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my cat is norris posted:Sad Doot should really be this thread's mascot. I'm pretty sure it is
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MrYenko posted:Burrowing owls, watching the sunset. Very nice photos, thanks for posting them!
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my cat is norris posted:Sad Doot should really be this thread's mascot. Regy Rusty posted:I'm pretty sure it is But... what ever happened to the P. audaxity of hope?
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 23:41 |
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We can have two !
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:11 |
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P. audaxi is for our rare good days. Sad Doot better represents the average goon's lifestyle and aspirations.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 04:22 |
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I want more pics of the commando possum.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 05:45 |
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I want more pics of the commando possum. he got cornered in the yard by the beagles a few nights ago and hosed off and hasn't been seen since
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poverty goat posted:he got cornered in the yard by the beagles a few nights ago and hosed off and hasn't been seen since He's probably just too drat stealthy to be noticed.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 06:07 |
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my cat is norris posted:Sad Doot should really be this thread's mascot. I just want to know
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 17:31 |
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I got crabs in Hawaii. Beige tide pool crab of some kind. Well-camouflaged green crabs. A really well-camouflaged tide pool dweller. Hermit crabs are the best crabs. Discuss.
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# ? Mar 5, 2017 00:41 |
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I got crabs in Hawaii. cool crabs!
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# ? Mar 5, 2017 23:03 |
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The other day I saw some otters in the river near my house but couldn't get a picture of them before they dove underwater and emerged too far away, but I was passing the same bridge and saw something else. I think it's some sort of weasel but have no idea, and I don't know what it's holding either, I think it may be some sort of bird. I'm in Kingston, Ontario. I even managed to get a video of it swimming across the water into the reeds. Sorry for loud traffic noises, probably better muted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjt1845Kqa8
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 19:07 |
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Looks like a fisher to me.
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 19:16 |
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That or a mink. E: Actually I'm going to go with mink because it seems pretty comfortable hunting on the ice and swimming in the cold water there. Fishers spend most of their time in and around trees. Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Mar 7, 2017 |
# ? Mar 7, 2017 19:46 |
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Yeah, it's tough at this resolution without good scale. Some mustelid anyway.
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 19:49 |
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It's hard to tell how big it is since I was on a bridge quite a bit above it and fairly far away, but I'd say between 1-2 feet long? It was fairly small.
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 20:07 |
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Probably a mink then? Fishers are a little bigger.
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 20:09 |
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Looking for help with a bee ID! Friend posted this photo, know it's not a lot of use since you can't see all the bands, my first thought was bombus terrestris but I'm not really sure. I'm in the north of Ireland, if that helps! Also here's one I took of a white tailed bumblebee(?) going nuts over a chive plant in my garden Bees are awesome
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 16:55 |
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You need to see the butt to be sure. The first bee could be either B. terrestris or B. lucorum (or B. cryptarum or whatever the hip kids call it nowadays). Might be the former but it's hard to tell because she's wet and facing towards us. Second bee is definitely the latter. Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Mar 20, 2017 |
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given the colouration on the first band I would lean towards B. terrestris but yes, difficult to be sure without a different angle shot the bumblebee conservation trust has some nice ID tips for British Isles bees with lovely clear drawings of band patterns, highly recommended edit: THEY HAVE AN IPHONE APP downloading asap good work by your friend in looking after the poor little thing, and your picture is really nice too chives are delicious AND bees love them, win-win! vaguely fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Mar 20, 2017 |
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Took a quick jaunt out to Elk Island National Park last weekend and saw a bunch of (plains) bison for a change! A couple of loners away from the main herd. Said herd. If we'd arrived 10 minutes later they'd have already crossed the road and been out of view! I also spotted a bald eagle, which is a bit rare in landlocked Alberta in the winter. I wonder what it's been eating with all the waterways frozen? Just try it, buddy.
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# ? Mar 26, 2017 21:55 |
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Bald eagles are very capable scavengers. The majority of their diet is stuff someone else killed!
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 00:03 |
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I dunno why ive never clicked a critterquest thread. Its really good. Thanks everyone
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 00:42 |
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Yeah, when I used to drive a truck from B.C. to Calgary and Edmonton, I'd see quite a few bald eagles mixed in with ravens as they dined on deer/elk killed by traffic.
