Life On A Lemon
Him – with the longest front legs, on a lemon.
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Her, on an orange.
It on my finger. Every time I tried from the side it turned away.
She is actually laying beneath the skin here. He appears to be guarding, attending her.
It got crowded on the lemon after a while.
Alone at last.
Oh, oh … here comes trouble.
Two males fighting over a female, antennae and legs flailing. Not the best but the only shot.
For a change, she appears to seek him out.
These little things, about a centimetre long, are living out their lives on an ageing lemon in the garden, on a bamboo stake. They are attracted to something about the decaying fruit, mold, fungus or/and other qualities not discernible to me.
They live on similarly decaying oranges, and the occasional banana – I have a veritable orchard staked in the garden, all good fun – just to attract the faeries from the bottom of the garden.
Did you know the faeries are insects? Yes, that’s the form they take. And some take no sensible form, preferring the fleetness and relative safety of the insubstantial. Each has its advantages.
The point is though, these creatures of story are in your garden too, if only you look to see, and not to judge. No need for any psychic nonsense either, they are detectable by the senses.
And the wonder of it is sense makes more sense, no nonsense.
© Mark Berkery ……. Click on those pictures for a closer look
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Nature's Place 
Again… the details are amazing. Wonderful work, keep it up Mark.
Thanks Tommy.
faeries indeed
i feel as though i just witnessed an amazing drama.
thank you
They could be running the country and nobody would know better …
We live in an amazing world! : )
And it is going on all around, usually unseen.
Such drama going on there. I was amazed when you revealed they are only a centimetre long.
They come smaller but not over 12mm. It seems instinct is not inhibited by small size.
Just wonderful, Mark!! Love the photos and the drama. So great!
Mary
Thanks Mary.
Great unique captures, especially the fight scene.
Thanks David. Yes, a are capture.
What a show!
Yes indeed …
Love it! I’ve never seen these weevils before. Love the fighting scene!
Hi Deb. Try staking an orange out, if there’s somewhere around they would come from – old wood/trees.
Absolutely fabulous pictures of such characters and drama!
Thanks G … All the way down to the unseen they fight to live.
Small beings, great article.
Thanks Heide …
I am glad another person sees the connection between faeries and insects. The glowing spots dancing in the air, back lit on a sunny day could be nothing else. The butterfly who sits on my finger looking at me trying to tell me something, the beetle sipping nectar, the dragonfly sitting motionless on a reed taking in the beauty of the pond–of course these are faeries.
The ordinary life … :-)
The faeries are the insects. I like that.
Tiny love going on here. Just as important as “big” love.
I like the pic of the guys fighting with the antennae and legs flailing – they look like two human men who don’t know how to land a punch correctly.
Thanks Lissa … They probably don’t want to hurt, just dominate.
Completely. It’s instinct :) Just like with human men.
Ha, ha … Yes, we made a world out of it. :-)
Amazing detail!
Indeed Deborah.
wow, amazing!
Yep … amazing little things and what they get up to. Just like us big things. :-)