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Bismuth posted:How what? Did you get a buzzy bee to land on your finger.
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Aug 24, 2017 02:54
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Over There posted:Did you get a buzzy bee to land on your finger. I picked it up, it sat on my finger for a moment, and buzzed away
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Aug 24, 2017 03:42
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She's adorable  This is probably Bombus vosnesenskii. Over There posted:Did you get a buzzy bee to land on your finger. A resting bee will gladly climb onto your finger with little coaxing. Especially if it's a little chilly out.
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Aug 24, 2017 03:51
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Busy bee  Those pictures are fantastic.
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Aug 25, 2017 08:04
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Speaking of bees (or at least flying stinging things)... Anyone know what these might be (central Florida)?  These ladies have been flying around my dotted horsemint for a couple of weeks now. The top picture is a worker I believe, there's usually dozens of them flying around. The second photo though, I think is the queen, so maybe a traveling hive? She was easily twice the size of the workers, but her stripes were whiteish-yellow instead of orange. Note to any Florida goons (or anyone in the same hardiness zone): this stuff is the best for attracting pollinators. Since the flowers have blossomed, I have had dozens of bees, this kind and others, all over it every day. It loves full sun too.
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Aug 25, 2017 23:20
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tessdaterrible posted:I'm defiantly not using a DSLR, if you'll forgive the quality, I wanted to share the critters found this weekend in a vernal pool around Phoenix Arizona. I pulled 14 tadpoles from a drying pool to see what will come out, then will release back to the same area after observation. I believe these to be Mexican Spadefoot(Spea multiplicata), but time will tell. tessdaterrible fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Aug 26, 2017 |
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Aug 26, 2017 15:22
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If you don't have enough plant material for them to eat, some will look different because they've turned into cannibals. It helps them get more food so they can turn into adults faster.
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Aug 26, 2017 23:55
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Skutter posted:Speaking of bees (or at least flying stinging things)... Anyone know what these might be (central Florida)? Most bees are actually solitary and not eusocial. That is, they live alone instead of in colonies with different castes. I think your first one is a sweat bee (Family Halictidae), but I'm not confident of that. I have no idea what the second one is. Maybe a cuckoo bee of some kind?
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Aug 27, 2017 00:09
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:If you don't have enough plant material for them to eat, some will look different because they've turned into cannibals. It helps them get more food so they can turn into adults faster. Yes! Actually that's what I was looking at when I collected them. I fed them a primarily carnivorous diet intentionally to see how much it condensed transformation time (they went from tads to frogs in less than 14 days) However at the end I had the small ones pictured on nails which were golden in color with brown bumps and larger fatter ones that had a slightly longer transformation time(10-14 days)) and are brown with red spots. The coloration leads me to believe there were actually two different kind of spadefoot. 
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Aug 27, 2017 15:06
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Just moved across the country, and the switch from West/Best/Left Coast to eastern US critters is quite exciting. These critters were all on the grounds of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, which is pretty rad. Roll call for the other goon(s?) in Pittsburgh I remember Critterquest posting? These dudes were everywhere outside. Harlequin Bug?  Tons of aphids, and a lot of ladybug larvae hunting them. Not very many adult ladybugs though.  Guessing this is a Brown Marmorated Stinkbug?  Bullfrog?  This little Blue butterfly of some sort was constantly wiggling its hindwing doodads, presumably in a sacrificial bird-bite decoy strategy. Didn't get a look at its unfolded wings.  Cool striped leafhopper. What's the deal with its little droplet in back? Dropping trou?  And finally, I failed to get any sort of ID photo of this cutie since we had a glamour shoot instead. 
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Aug 27, 2017 17:23
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Some pics from today. Esp liked this one, only noticed that tiny spider when going through these on computer:     Location is Estonia, Northern Europe
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Aug 27, 2017 18:48
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Alpenglow posted:Guessing this is a Brown Marmorated Stinkbug? Ayup. That's the dreaded Halyomorpha halys. It's established here in Europe too, but only a few specimens found yet here in Sweden. The leafhopper is eating plant juices and needs to get rid of excess fluids. Poop.
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Aug 28, 2017 07:54
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Alpenglow posted:Just moved across the country, and the switch from West/Best/Left Coast to eastern US critters is quite exciting. These critters were all on the grounds of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, which is pretty rad. Roll call for the other goon(s?) in Pittsburgh I remember Critterquest posting? Hello! Welcome to Pittsburgh! I live in Perry North right outside Riverview Park.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:03
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Saw this guy running across the floor at work. Tossed a quarter near it for scale. Portland, OR. His legs are pretty fuzzy. https://imgur.com/gallery/Kp41s
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Aug 31, 2017 00:12
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its all nice on rice posted:Saw this guy running across the floor at work. Tossed a quarter near it for scale. Portland, OR. His legs are pretty fuzzy. I use wood to line all of my flower beds. During the summer time these little grass spiders spend the morning sunning themselves on the wood. It's like hundreds. They're cool little dudes.
