snowflakes and insects
Snowflakes? What does this San Diego guy know about snowflakes?
Maybe a couple things—at least if we’re talking about the cut paper kind.
Paper snowflake
Canna leaf with insect damage
I was reminded of those paper snowflakes when I saw this gorgeous photo Jenny sent me of a canna leaf that had been munched by some garden beastie. It looked like the leaf was still developing when the bug burrowed a hole from the outside towards the stem. When the leaf unfurled, the insect damage unfurled along with it, creating these uniform, rhythmic little cuts in the leaf.
Pretty artistic insect, no?
November 21 2008 04:11 am | Categories: art • gardening | Tags: cannas • insects • Jenny • snowflakes
Philip on 21 Nov 2008 at 6:49 pm #
I was just charmed by this post, and I have enjoyed your interesting and elegant blog. It is a pleasure to have discovered it!
Yes, the garden beastie!
Very artistic insect, and a poetic comparison with paper snowflake.
Very Best regards,
Philip
lostlandscape on 22 Nov 2008 at 9:36 am #
Philip,
Thank you for the kind comments and for visiting! And let me say how nice it was to discover your own blog. While there are a number of garden blogs I feel that our interests overlap in many interesting ways!
terry on 24 Dec 2009 at 3:07 pm #
Snowflakes are 6-pointed, not 4.
Just wanted to be sure that the science is correct.
lostlandscape on 26 Dec 2009 at 1:08 pm #
Terry, thanks for the science reminder. I remember one year trying to get the folding and cutting down for 6-pointed snowflakes, but snowflakes with 4 edges end up being easiest for my slacker ways…