Flowers of Oahu 298. Queen of Sheba vine (Podranea riscasoliana)

Flowers of Oahu 297. Glowvine (Bignonia magnifica)

Flowers of Oahu 296.Pigeonberry (Ravina humilis)

Flowers of Oahu 295. Flowering maple (Abutilon spp)

Sandwich Island Saga 139. Carpenter bee (Xylocopa spp)

US Mainland 9. Queen palm (Syragrus romanzofficiana)

US Mainland 8. Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis

US Mainland 7. Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)

US Mainland 6. Oleander (Nerina oleander)

US Mainland 5. Orange jubilee (Tecoma cultivar)

US Mainland 4. Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)

US Mainland 3. Goldeneye (Heliomeris)

US Mainland 2. Aspen (Populus tremuloides) fall coloration near Silverton, Colorado

US Mainland 1. Rubber rabbitbush (Ericameria nauseosa)

American Plastics

It seems odd to Europeans but plastic cutlery is still found in all the breakfast rooms of US motels. I guess that microplastics is less of an issue for an oil enthusiastic nation?

Back in Wales 28. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Back in Wales 27. Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

En France 2. Blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarkii) Wimereux France

En France 1. Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) in Wimereux France

Back in Wales 26. Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)

Back in Wales 25. Sloe berries (Prunus spinosa)

Back in Wales 24. Daɓbling ducks at low tide on Loughor estuary

Back in Wales 23. Silver 'Y' (Autographa gamma)

Back in Wales 22. Solar eclipse Yesterday's gathering at Loughor Foreshore to view the event

Back in Wales 21. English oak (Quercus robur)

Back in Wales 20. Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)

Back in Wales 19.Grayling (Hipparchia semele)

Back in Wales 18. Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) male

Back in Wales 17. Painted lady (Cynthia cardui)

Back in Wales 16. Sneezewort (Achìllea ptarmica)

Back in Wales 15. Lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) in fruit

Back in Wales 14. Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)

Back in Wales 13. Redshank (Polygonum persicaria)

Back in Wales 12. Traveller's joy or Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba)

Back in Wales 11. Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) larva

Back in Wales 10. Verbena bonnariensis

Back in Wales 9. Speckled wood (Parage aegeria) butterfly

Back in Wales 8. Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Back in Wales 7.Dog rose (Rosa canina) hip

Back in Wales 6. Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Back in Wales 5. Water mint (Mentha aquatica)

Back in Wales 4. Parsnip moth (Depressaria radiella) larva pupating on Hogweed Loughor, South Wales

Back in Wales 3. Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra)

Back in Wales 2. Buff tip (Phalera bucephala)

Back in Wales 1.Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larvae in Loughor

Sandwich Island Saga 138. Scarlet millepede (Trigoniulus corallanus) Oahu, Hawaii

Sandwich Island Saga 137. Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora)

Sandwich Island Saga 136. Cane toad (Rhinella marina)

Flowers of Oahu 294. Punarva (Boerhabia diffusa)