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viperkeeper is a great yt channel btw, its like extreme ASMR
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Christ, that Gabon video is terrifying to me. I love snakes, but those bastards have 1" fangs, and sometimes a chill snake will decide to bite you for no reason. Fake edit: Googled and they are the heaviest vipers, have the most venom yield of any snake and can have up to 2 inch fangs. No thanks! On a walk the other night, saw some Western painters laying eggs and a pretty much newborn baby deer. So cute! Wish I could have got the mom's head but eh.  
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I went with a buddy today to North Central Arkansas (around Clinton), in the Ozarks. His dad's land has some caves up at the top of a ridge, which unfortunately didn't have very many interesting critters in it -- tons of cave crickets of all sizes, but I didn't take pictures of them. I found a few other things, though. A cave snail! Or, at least, a snail in a cave. I think this is the first snail I've ever seen in the wild. Plenty of slugs, but no snails.  None of the caves are very deep, but this fellow was on the edge of a narrow opening between the outer chamber and inner chamber of this one. We were very careful not to disturb it.  I almost grabbed this tree for support as we walked uphill to the top of the ridge, but I noticed something weird.  That's some great camouflage there, spider.  These blue dragonflies were everywhere in between the rain. There were even two trying to mate, but they wouldn't stay still long enough for a picture.  I have no idea how I got such good pictures of this with my phone. Oh yeah, there were a few of these running around too: 
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Jul 5, 2017 01:18
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Is that a brown widow? Hi kitties. 
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Here's some recent stuff Blue Herons (great again)   hanging with an egret  Limpkin  Red-winged blackbird  Tri-colored heron  Anhinga  Some sorta carpenter bee  Some sorta wasp  Some queen butterflies  Gar  Gators   
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El Burbo posted:Some sorta carpenter bee This is a leafcutter bee (Family Megachilidae). You can tell because the scopa, the structure for carrying pollen, is on the underside of her abdomen. All other bee families have scopae on their hind legs. Edit:  I think this is actually Megachile xylocopoides which, funnily enough, is a carpenter bee mimic! http://bugguide.net/node/view/23995
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Jul 5, 2017 06:57
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What is this? Legs included, it's between the size of a nickel & a quarter. Was inside a tangled-looking web, tending a large white egg sac. Location: Texas panhandle.
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That's a female black widow, Latrodectus mactans.
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Mmm. It built its web between my golf bag and the wall of my garage. I walked right into the web when I reached for my bag this morning, freaked & saw the spider scrambling up the web towards the wall. It is now dead, but I haven't yet decided to sell the house. Spiders are my one phobia.
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Mak0rz posted:This is a leafcutter bee (Family Megachilidae). You can tell because the scopa, the structure for carrying pollen, is on the underside of her abdomen. All other bee families have scopae on their hind legs. My goodness this gets complicated!
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Jul 5, 2017 16:38
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Guess you can't trust anybee these days
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Jul 5, 2017 17:22
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Lincoln posted:Spiders are my one phobia. At least the black widow is a spider you can legitimately worry about. I'm good with most spiders in the house, but black widows and brown recluses get the death penalty.
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This tobacco hornworm squished real good
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Please don't share that you killed the thing you just took a picture of.
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Jul 5, 2017 20:10
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Tobacco hornworms are pests to tomato plants, which that particular one seems to be sitting on.
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Wasn't intentional, I was pulling it off the tomato vine and I guess I squeezed too hard and it burst. Got green goo on my fingers.
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 Yay critterquest thread! Saw this beauty of a postcard in the Victoria Bug Zoo. Can't wait to get out and bug some bugs 
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What's this? It was on a lemon tree, if that helps.
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a hole-y ghost posted:What's this? It's a katydid. Apparently they're bad for the tree https://www.klru.org/ctg/resource/citrus-damage/ E:or they eat leaves and it doesn't matter that much. Idk.
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Thats a great pic btw. The tiny patterns on the bug look really cool. Some of the markings on it's shoulder kinda look like Sanskrit ॐ
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theres a will theres moe posted:It's a katydid. Apparently they're bad for the tree The only bug I've ever picked up with my bare hand.
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Like, bad-bad? Do I have to remove it or can I just leave it
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I'm glad I found this thread, I loved the previous incarnations! I finally got a fancy camera and am starting to take some photos with it, I need to get some uploaded to share!MrYenko posted:Burrowing owls, watching the sunset. I'm jealous! I'd love to have some in my backyard. I assume you're in Florida? MrYenko posted:Backyard picture dump: That's a baby ladybug! I just bought a box of ladybugs to deal with some aphids and there were quite a few of them on my plants.
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a hole-y ghost posted:Like, bad-bad? Do I have to remove it or can I just leave it It looks like theyre acknowledged to damage plants a bit but people generally leave them alone because they're cool. They're one of the bugs that makes pleasant nighttime bug noises. https://youtu.be/podi4xWnep4
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El Burbo posted:Here's some recent stuff Is this Florida?
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Randaconda posted:Is this Florida? Yep, swampy sweltering south florida
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Here are some random pictures I've taken recently (Florida): Baby blue-tailed skink (I think)  Barred owl  The world's dopiest turtle, the Florida softshell turtle  Green anole  Juvenile red-bellied woodpeckers in my front yard  Northern parula  Prothonotary warbler
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs
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 Garter snake and milk snake - living in sin?!?
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my project car came with some bonuses at least they're a happy couple~
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Mozi posted:
Living in bin.
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This little dude has been flying around in my garden the last few days. Sometimes he sits with his wings in and sometimes they're out to the side, and then he pokes the flowers with his butt.    (finger for scale)  
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Lincoln posted:Living in bin. Ah, but of course. They've been hanging out there for a couple weeks on and off. I suspect that there used to be a bunch of mice in there.
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I made new bug friends today and the s8 takes great bug photos it turns out  
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Last week, I discovered this mud-dauber trying to get into my office. This mud-dauber is building nests in my office window by Martin Brummell, on FlickrShe was very active and did manage to get inside at one point (I was able to capture her in a coffee cup and take her outside) so I didn't take off the screen to get pictures. Yesterday she wasn't around so I popped out the screen and had a closer look. She's been building nests in the window frame.  This mud-dauber is building nests in my office window by Martin Brummell, on Flickr This mud-dauber is building nests in my office window by Martin Brummell, on Flickr This mud-dauber is building nests in my office window by Martin Brummell, on Flickr This mud-dauber is building nests in my office window by Martin Brummell, on FlickrIf the window is closed, the nests will be crushed. This morning, the window was partly closed. I re-opened it as far as it goes and I don't *think* the nests are damaged. I'm the only person in this office normally, my office-mate is away almost all of the time. But the cleaning staff come in here to clear the garbage can and sweep a bit, I guess one of them must have partly-closed the window last night.
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El Burbo posted:Yep, swampy sweltering south florida North Central Florida is also swampy and sweltering currently.
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Randaconda posted:North Central Florida is also swampy and sweltering currently. it's here in virginia also
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ExecuDork posted:Last week, I discovered this mud-dauber trying to get into my office.
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invading the gently caress out of this toad's personal space lookit that rad deadleaf camo pattern
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