Insect Photo Competition

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A photograph of a mating pair of golden-tabbed robber flies, entitled It Takes Two by Pete Burford from Shrewsbury, has been crowned overall winner of the Royal Entomological Society Insect Week competition.

Mating pair of golden-tabbed robber flies
Image caption,Pete Burford’s winning image of golden-tabbed robber flies.

The annual amateur competition attracted more than 700 entries from 34 countries, with a total of 24 images receiving commendations this year.

Mr Burford took up macro photography during lockdown and publishes his work on Instagram and TikTok.

Gustav Parenmark, 16, from Sweden, won the under-18 category with a picture of a blue-tailed damselfly, entitled Fresh Out Of The Shower.

A blue-tailed damselfly
Image caption,Gustav Parenmark won the under-18 award with his image.

“Each year this competition becomes more difficult to judge as the standard of amateur insect photography continues to improve,” said Tim Cockerill, head judge and senior lecturer at Falmouth University.

“Interest in insects, in all their fascinating glory, is increasing as we begin to better understand the role insects play in our lives, and the role humans must play in theirs.”

Marc Brouwer’s picture of a hummingbird hawk moth was awarded second place in the over-18 category.

Hummingbird hawk moth
Image caption,Marc Brouwer’s snap of a hummingbird hawk moth.

Organised by the Royal Entomological Society, Insect Week runs from 19 to 25 June and you can find out more details or enter the new photographic competition on their website.

This is a selection of the pictures that caught the judges’ eye.

Bumble bee
Image caption,Raymond J Cannon captured a common bumble bee in flight.
Orange Tip butterfly
Image caption,Sarah Perkins photographed an orange-tip butterfly backlit by the afternoon sun.
Low angle shot of a Saga hellenica
Image caption,This low angle shot of a saga hellenica bush cricket was taken by Panagiotis Dalagiorgos.
An ant lion
Image caption,Dennis Teichert said: “This beautiful ant lion was found late at night after a rain storm.”
Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle
Image caption,A six-spotted tiger beetle photographed by Benjamin Salb.
Aphaenogaster Iberica
Image caption,Ángel Plata photographed an Aphaenogaster iberica: “As the name suggests, this ant is native to the Iberian Peninsula, but also Morocco.”
New Zealand Praying Mantis
Image caption,Rosa Dunbar, 17, was awarded second place in the under-18 category for this picture of a New Zealand praying mantis.
An ant wrestles with its prey
Image caption,Gustav Parenmark, 16, entitled this picture Tug of War.

I Thought Orange Crush only had One Flavor

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Wow, was I mistaken.

Flavors

A 12oz Crush strawberry soda
Crush Apple
Crush Banana
Crush Berry Blast
Crush Berry Punch
Crush Berry Pomegranate
Crush Birch Beer (Newfoundland, also available at some Sobeys grocery chains across Canada)
Crush Blue Raspberry
Crush Bubblegum (Slush only)
Crush Cherry (2009–)
Crush Chocolate
Crush Cola (Kuwait, 1970s–1990s)
Crush Cream Soda (Canada and UK); sold clear in Québec, and Newfoundland and Labrador; sold pink in the rest of Canada
Crush Frozen Orange Dream
Crush Tropical Punch
Crush Fruity Red
Crush Ginger Beer
Crush Grapefruit
Crush Grape
Crush Lemon
Crush Lemonade
Crush Lemon-Lime
Crush Lime
Crush Lime Rickey
Crush Nectar
Crush Orange
Crush Orange Dry
Crush Peach
Crush Peach Sour
Crush Pear
Crush Pineapple (Originally sold only in Newfoundland)
Crush Pink Grapefruit
Crush Red Cream
Crush Red Licorice
Crush Root Beer
Crush Sarsi
Crush Soda Water (Kuwait, 1970s–1990s)
Crush Sour Apple (briefly offered in 2005)
Crush Spruce…

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Some jobs require the Right Stuff 

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In electrical engineering, live-line working is the maintenance of electrical equipment, often operating at high voltage, while the equipment is energised. In the 1960s, methods were developed in the laboratory to enable field workers to come into direct contact with high voltage lines. Such methods can be applied to enable safe work at the highest transmission voltages.

