<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:28:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/natureobsevation/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Rain Drops]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t want a wishy-washy response from my brother, so I went outside the house to get a clear photograph. 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I transferred it from a hard leaf to this particular one, but it sucked up the leaf and rendered me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/falls-acraea-60ba7ba889d6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/falls-acraea-60ba7ba889d6</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:52:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqwLyVTjvuGfqtcVWaBpbSjF9R1KXW2KmyWSGuPb3WennnGNP4hXcG5GbkjJa66xRtKY6ghKLjzjUVq83UQzhB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falls Acraea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, my fallen Acraea—beautiful, great, and low. It is apt to say you are bad; it is apt to say nature is bad. Yet your predators see you as the prey. Nevertheless, Acraea, you are captured by my camera.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/falls-acraea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/falls-acraea</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zq3jZBP9yTSgpnQmydenvYsnrZtF7ewtyr9vf9hhNQnMk9Tvej9mob6TPbKoHT6UAaV2yzmoyuHrrBRVxBH2SS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcophaga carnaria ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I passed the tree, searching for things to capture, a little insect caught my attention. Lo and behold, it was a fly. It perfectly blended with the tree—almost unnoticeable. 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Camponotus maculatus, of the genus Camponotus, has distinct black, smooth segments; a large thorax]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/african-carpenter-ant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/african-carpenter-ant</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMmnoZWRUayV1quo6cifyjyZSSSG5V8HsX6ue37yRVSx5j1PAfB7kSu39GDhLCkgXK8PioMRRHFKFvyjNReztBamk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Furcated Tortoise Beetle (Aspidimorpha furcata)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Ayodeji, and I bring to you my photographs for today..... Actually, it was meant for yesterday. 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That intense feeling of disgust and the urge to kill it immediately rushes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/giant-huntsman-spiders-genus-heteropoda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/giant-huntsman-spiders-genus-heteropoda</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMmnoZWRUayV1quo6cifyjyZSSSG5V8HsX6ue37yRVSx5j1PAfB7kSu39GDhLCkgXK7JVko7SbAUYi6H82DFrNEge?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[African Household Cockroach (Periplaneta americana ) Night Hunt]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Ayodeji, and I bring to you my photographs for today. The African Household Cockroach Night Hunt was fun. At 8:30 PM, I moved straight to a dilapidated building to begin the hunt. 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It serves as a source of food for lizards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/hairy-maggot-blow-fly-chrysomya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/hairy-maggot-blow-fly-chrysomya</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMmnoZWRUayV1quo6cifyjyZSSSG5V8HsX6ue37yRVSx5j1PAfB7kSu39GDhLCkgXK6ktNdhvx93bgDmvuZRr722A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Rainbow Lizard) Agama agama: The Defender of it Territory]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Ayodeji, and I bring to you my photographs for today. Agama lizard is the male strong species that defends it territory of females. With it strong tails, it fight off other male intruders of it kind.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/rainbow-lizard-agama-agama-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130906/@ayodeji01/rainbow-lizard-agama-agama-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130906]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ayodeji01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:11:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMmnoZWRUayV1quo6cifyjyZSSSG5V8HsX6ue37yRVSx5j1PAfB7kSu39GDhLCkgXK5gedCi8JCahXBdWAuLj1pWz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[African Stink Ant ( Paltothyreus tarsatus)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am Ayodeji, and I bring to you my photographs. It was a really long day, but I was stunned to see a beautiful, big, black African stink ant—Paltothyreus tarsatus. 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