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| 2000: Millennium - Life and Earth |
The 'Web of Life' stamp featuring Leaf Cutter Ants in London Zoo so no danger of sitting on the ground and discovering from a tickling sensation there is an ants nest nearby and then frantically trying to dust them off.
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| 1961: Insects (Design A Heidrich) |
happily Red Wood Ants nest are really big so easily spotted, and fascinating, at a distance.
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| 2020: Brilliant Bugs (Illustrator - Richard Lewingon) |
Here are the all important pollinators busy buzzing, fluttering and hovering around the flowers..
From the sights of summer to
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| 1985: Insects |
the sound of summer and the Wart-Biter Cricket. The weird name is from the Swedish practice in the 1700s of allowing crickets to bite warts from the skin (it has very strong mouth parts). I'm guessing from these fact that it was a Carl Linnaeus naming (Decticus verrucivorus - verruca meaning wart and vorous -to devour). Oh Carl couldn't you have given it a prettier name.
Sunday Stamps II theme this week is - Bugs and Creepy Crawlies - at See It On A Postcard
2 comments:
Ants are annoying yet fascinating creatures to watch.
The cricket looks huge, and with some powerful looking legs!
Although some times those little animals bother us, they are really necessary. The stamps on this post are a beautiful way to remind us that idea!
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