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Is anyone else here worried about Moon Potato? He hasn't dropped any photographic bombs in here, recently.
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my cat is norris posted:My fiance made a friend yesterday:  Looks like Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumble bee.
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Jul 24, 2017 18:34
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MrYenko posted:Is anyone else here worried about Moon Potato? He hasn't dropped any photographic bombs in here, recently. Probably was taking amazing pictures of a roc... 
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Jul 24, 2017 18:40
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MrYenko posted:Is anyone else here worried about Moon Potato? He hasn't dropped any photographic bombs in here, recently. He posts frequently to Facebook. I think he just hasn't had the time or the inclination to check in on SA! https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodPlanetMedia/
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Jul 24, 2017 18:54
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Surprise! It's a toad!
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Jul 25, 2017 02:46
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Jul 25, 2017 03:06
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This feels a bit like cheating since I didn't even leave the house, but here's a short clip of someone enjoying the summer rain in Denmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J311y7Sf0Gk
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Jul 25, 2017 16:41
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Darkman Fanpage posted:carpenter toad
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Jul 27, 2017 02:15
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Darkman Fanpage posted:carpenter toad "Measure twice, ribbit once."
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Jul 27, 2017 15:02
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So did no one notice the googly eyes under the power tool?
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Jul 27, 2017 15:28
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Mak0rz posted:So did no one notice the googly eyes under the power tool? My brother was making a trophy out of a plastic goose, gold spray paint, and the googly eyes. He doesn't clean up his messes.
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Jul 27, 2017 15:34
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Speaking of toads, almost ran this guy over while mowing the lawn earlier. When he first jumped, I thought he was a giant cricket. Thankfully, just a small toad:
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Jul 28, 2017 02:25
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To keep the toad train rolling: They live under the ramp the leads up to the porch  .
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Jul 28, 2017 03:00
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DrBouvenstein posted:Speaking of toads, almost ran this guy over while mowing the lawn earlier. When he first jumped, I thought he was a giant cricket. Thankfully, just a small toad: The tiniest palm reader
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Jul 28, 2017 12:48
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I visited Angkor Wat recently and there were loads of critters hiding in the ruins and encroaching vegetation. I am completely out of my depth in Asia so any species IDs much welcomed! Beetles   Some sort of entimine weevil. I'm not sure if that lemon yellow colouring is pollen or pubescence  Dung Beetle   I love finding longhorn beetles at the best of times but when they're so colourful too! Millipedes:   Hymenoptera:     These ants stitch leaves together to make their nests which is pretty neat. They're farming scale insects too by the looks of it Dragonflies:   Lepidoptera:       Spiders:     I think the orange one is a crab spider/thomisid? And the tunnel web type were all over the earthen banks and really pretty up close. The second jumping spider proudly holding its leafhopper catch is pretty Lizards:    
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Jul 28, 2017 14:50
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Dang, those are some nice pictures. How big were those beetles?
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Jul 28, 2017 16:07
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Captain Invictus posted:Dang, those are some nice pictures. How big were those beetles? The beetles weren't super big: the weevil was about 1cm, the dung beetle maybe only 5-6mm and the longhorn about 2cm (not including the antennae). Some of the millipedes were as long as my hand though and some of the carpenter bees seemed as thick as my thumb but way too fast for photography.
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Jul 28, 2017 17:24
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Lovely pictures. That weevil looks awesome.
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Jul 28, 2017 18:22
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the orange spider is a lynx spider of some description, might help you narrow it down some nice pics! love the butterflies, can't believe how well they posed for you
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Jul 28, 2017 18:28
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Is this guy on your shoe?!
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Jul 28, 2017 21:31
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Yep. Two stinky, sweaty tourists were an irresistible source of salts for some butterflies!
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Jul 29, 2017 08:39
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Finally spotted a spider that I have always wanted to see IRL. Not in my native Sweden but on vacation in Germany. Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) 
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Jul 29, 2017 14:48
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I love pigeons, this is a homing or racing pigeon who visits the roof near my window often   
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Jul 29, 2017 16:54
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A couple of my Eacles imperialis eclosed today. Think these are both males, as they are on the small side, and have a lot of purple on them.    Here is the whole life-cycle from eggs last summer till today: https://imgur.com/a/QDp76
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Jul 30, 2017 03:12
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Pretty little fluffers
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Jul 30, 2017 03:14
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https://instagram.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t50.2886-16/20547022_263540374148503_7719890924976734208_n.mp4 tfw the food arrives right after 420
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Jul 30, 2017 03:45
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Not a picture of mine, but I am really curious if someone can identify what this rodent is. Theres a Washington craigslist ad for a "cute female rat" free to a good home but I've never seen a rodent like this, it looks like something wild. They say "kangaroo rat or pack rat" but it doesn't really look like either of those to me.    I really really want to know what it is!