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 00:54 |
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More tree lizards getting into my house. I let this one stay in my house for a week before I decided to throw it out. Bonus lizard that got into my laundry basket a month ago. Both of these guys are about 4 inches long. They're considerably flat, so they find a way to sneak into my house, but I haven't found any places in my house where they could sneak in. What do I add to the image urls that will cause the images to auto fit into the post so I don't have to thumbnail it or break tables or edit the image?
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 17:51 |
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You just use the timg tag instead of img. For imgur links, insert S, M, or L before the .jpg to create auto thumbnails. L is usually just fine.
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 18:02 |
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Also I like your lizards!
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ijii posted:More tree lizards getting into my house. I wish I had tree lizards instead of silverfish, ants, and the occasional cockroach. Though the lizards would probably prefer to stay outside what with all the cats in here.
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# ? Mar 27, 2017 18:27 |
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I wish my country had more than three species of lizards.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I wish I had tree lizards instead of silverfish, ants, and the occasional cockroach. Though the lizards would probably prefer to stay outside what with all the cats in here. I've lived in homes that have had visits from ants, a bigger pain in the rear end then roaches IMO. It's been about 2 weeks since I've stepped in my backyard and found 3 yellow jackets trying to build a nest at my porch's ceiling. 4 feet was as close as I was going to get to take a picture. I knocked it down with my trusty telescoping pole saw. The 3 yellow jackets buzzed around for a minute and went back to the former location of the nest. I grabbed a spray bottle with water/dish soap mixture and sprayed them from a safe distance. Unfortunately it didn't soak them so they just pissed off instead of go dead. I'll have a to do checks around the house to make sure they don't find another location to build.
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ijii posted:I've lived in homes that have had visits from ants, a bigger pain in the rear end then roaches IMO. I don't think those are yellow jackets? Rather some sort of paper wasp that happens to be yellow.
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Sir Nose posted:I don't think those are yellow jackets? Rather some sort of paper wasp that happens to be yellow. I've looked this up in the past, and apparently what is considered to be a "yellow jacket" varies considerably by region. What i have always considered to be a yellowjacket is a type of hornet, while those look like what I would refer to as a wasp. In my area, a wasp has a long thing abdomen, while yellowjackets are stouter and built more bee-like. For example, this is what I think of when I say "yellowjacket":
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# ? Mar 29, 2017 00:55 |
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a girl once told me my spirit animal was a heron and then she raped me (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Mar 29, 2017 01:03 |
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There is a super friendly black kitten in my neighborhood with no collar but everything was a snapchat for the lady I'm banging. Unsure how to share the media.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I've looked this up in the past, and apparently what is considered to be a "yellow jacket" varies considerably by region. What i have always considered to be a yellowjacket is a type of hornet, while those look like what I would refer to as a wasp. In my area, a wasp has a long thing abdomen, while yellowjackets are stouter and built more bee-like. yes, that type of hornet is generally accepted as a yellowjacket. a lot of folks ask me about my steam name (A Vacuum Full of Bees) and if there's a story behind it, and there is. Though yellowjackets are not bees, I know, but vacuum full of hornets doesn't quite sound or fit right. I had a nest of yellowjackets, hundreds of the bastards, build up inside my wall unbeknownst to me. One day they chewed a hole in the wall and started swarming into my bedroom proper, and so I grabbed my dustbuster and started sucking them all up. Then I banged on the wall a bunch with the dustbuster next to the exit hole and got the rest of them. Then I shook it up a shitload and emptied them all into the toilet, slammed the top down, and flushed the lot of them. yellowjackets suck Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Mar 29, 2017 |
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fbsw posted:a girl once told me my spirit animal was a heron and then she raped me interesting stuff
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# ? Mar 29, 2017 03:17 |
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I found a big ol' bumble bee! It was very excited about these flowers. So Mak0rz, what is it? (Central Arkansas)
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vortmax posted:I found a big ol' bumble bee! It was very excited about these flowers. So Mak0rz, what is it? Not a bumble bee at all! It's an eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica. This one's male. You can tell from the big goofy goggle eyes. Sort of a general rule for bumblers vs. carpenters: if there's a hairless patch on the abdomen, then it's probably a carpenter.
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# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:07 |
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Thanks! I guess carpenter bees are really calm too, because this one didn't seem to mind me getting fairly close for pictures.
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vortmax posted:Thanks! I guess carpenter bees are really calm too, because this one didn't seem to mind me getting fairly close for pictures. Females are chill in general. Males can be territorial at times and try to get in your face, but they can't hurt you as male hymenoptera don't have stings.
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