{"id":22146,"date":"2022-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=22146"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:26:51","slug":"august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/11\/10\/august\/","title":{"rendered":"August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1547\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-1536x1160.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>BANDED DEMOISELLE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-byline\"><strong> by Michael Blacknell, <\/strong><em>Hampshire <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This male banded demoiselle revealed his vibrant metallic colouring while drying off the night\u2019s dew. As he was still in a state of torpor, I was able to set up a tripod and get this shot. It\u2019s always a pleasure to capture these spectacular insects when they arrive back on the scene and it was well worth getting up so early for this opportunity. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image bild\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1826\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc-1024x913.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/703e6815-5ab4-41b2-8401-cc27f8d264fc-1536x1370.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANDED DEMOISELLE by Michael Blacknell, Hampshire This male banded demoiselle revealed his vibrant metallic colouring while drying off the night\u2019s dew. As he was still in a state of torpor, I was able to set up a tripod and get this shot. It\u2019s always a pleasure to capture these spectacular insects when they arrive back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"134","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"134","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_134-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_134-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"December-2022","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"December-2022","purple_external_id":"December-2022-134-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"December-2022-134-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000087238||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000087238||","purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.498","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.498","purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.498","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.498","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"58d61955-0ac4-406c-83f1-ab6f21d86b70","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-11-10T11:13:37Z","apple_news_article-theme":"","apple_news_api_id":"8e178575-49b5-46b9-8229-d53edf28b726","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-11-21T09:26:55Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AjheFdUm1RrmCKdU-3yi3Jg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":true,"apple_news_is_preview":true,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_article_theme":"","apple_news_sections":"[]"},"categories":[160],"tags":[14],"apple_news_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac.jpg",2048,1547,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-300x227.jpg",300,227,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-768x580.jpg",768,580,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-1024x774.jpg",800,605,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac-1536x1160.jpg",1536,1160,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/02234063-aedf-4571-b803-d01d801728ac.jpg",2048,1547,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"BANDED DEMOISELLE by Michael Blacknell, Hampshire This male banded demoiselle revealed his vibrant metallic colouring while drying off the night\u2019s dew. 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