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Jul 30, 2017 08:20
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It almost looks like a normal rat with a swollen face. I hope I'm wrong!
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Jul 30, 2017 13:33
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also thru my binoculars watched an osprey do a vertical (also inverted at times, just rapidly plummeting down to earth like it got shot out of the sky) dive from about 150+ft in the air right into the water like a fkn gold medalist in front of me to smoke what looked like a huge fish and boldly emerge a couple seconds later with it twitching in the grasp of its talons as it rapidly ascended towards the horizon it was bad rear end and its that shiet that makes trekking out to hang around stoned in marshes and woods scanning around for hours on end like an imbecile totally worth it!  just wish i had a proper cam set up cause even the best phone cam is gonna be useless for getting good shoots of animals in the wild - like the 4ft tall Great Blue Heron i suddenly noticed had been staring at me from across a pool of water the entire time with full plummage and its wings stretched forward like some sort of celestial marsh guardian...they definitely are very different from the egrets behavior wise - the great egrets are like cows grazing along in groups of 1-3, the little and snowy egrets much more social and active, and the great blue heron is very mysterious and aloof but no doubt also a stone cold killer and king of the swamp imho 
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Jul 30, 2017 15:54
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Saw this spider in a park in Eugene, Oregon yesterday. I realize there isn't much in the picture for scale, but the gap in between the boards was big enough for me to get the tip of a finger into, so is at least a quarter inch or so. I didn't recognize this species, and thought I'd see if anyone could tell me what I was looking at.
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Jul 31, 2017 01:32
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Saw this spider in a park in Eugene, Oregon yesterday. I realize there isn't much in the picture for scale, but the gap in between the boards was big enough for me to get the tip of a finger into, so is at least a quarter inch or so. I didn't recognize this species, and thought I'd see if anyone could tell me what I was looking at. Looks like a cat-faced spider, Araneus gemmoides. Did the abdomen have "cat ear" like protrusions on it? It's hard to tell from an above shot like that. http://bugguide.net/node/view/33149
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Bismuth posted:Not a picture of mine, but I am really curious if someone can identify what this rodent is. Theres a Washington craigslist ad for a "cute female rat" free to a good home but I've never seen a rodent like this, it looks like something wild. They say "kangaroo rat or pack rat" but it doesn't really look like either of those to me. It looks halfway between a rat and a chinchilla.
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Jul 31, 2017 03:59
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almost like a... chinchilla rat?? couldnt find much info on these lil guys though so i couldnt say for sure CaptainSarcastic posted:Saw this spider in a park in Eugene, Oregon yesterday. I realize there isn't much in the picture for scale, but the gap in between the boards was big enough for me to get the tip of a finger into, so is at least a quarter inch or so. I didn't recognize this species, and thought I'd see if anyone could tell me what I was looking at. looks more like Larinioides sp. to me, a few species are fairly common across the northern hemisphere edit: I'm gonna guess L. sclopetarius from the white markings, common name bridge spider vaguely fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Jul 31, 2017 |
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Jul 31, 2017 07:04
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vaguely posted:looks more like Larinioides sp. to me, a few species are fairly common across the northern hemisphere Yeah that's probably right.
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vaguely posted:almost like a... chinchilla rat??
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Jul 31, 2017 07:48
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vaguely posted:almost like a... chinchilla rat?? I think that's got to be it - the pictures look right, and there is a series of ponds just beyond the fence it was on and a bridge literally about 6' away. Thanks!
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Falukorv posted:Finally spotted a spider that I have always wanted to see IRL. Not in my native Sweden but on vacation in Germany. I wanted to send you a pm, but it looks like you don't want to support Lowtax's extravagant lifestyle. Go join the facebook groups" Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm" and "Insekter i Sverige". The Stockholm entomologists are having an excursion for everyone in a couple of weeks, and have seen Agriope bruennichi a couple of times where we're going. You are very welcome to join!
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Toad Snek  Moth  
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Look at this stinky fucker: I've decided to name it Audrey III.
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oh my GOD that moth is SO FAT
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