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Aug 31, 2017 00:16
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Thanks! Glad my boss didn't see him or he'd be squished.
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Aug 31, 2017 00:35
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Not mine but I can’t get over how wonderful this bird is.
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Sep 1, 2017 12:44
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Alpenglow posted:Just moved across the country, and the switch from West/Best/Left Coast to eastern US critters is quite exciting. These critters were all on the grounds of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, which is pretty rad. Roll call for the other goon(s?) in Pittsburgh I remember Critterquest posting? my cat is norris posted:Hello! Welcome to Pittsburgh! I live in Perry North right outside Riverview Park. Most of my posting lately are critters either from up in Sewickley or the riverfront trail. Like this chubster Eurycea longicauda :3 
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Sep 3, 2017 22:46
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Ooohhh, lucky find.
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Sep 5, 2017 04:31
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During the Perseids I decided to go out into the middle of no where so I could enjoy the dark skies. Despite being many miles from civilization I was not alone. I spotted this not so little guy about 50 feet from where I decided to stargaze at.  Also there were lots of these little guys around. They were a lot of fun because moths would flock to the spot I was shining my normal flashlight, so if I found one under UV then switched, he'd almost always get a free meal delivered right to him. 
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Sep 5, 2017 04:48
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Sammus posted:Also there were lots of these little guys around. They were a lot of fun because moths would flock to the spot I was shining my normal flashlight, so if I found one under UV then switched, he'd almost always get a free meal delivered right to him. Scorps are the poo poo. I remember using a preserved emperor to show their fluorescence off in zoology labs. Even the ethanol it was preserved in glowed!
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Sep 5, 2017 06:11
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I loving love the random-rear end ability to glow in the dark under a blacklight that scorpions have, as if they weren't rad enough already
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Sep 5, 2017 14:58
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Mak0rz posted:Scorps are the poo poo. I remember using a preserved emperor to show their fluorescence off in zoology labs. Even the ethanol it was preserved in glowed! They're by far the coolest creepycrawly. I grew up in a place without them so now that I have them in my back yard I'm fascinated by them.
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Sep 5, 2017 22:25
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Sammus posted:They're by far the coolest creepycrawly. I grew up in a place without them so now that I have them in my back yard I'm fascinated by them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychophora 
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Sep 5, 2017 22:31
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Over There posted:Not mine but I can’t get over how wonderful this bird is. "I'M BIG-BONED!"
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Sep 5, 2017 22:36
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Velvet worms kick rear end because they're actually viscous predators that capture prey by shooting sticky goo at them like little twenty legged spider-mans
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Sep 5, 2017 22:41
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Mak0rz posted:Velvet worms kick rear end because they're actually viscous predators that capture prey by shooting sticky goo at them like little twenty legged spider-mans Also for being arthropod relatives. 
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Sep 5, 2017 22:48
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Go back to the ocean where you clearly belong, velvet worm! Shoo!
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Sep 6, 2017 11:50
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Is this the thread where one posts random animals they find? Sorry for bad quality, it was very hot so we were sunning ourselves in the shade. 
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Sep 6, 2017 14:56
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McGiggins posted:Is this the thread where one posts random animals they find? Want to hug that lizard. Do you know what it is?
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Sep 6, 2017 15:46
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Bearded Dragon, of some description. Not too sure of the details, they're commonplace and thus I have never actually paid a lot of attention to them nor do I know a lot about them.
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Sep 6, 2017 15:50
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Here's a bad pic of one of about a dozen hummingbird mimic moths I saw buzzing these flowers in Atlanta:
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Sep 7, 2017 13:01
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Lantana is a great plant if you wanna attract all sorts of insects/bees/hummingbirds.
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Sep 7, 2017 13:03
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The Red Queen posted:Go back to the ocean where you clearly belong, velvet worm! Shoo! Unlike every other phylum of animals, velvet worms committed to the terrestrial lifestyle.
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Sep 7, 2017 13:09
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JnnyThndrs posted:Lantana is a great plant if you wanna attract all sorts of insects/bees/hummingbirds. Yeah, my mom gets loads of clearwings on hers.
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Sep 7, 2017 14:13
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Randaconda posted:Unlike every other phylum of animals, velvet worms committed to the terrestrial lifestyle. but please never forget their noble marine ancestors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjcK7xzv8A
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Sep 7, 2017 14:19
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Mak0rz posted:but please never forget their noble marine ancestors Sister-group, it's unknown if that was the stem group.
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Sep 7, 2017 14:23
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my cat is norris posted:Here's a bad pic of one of about a dozen hummingbird mimic moths I saw buzzing these flowers in Atlanta: Those are so cool. No one every believes me when I tell them about them.
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Sep 7, 2017 14:28
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Randaconda posted:Sister-group, it's unknown if that was the stem group. I thought it was recently put back with the Onychophera? http://www.readcube.com/articles/10...v17Zyeptg%3D%3D
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