Have some RL sand traps.
I’m pretty sure these are ant lion pits. I haven’t gone digging to find out, don’t want to disturb the bugs.
You see them in very specific areas under the eaves; close enough in that they’re not dripped on, where it’s sandy with nothing growing there. They aren’t anywhere else.
Experimental tiny pic: Spanish needle seeds!
I think this one came out better, but it’s going to take more practice before I can consistently get foreground focus on small things.
Like a wood sorrel.
And a palm leaf, the angles looked interesting.
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Oooh, so that is what wood sorrel looks like. Rather like heather, I’ve read about them as area descriptions and didn’t have a mental image to go with them. (thinking of heather because the Spotlight image on my desktop is using it. It’s like purple fog!)
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Yes, those look like ant lion pits to me, too.
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There are a few different species; some have yellow flowers.
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THAT’S what that mystery weed is. Thanks
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They are tasty and edible in small amounts – the oxalic acid isn’t good for you in high doses, but it adds a hint of lemon to a salad if you want one.
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Not to be confused with the *other* real life sandtraps, which are part of carwash drainage systems designed to catch sand, dirt, oil and other filth from cars.
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St, Albert the Great has a great bit in “On Animals” about how he had antlion pets as a boy. It is freaking high-larious.
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Neat! 🙂
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