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CAWSTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA: “Impacts of Similkameen’s drought stretched beyond river” summerlandreview.com/2026/01/19/i... - Summerland Review
#BCNews #Cawston #Drought #Similkameen
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Highway 3 near Cawston, BC in Autumn with snow-capped mountains ahead
2026 just around the bend! Happy New Year🎉
#landscapephotography #ontheroad #snowcappedmountains #britishcolumbia #similkameen
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An extremely close-up photo of a little beetle with a black rear, a shiny read upper abdomen, and a reddish thorax and head, with moderately long antennae. It is walking around on decayed wood.
I love finding these weird cool little ant-loving beetles (Pselaphinae).
#insect #beetle #pselaphinae #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada #macrophotography #naturephotography
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Top 50 BC Wines Featuring 3 Wines from BC's Vanessa Vineyard.
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A close-up, top-down photo of a black beetle with goldish blotches on its elytra, and some tiny hairs on its carapace.
One of many beetles we saw in the Okanagan, this one is probably Liotrichus umbripennis.
#liotrichus #beetle #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extremely close top-down view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head.
An extremely close side view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head.
Not the clearest photos, but I was very excited to find this Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus in the field!
#springtail #arthropod #sminthurinus #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a meadow-rue flower, with many white-fuzzed pink structures growing from pale green bulbs in the middle of the flower. It is a very small flower.
I got up close and personal with Thalictrum occidentale (the Western meadow-rue).
#flower #plant #macro #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A top-down, close-up view of a squat, robust grasshopper sitting in dirt. It is dark, orange, and rusty-red.
I was surprised and delighted to find this unexpected Tetrix ornata (Ornate Grouse Locust) back in May.
#grasshopper #locust #orthopteran #tetrix #macro #insect #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up photo of a tiny snail with a translucent orange shell crawling across reddish wood. The snail's eyestalks are out, and it is turning around in its movement. There is a large human finger to the left, providing a sense of the snail's small scale.
Look how tiny!
#snail #stylommatophora #gastropod #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up photo of a tiny snail with a translucent orange shell crawling across reddish wood. The snail's eyestalks are out.
A tiny snail. No idea what kind, except that it's very cute! Love these things.
#snail #stylommatophora #gastropod #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a stand of mint-green lichen trumpets, rising from a substrate of pebbles and moss.
Another nice little stand of Cladonia in the Okanagan.
#lichen #cladonia #okanagan #bcparks #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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Planning on visiting us in the #Similkameen this Fall? A quick calendar update: from Oct 1, the #ClosduSoleil tasting room & wine shop is open Wed-Mon, 10-5; closed Tues for drop-ins, tastings by appt only. Can't wait to see you! closdusoleil.ca/visit/ #bcwine #similkameenwine
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An extreme close-up of a tiny stand of lichen. The lichen is growing in minty-green, knobbly stalks capped with smooth, shiny, bulbous brown caps.
Cladonia is such a diverse and fascinating genus of lichen.
#cladonia #lichen #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #nature #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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Starting to get chilly here in the #Similkameen, perfect weather for red wine... We've got just the thing: brand new release, 2021 Estate Reserve Red.
Extremely small-lot, buy NOW, while stocks last.
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An extremely close photo of a tiny springtail, a round-bodied six-legged arthropod, walking across a flat white surface.
Didn't find a lot of springtails in the Okanagan last spring, so this Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) was quite exciting!
#springtail #collembola #bourletiella #arthropod #invertebrate #bcparks #macro #inaturalist #macrophotography #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A photo of a mule deer, with no antlers, standing on a steep, arid hill and looking directly at the camera. A small purple-flowered bush grows in the background.
A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) spotted from the truck in the Okanagan!
#deer #odocoileus #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A close-up photo of a large sphinx moth on textured black plastic. The moth is facing down, creating a V shape. It is mostly pale brown along its front and the front fringes of its wings, with shaded, veiny patterns of darker browns further back on its wings and body.
Another beautiful sphinx moth from the Okanagan, Smerinthus ophthalmica (a Western Eyed Sphinx; too bad I didn't get the eye!).
#moth #smerinthus #sphinxmoth #sphinx #insect #macro #mothing #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A very close photo of a moth on a white fabric sheet. The moth is a mottled mix of pale grey, browns, and black, with a very fuzzy brown-grey ruff around its back and underside.
One day I'll really get into mothing. This toadflax brocade moth (Calophasia lunula) was one of many pretty finds earlier this year!
#moth #mothing #insect #invertebrate #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a puffball fungus growing on dry rocky ground. The puffball is split near its top, like a barely open mouth.
Fungi are so interestingly weird, I love them. I think this is in the family Lycoperdaceae.
#fungi #lycoperdaceae #mushroom #fungus #macro #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A black-speckled grey, fuzzy jumping spider sits on some black and grey lichen.
Another charming jumping spider (Habronattus hirsutus) blending in with the lichen.
#spider #jumpingspider #habronattus #arthropod #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A very close-up photo of a lumpy, curly orange little lichen growing on an orange, tan, and black rock.
Another charming little Okanagan lichen, quite unlike what I usually see nearer to home.
#lichen #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A mat of small, bristly plants with bright green growing tips and brown-to-white older stems grows up against a rock.
More of my beloved Selaginella wallacei, I love finding it no matter where I am. Lycophytes represent a fascinating part of the evolutionary history of plants.
#selaginella #lycophyte #plant #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A close-up photo of grey lichen with black divots, growing in a straight T-shape across otherwise bare rock.
I enjoy the curious patterns lichen sometimes grow in.
#lichen #macro #nature #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a mat of moss, with a large, soft, circular blob of greenish-brown growing in the middle. The blob has a dimple in the centre, but is otherwise smooth.
One of my favourite things is finding something new and exciting in nature. This bizarre thing is a colony of Nostoc bacteria, sometimes called star jellies, growing amidst moss in a seep.
#bacteria #nostoc #macro #nature #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a very small flower, with a hairy reddish stem and soft hairy pointed leaves. A single yellow tube flower with five petals blooms from the top. Moss and sand carpet the background.
This charming little monkeyflower, Erythranthe patula, was growing in a fascinating moist seep in an otherwise semi-arid cliff in the Okanagan.
#plant #flower #plantphotography #erythranthe #monkeyflower #inaturalist #bcparks #macro #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a tiny jumping spider. It is mostly white, with a black pattern on its abdomen and a bright red horizontal line by its eyes.
I love the striking red face markings of this Habronattus sansoni.
#spider #jumpingspider #habronattus #arthropod #invertebrate #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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A large bighorn sheep, with a short, pale brown coat and small nubby brown horns, stands behind a fence.
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) not really bighorning when I spotted it across the road.
#sheep #bighornsheep #ovis #mammal #wildlife #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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An extreme close-up of a tiny grasshopper with pale, translucent carapace, big black eyes, and short, segmented antennae. It is so small that a dozen grains of sand underneath it appear very large in the frame.
This adorable and fascinating little pygmy mole grasshopper, Neotridactylus apicialis, has established a tiny population on a small Okanagan beach.
#grasshopper #neotridactylus #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #inaturalist #bcparks #macro #wildlife #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
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