

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz /me reads a bunch I don't think so. The foreground is a reedy sort of thing, but I will have to go back and look to identify them. Odd is right that the bright spots in the middle are groups of flies.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers Ah, I didn't know what I was looking at so thought it was the bushes / trees in the background. I didn't even really see the bright spots in the middle. 😀

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz That’s what I guessed. This image crop is deliberately a little obscure, for the game. Tomorrow’s will be clearer, but possibly not any more elucidating.

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johnjohnston
johnjohnston

@cliffordbeshers I was thinking blossom at back right. But if centre I am wondering bee swarm?

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@johnjohnston I think I see what you mean by blossoms, but I will have to go back and look, and even then, I used a long lens, so I'm not sure.

Not bees, flies of some sort.

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@johnjohnston Oh, I take that back. I think what interpreted as blossoms is more of the same, small groups of flies, but far enough back that they have become bokeh.

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johnjohnston
johnjohnston

@cliffordbeshers ah, I saw clouds of thistle down and rose-bay-willow-herb sees in the wind today that reminded me of this photo.

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