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A lineman wearing a Faraday suit can work on live, high-power lines by being transported to the lines in a helicopter. Wearing the suit, they can crawl down the wires. The strong electric field surrounding charged equipment is enough to drive a current of approximately 15 μA for each kV·m−1 through a human body. To prevent this, hot-hand workers are usually required to wear a Faraday suit. This is a set of overalls made from or woven throughout with conducting fibers. The suit is in effect a wearable Faraday cage, which equalizes the potential over the body, and ensures there is no through-tissue current. Conducting gloves, even conducting socks, are also necessary, leaving only the face uncovered.

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Fantastisch Wasserfällen

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Water and gravity = Fantastisch Wasserfällen

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Seven Sisters Waterfall Norway

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Baatara Gorge Waterfall Lebanon

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Dettifoss Waterfall Iceland, yes this is the one from the movie Prometheus.

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Dietan Waterfall, on the border of China and Vietnam

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Paradise in the Grand Canyon, USA

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Glacial waterfall in Greenland

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Waterfall and isolated beach in Hawaii

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Iceland

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Train bridge over a waterfall in Letchworth State Park, New York

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Migus Mill North Carolina. An aqueduct was built to power a corn mill.

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Nepal

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Norway

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Pearl Waterfall, China

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Strange moss waterfall in Romania

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Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

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Tibet

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Waterfall of the Gods, Iceland

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Zion National Park, Utah

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The Pogues do ‘Maggie May’ 

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Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you.
It’s late September, and I really should be back at
school.
I know I keep you amused, but I feel I’m being used.
Oh Maggie, I couldn’t have tried any more.
You led me away from home just to save you from being
alone.
You stole my heart, and that’s what really hurts.
The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows
your age,
But that don’t worry me none. In my eyes you’re
everything.
I laughed at all of your jokes; my love, you didn’t
need to coax.
Oh Maggie, I couldn’t have tried any more.
You led me away from home, just to save you from being
alone.
You stole my soul, and that’s a pain I can do without.
All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand.
But you turned into a lover, and
mother, what a lover! you wore me out!
All you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head.
Oh Maggie, I couldn’t have tried anymore.
You led me away from home ’cause you didn’t want to be
alone
You stole my heart. I couldn’t leave you if I tried.
I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to
school,
Or steal my daddy’s cue and make a living out of
playing pool,
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a
helpin’ hand.
Oh Maggie, I wish I’d never seen your face.
You made a first-class fool out of me,
But I’m as blind as a fool can be.
You stole my heart, but I love you anyway.
Maggie, I wish I’d never seen your face.
I’ll get on back home one of these days.

Shark Attacks

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A diver has died after being attacked by a shark in front of his daughter, off the Tasmanian coast in Australia. The pair were collecting scallops near the town of Triabunna on Saturday morning when the attack happened.

The woman returned to their boat with the shellfish, but became concerned after her father, who was in his late 40s, did not resurface. She jumped back into the water to check on him and saw him being mauled by “a very large shark”, according to police.

“She immediately returned to the surface where she raised the alarm through setting off a flare and by making an emergency phone call,” said Tasmania Police Inspector David Wiss.

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Earlier sighting

Sailors in the area rushed to the scene and hauled the man from the sea using the air line he was attached too.

But his injuries were too severe and he was pronounced dead.

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The term shark attack is used to describe an attack on a human by a shark. Every year around 75 attacks are reported worldwide. Despite their relative rarity, many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series. Out of more than 480 shark species, only three are responsible for two-digit number of fatal unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger and bull; however, the oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more castaways, not recorded in the statistics.

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