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Leijpark 013 Brown Grey Belt Tensioner

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Published by Thierry P. Dinjens · 30 August at 6:07 PM ·
The Leijpark has many facets. During the day, when we are there, we see and hear everything grow, flourish and move. Many species of animals and plants are admired; sometimes all the time, sometimes they are just a patch where we glimpse for a moment.
However, what we get little bar (and that is almost no different) is the night life in the Leijpark. During the day I don't know how many animals are hidden in the canopy, between the grass and in the litter layer. They wait for nothing but the night. Then they live up and start their escapades of love, or they just eat. An important group that lives in the dark is formed by the moths.
N.B. There has been some debate about the moth versus the butterfly. Please allow me to give an explanation of this that hopefully will stay once and for all:
Not every butterfly is a moth. Every moth is a butterfly. And: the words moth and moth mean the same. So every moth is a moth and so every moth is also a butterfly. Although among the moths (read:moths) there are very primitive butterflies that do not resemble the image we have with the word 'butterflies', they remain members of the butterfly family.
Hopefully it's clear now.
A moth that is actually only active during the night is the Brown Grey Band Tensioner. During the day we don't have to expect her on the wings, but we can trust her to hide somewhere, between the lover of the willow or the poplar. These are also exactly the trees that her caterpillars feed on. In the night, the butterflies look for nectar of flowers and herbs that also bloom in the night, such as daisies and wild marjoram, both in the Leijpark.
The question now is: how do we get to see butterflies like this one time? Should we jerk every branch in the hope that a frightened butterfly swirl out? The answer is obviously: No. We don't want to interfere with animals and that's exactly what we do when we actively investigate their environment. In addition, there are spots at the top of the crown layer where we can never get, or a daredevil must dare to climb into a thirty meter high poplar in the middle of the night. A strong afrader, I can press you firmly on the heart. And do you know? There is also no need to look for yourself. After all, the Leijpark has the designated man, for years, who makes visible to you and me what would otherwise be hidden: Henk de Winter. I was allowed to meet this truly passionate man for the first time a few years ago. A man who can walk along the same tree a hundred times and sees something different in it.
A man who can shoot the sunrise, reflected in the smallest puddle of water, held between two tree roots. A man who can photograph the thickest tree trunk, while the smallest spider in the Leijpark weaves a shaky thread around. A man who captures both the expanse and details seamlessly. Thanks to its lens, the morning's eye actually has gold in the mouth and the dew drops become pearls and diamonds. And then Henk de Winter has succeeded again (who doubted)?) to make the night life a little more visible to us; it is just up to him that the Brown grey band tensioner showed itself. Fleeting, straight out of the shadows but clear.
We should be a little proud of the fact that the Leijpark is such a passionate sleuth. That's why with this one: Henk, thanks. Not only for all the beauty you've given us so far, but also for everything to come. We're eagerly looking forward to it.