Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 11, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Larry Bullis wrote: > I once had a job to shoot the cranefly and its pupae for a magazine on the > West Coast of the US called Sunset, which (even now) has as one of its > major foci, gardening. The editor explained to me that craneflies are > important pests because the larvae destroy lawns. They eat the roots. He > said "You'll love craneflies". I got that particular job, I think, because > he knew that I didn't have much use for lawns in residential settings. > It's a personal quirk of mine, I guess. I don't like to mow them, I don't > like how much water they consume, and I prefer things that I can eat. > Mostly, I don't like the neighborhood politics that revolve around them. I > could tell stories, I could. > > A vernacular name for craneflies out here, anyway, is "Mosquito Eaters". > They don't. They eat lawns, as you say, George, "Bottoms up". > > What I like especially about this image is that it is clear, easy to read, > and perfectly descriptive. If you have ever seen one of these things, the > recognition is immediate. > On 7/11/11 6:54 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >> NIce almost abstract photo. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema On 10-7-2011 23:25, >> George Lottermoser wrote: >>> > <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5472> wonderful story Larry. my "lawn" contains about 10% grass, 20% clover and 70% of "other" which most would call weeds. wish I had the resources to grind it all under and plant wild flowers and food. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist