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This guy fell on me today as I was trying to get into my apartment:  my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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my cat is norris posted:This guy fell on me today as I was trying to get into my apartment: Where on earth are those called click beetles?
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Jul 12, 2017 22:59
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Mak0rz posted:Where on earth are those called click beetles? Because they make a clicking sound when they jump. EDIT: I read that as "why on earth", but am leaving my shame for everybody to see.
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Jul 12, 2017 23:06
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Mak0rz posted:Where on earth are those called click beetles? IN MY IMAGINATION!!! I misread a thing while Googling. 
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Jul 13, 2017 00:33
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Can someone identify this insect? I encountered it in a park near Ashland, Kentucky. I would've liked to get better pictures but I only had time for two quick shots as it scurried across a wooden bridge before disappearing into the foliage. 
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Jul 13, 2017 20:44
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Cicindela sexguttata, or six-spotted tiger beetle.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:48
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It's a six spotted tiger beetle E: dang
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Jul 13, 2017 20:49
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Cool, thanks. It was a really nice green color so I wanted to be able to look up higher quality pictures of the species.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:51
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Summertime, critters abound. Chilling by a lake canal where a café is located, close to the town center, a family of mute swans approach, and predictably the parent swan hisses at me.  Two mating burnets (Zygaena filipendulae, I believe).
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Jul 13, 2017 23:21
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So I know this is the cute bug thread but I can't find the ugly bug thread so I figured I'd ask here - Woke up to a bunch of these assholes in my basement today, around my washing machine. Technically found them first in the dryer, so my assumption was they came in through the dryer vent. My assumption is young wasps, but I can't tell for sure. I set off a bug bomb and killed a bunch of them, but I suspect it's just wave 1. Should I burn the house down? 
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Jul 14, 2017 15:20
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Those look like ant alates, the winged breeding form.
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Jul 14, 2017 16:58
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Medullah posted:So I know this is the cute bug thread but I can't find the ugly bug thread so I figured I'd ask here - Someone who knows American hymenopterans better than me will give you are more precise answer, but they are ants, that much I can tell. Falukorv fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Jul 14, 2017 |
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Jul 14, 2017 16:59
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Last night, this GIANT moth (well, relatively giant for what I usually see around here) made it into my house somehow. I found out by my girlfriend SCREAMING at the top of her lungs when she stepped out of the shower and sawe this guy on the floor, just chillin' (she has some sort of mothphobia, if that's a thing...) Just wonderin' what kind of moth he is, since I don't recall ever seeing one like this before. I'm in Vermont, if that helps:    About 2" long, if I had to guess. Sorry for the blurriness, he was NOT happy to be in the plastic tub, put him right back outside where he belongs after I took a few photos. But you can see he's got reddish-pink areas right where his wings meet his body, and a black strip down his thorax. When he was still, I could see his wings were a little jagged at the bottom, definitely some good leaf camouflage.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:25
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Looks like a sphinx moth. Pics aren't great, but I'd wager blinded sphinx moth, Paonias excaecata judging by the pink hind wings and dark stripe. Should have taken a shot of the dorsal side. Sphinx moths are awesome. Really big and pretty, but they tend to only come out real late at night. And yeah fear of moths is a thing. I know lots of people like that. Those same people love butterflies, though 
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Jul 14, 2017 17:38
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Falukorv posted:Someone who knows American hymenopterans better than me will give you are more precise answer, but they are ants, that much I can tell. the yeti posted:Those look like ant alates, the winged breeding form. Thanks, I was thinking that but didn't see prominent pincers so I wasn't sure. After doing a lot of Google image searching I think that's what it is. Love home ownership.
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Jul 14, 2017 17:40
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On a hike a few weeks ago I got a picture of what I assume is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. They're apparently pretty common, but I'd never seen one in West Virginia before. I was quite excited by how large and colorful it was.
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Jul 14, 2017 19:13
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The snakes are still... co-habitating? Guess that's the right word. (I liked the 'living in bin' thing.) I really wasn't aware that different species of snakes would live together in the wild. They've been there for a couple of months now. I'm also falling a bit behind on turning the compost over, for some reason.
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Jul 14, 2017 20:03
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What snakes do in the privacy of their own bin is none of my business...
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Jul 14, 2017 20:21
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Must be enough easy prey around or else that garter snake would be seen as food too.
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Jul 14, 2017 21:36
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Used to be a lot of mice in there, must still be some in the area. There's another bin right next to it.
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Jul 14, 2017 21:47
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Snakes will cohabitate, but the majority of snakes aren't social - they just happen to be there for the same reason - it looks like a good basking site with nearby food. Milk snakes do eat other snakes, though, so that's kinda crazy on the garter, but it's not uncommon to find two or more snakes of multiple species together at the same spot - rattlesnakes and copperheads frequently share dens, for example. Rattlesnakes actually are social - there's some neat research being done on rattlesnake social behavior. It's usually the mother and her offspring - they'll share basking spots for months after birth, as well as some other neat behaviors.
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Jul 14, 2017 22:21
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came across a pretty large group of wallabies. She had a joey in her pouch. also a group of brown and rainbow trout, made me wish I'd brought my spinning gear 
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Jul 16, 2017 09:43
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interrupted some guy's lunch
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Jul 17, 2017 01:02
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Doot Saw a bunch of Atala butterflies and caterpillars as well, but failed to get pictures.
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Jul 19, 2017 01:03
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It looks like one of those old man brushes missing half the hairs 
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Jul 19, 2017 12:38
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Bug dump! Various pics of varying quality from spring/summer in Pittsburgh, PA. Apologies for any reposts, I can't remember what I have or haven't shared so far.   Duck mutts. Dutts?  Find the baby!       Why do they do this?  What's the difference between those with fuzzy yellow butts and those with almost-naked butts?   He's probably green.  A different guy more obviously green.
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Jul 20, 2017 20:12
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my cat is norris posted:
Different bumble bee species have different hair colors, lengths, and (I think) densities on various parts of their bodies.* Hair length and (especially) color is a handy identification diagnostic for many species. This bee's butt is actually covered entirely in black hair, but the way the pile is scattering the light kind of makes it seem mostly bald with faint white stripes. The hair also thins as they age from rubbing against things such as flowers parts, the hive entrance, and other bees in the colony throughout their life. You tend to see it mostly on the thorax, where they'll get a black bald spot right between the wings. Some species naturally always have a dark or bald spot on the thorax though, so its not necessarily evidence of an older bee depending on the species. If the abdomen is almost completely bald and looks vaguely like the texture of a polished black boot, you got yourself a carpenter bee instead. * EDIT: Sometimes there's even a lot of hair color variety within a species, such as with Bombus rufocinctus:  (image source) Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Jul 20, 2017 20:26
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~summer is the time for loving~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAP6Dq-ZsF4 I think it's loving, anyways. The video is long because I was hoping something else would happen but eventually a bee came by and the video goes out of focus so you're not missing much after the first bit.
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Jul 20, 2017 20:42
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Are these honey bees? 
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Jul 20, 2017 22:14
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Mozi posted:~summer is the time for loving~ Those things sure do make some funny noises.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:56
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Enfys posted:Are these honey bees? Nope, they're hover flies (Family Syrphidae)! Many species of hover fly are bee/wasp mimics.
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Jul 20, 2017 23:42
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I'm glad you came and posted about my bumblebees, Mak! Thanks very much for the info.
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Jul 21, 2017 04:29
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Sammus posted:Look at this big rear end in a top hat I found within 30 seconds of stepping onto my back stoop and shining a UV light around! It's not a bark scorpion, but I still wouldn't want to gently caress around with him. Yikes, that scorpion is quite a fatty. I've never seen such a big body to skinny legs ratio. I found this on my bedroom floor just now:  The consensus last time I posted one of these, was that this isn't a bark scorpion either. I guess bark scorpions have thinner tails. I believe this scorpion is a yellow scorpion. e: Should mention that this is in southern Arizona for those that care. ijii fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 07:50
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Cumslut1895 posted:came across a pretty large group of wallabies. She had a joey in her pouch. Can anyone identify the particular species of wallaby? for context, I'm in New Zealand
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Jul 21, 2017 08:02
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Banff and Jasper critters from last month. Clark's nutcracker.  Crow enjoying some watermelon rind.  Magpie on the prowl.  Annoyed swallow parent.    Apparently Canmore has quite a feral rabbit problem.   Morning run with some locals.  Black bear near Jasper.    Grizzlies on the Lake Louise ski hill.
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Jul 23, 2017 18:33
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You claim you were at Banff and yet I see no wasp photos... 
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Jul 23, 2017 19:32
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I visited a Atlantic puffin colony on the Faroe Islands     Hundreds, if not thousands, of birds all around you, not giving a poo poo that you're sitting in the middle of the colony. It was amazing.
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Jul 23, 2017 21:35
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The swallow parent and the puffins 
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Jul 24, 2017 03:23
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
So cross 
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Jul 24, 2017 10:10
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My fiance made a friend yesterday: Yoga bee is using downward dog pose to help with her wing cleaning. She's quite cute! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR4ezyWzSNI
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Jul 24, 2017 18:08
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