INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS
The golden princess's secret revealed
Who has never been fascinated by a female Argiope bruennichi, the beautiful and intriguing wasp spider otherwise so common? Who has never wondered why our golden princesses generally decorate their otherwise rather ordinary web with a particular zigzag ?
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION
We still know little about animal communication, and science regularly brings its load of amazing news to the layman. Here is some of its latest news.
Mother Mice tell Daddy mice to care for the pups
Mice are non-monogamous in the wild. But when lab mice are housed together with their mates and pups for a few days, otherwise uninterested fathers can be induced to provide parental care to the pups by ultrasound vocalizations and/or odour emitted by the mothers.
PHOTOGRAPHING FROM A FLOATING HIDE
A floating hide can be bough or home-made. It should be at the same time light, to carry it around, and stable for your equipmen's safety. Some are created by covering a small boat where you can lie or even sit. Serge Deboffle gives you his tips for using the one he likes best, the very light, very mobile, small ones which hide the photographer and equipment while he/she walks on the bottom of the pond, like to the one he has built for himself.
PHOTOGRAPHING FROM HIDES ON LAND
Hints from Finland
The golden and the necessary rules of hide photography
Commercial hides offer has increased and, as summer arrives, there comes the desire for sensations and images these hides can provide - sometimes for the first time. You can install your own bird or big animal hide, but you must first obtain the necessary authorisations.
