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turtle ID? oddly enough he was going pretty fast before we disturbed him
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despite the stereotype turtles can really book it when they want to
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free hubcaps posted:I went for a hike along a coastal forest ridge yesterday and it was apparently black snake basking day You're correct; first one is a black ratsnake and the second is a large and rather beat up black racer.
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May 11, 2018 13:59
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poverty goat posted:turtle ID? Where are you located, Goat?
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my cat is norris posted:Where are you located, Goat? SE virginia
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Well, this was kind of a gross/interesting thing. I thought I had 4 Cecropia moth cocoons. Turns out, I had about 40 Chalcid wasps chest-burstering out for Mother's Day. Nice Legs.   Can't remember if I posted these... Also saw a whale and had a barred owl in an instant pot box.  
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May 14, 2018 01:20
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Nice wink! I like the Samus wasps. Hadn't heard of those before.
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May 14, 2018 01:26
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that wasp is fitness goals
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went camping this last weekend and had the absolute privilege and treat to see a whole family (6+) wild buns running around and playing together at silflay. Full on leaping over one another and making little happy grunts as they just TORE around. unfortunately I couldn't get a great pic but man, what an amazing thing to see. buns are the best. look at these guys move!  
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High summer temperatures have struck, critters abound. Haven’t had the time to go hiking but here are a couple of cool critters I’ve found in my day to day. A rove beetle. Slick design!   Ground beetle, Carabus nemoralis I think.  Vespula vulgaris building a nest in a shed.  Big frog
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May 15, 2018 17:22
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 Pretty blue for a fly guy, or whatever the kids say these days.  A bug.  Some sorta weevil, maybe the large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis)?  A bumblebee! They're the best!  Scary and ticklish and awesome to have one on your finger.  Look at them hairy legs!  Gave it some agave syrup on my hand because it seemed a bit down, later it flew off merrily when I took it outside. But I forgot to take any photos for identification, this was probably the best one for the markings. Location: Finland. Noticed only when looking at the photos: is that some sort of parasite on its shoulder? 
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May 15, 2018 18:16
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That's a mite, they're harmless to the bee and just like to hitch a ride between nests and flowers and suchlike Iirc they actually help out with nest maintenance by eating random bee debris
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May 15, 2018 18:34
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Neofelis posted:
That's an ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius).
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Yeah that mite looks awful small to be varroa destructor.
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May 15, 2018 22:33
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Neofelis posted:
Looks like Bombus pascuorum at a glance but I'm not very familiar with European species.
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Found some neat stuff out this past weekend! Millipede trio:  DSC_5455.jpg by photon_catcher, on Flickr DSC_5449.jpg by photon_catcher, on Flickr DSC_5445.jpg by photon_catcher, on FlickrOne of the aptly named Flat Bugs, Aradidae  DSC_5509.jpg by photon_catcher, on Flickr Carabidae  DSC_5487.jpg by photon_catcher, on Flickr   DSC_5483.jpg by photon_catcher, on FlickrEurycea bislineata  DSC_5530.jpg by photon_catcher, on FlickrEdit: Fungi I found over in the mushroom megathread! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?action=setseen&threadid=3850811&index=8
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I'm about to build some carpenter bee traps because I got shitloads of them. Is there anything better to to with these dudes than bake them in a trap? I don't want them burrowing into my structures. If there's a sacrificial log or something I can make I'm down for it.
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You can make bee hotels!! They appeared to be made out of cardboard and firewood, I read about them earlier in this thread!
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Mocking Bird posted:You can make bee hotels!! They appeared to be made out of cardboard and firewood, I read about them earlier in this thread! Yes! There are many different kinds of hotels you can build, because certain bees prefer certain accommodations (they're very fancy), so just look up "carpenter bee hotels" and see what you get.
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the yeti posted:Found some neat stuff out this past weekend! Looks like Lycidae larvae. Very similar to the European species Dictyoptera .
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May 18, 2018 12:11
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The colour on this thing is incredible
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May 19, 2018 10:23
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anything that brightly colored makes me think it is venomous
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May 19, 2018 13:09
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ohh yeah blue ringed octopus is not a creature you ever want to actually touch drat pretty tho
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May 19, 2018 13:19
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I hope you took that photo from a boat or a dock or something. 
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vaguely posted:ohh yeah blue ringed octopus is not a creature you ever want to actually touch *googles* Good god 
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Randaconda posted:anything that brightly colored makes me think it is venomous Good instincts. Pretty sure that one is in a defensive stance which means it feels cornered and is ready to bite. Scary
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Yikes @ octopus! This past week I was on vacation in the pacific NW and had a spooky nighttime cougar encounter, sorry no pics but that's my story
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May 19, 2018 14:39
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Blue-ringeds are also very tiny and can be easy to miss. They're basically a scuba horror story waiting to happen.
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Beautiful though. Thanks for sharing the pic, hope you're still alive!
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poverty goat posted:turtle ID? Coming back to this, I think it's possibly a coastal cooter?
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Best picture I've ever taken with my phone. Here he is pre-pissed:  It was the biggest one I've ever come across, got the kids out of the rock pool quickly! The way he matched the sand colour on his stripes was amazing.
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May 20, 2018 00:24
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Yeah that camo is off the hook. Kinda funny to mix camo with BRIGHT BLUE WARNING LIGHTS but I'm not gonna tell that octopus how to live its life
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May 20, 2018 00:27
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I didn't realise how tiny they are
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Mollusks own
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Enfys posted:I didn't realise how tiny they are And you might not even feel the cute little bite. 
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Blue ring octopus-es (octopi?) are like a holy grail for underwater photographers to find so congrats
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naem posted:Blue ring octopus-es (octopi?) are like a holy grail for underwater photographers to find so congrats  Zoologists like to say "octopodes" but all three words are acceptable terms.Today is apparently the first observance of World Bee Day so to celebrate here're pictures of a new queen Bombus vosnesenskii trying to find a place to nest in our lovely fern beds.  
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I haven't seen an actual bumble in a long time. Thanks for the cute pic! Today was all apis mellifera and the majestic, whalesque carpenter bee.
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"behold, the majestic carpenter bee" i muse as goofy tuba music plays and the fuzzy critter bonks into me three times in a row
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There were some critters at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. A duck of some sort:  Fish:  Turtles:   I only know this is a poison dart frog because that's what the sign said: 
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