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I visited the aquarium in Toronto back in September. Here's a start on the pile of editing I set up for myself. Past-me is a bit of a lazy jerk. Toronto Aquarium 07 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Toronto Aquarium 09 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Toronto Aquarium 13 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Toronto Aquarium 15 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Toronto Aquarium 17 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
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Dec 11, 2017 15:35
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Took me way too long to see the little brown bird.
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Dec 13, 2017 05:07
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The Red Queen posted:Took me way too long to see the little brown bird. He's King of the Mountain
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Dec 13, 2017 20:26
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Snek  Found this guy in my garage right near the edge of my garage door. I was taking out the garbage real quick so I kept the lights off since there was enough sun light to see that was seeping through a 8" x 6" vent in the opposite side of the garage of where the snake was located. Hoo boy, that was a close call. I have to lift my garage door to open it since it's broke, so my hand was 3 feet away from this guy and didn't notice it until I opened the garage door which brought in more light. Also thankfully this is one of the few times I happen to have shoes on rather than sandals because I just got back from work. I think the danger noodle might be a rattler, it's been a while since I've come across one but it's pretty small. Uncoiled it probably would have been a foot long at most. It's starting to get a bit chilly overnight so my garage stays a bit warmer which it may like. Also I've seen an occasional small lizard and evidence of a mouse, so it could have been searching for food too. I let it be because I'm the only resident and have no pets, plus if it scares off or eat any rodents, that'd be great.  Bonus katydid from work that I took a couple months back. It was the biggest one I've seen, I remember the thing being 3 to 4 inches long.
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Dec 13, 2017 23:51
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Looks like a western diamondback maybe; whereabouts are you located roughly?
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Dec 14, 2017 04:05
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Southern Arizona.
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Dec 14, 2017 05:12
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Took this picture in my parent's back yard last week. Two deer, four partridges, and a robin that should have flown south long ago all getting half in the bag on fermented crab apples.
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Dec 14, 2017 05:25
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"Danger noodle" is the best term for a snake. Also Vakal's friend is definitely flutered 
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Dec 14, 2017 12:03
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That is definitely a Western Diamondback, you are a lucky person.
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Dec 14, 2017 12:37
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ijii posted:Southern Arizona.
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Dec 14, 2017 16:27
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Captain Invictus posted:Get rid of it. See if you have a local removal guy or rehabber who can wrangle it for you, don't dick around with venomous snakes yourself.
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Dec 14, 2017 18:34
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I mean, I would hope that would be a given. Never wrangle with dangerous wildlife yourself, always hire an expert or notify animal control.
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Yeah, I didn't mean to imply you were suggesting that  there's just that old chestnut about most venomous bites in the US coming from people trying to mess with the snake
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Dec 14, 2017 19:19
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Only critters I'd ever handle would be lizards, toads, and scorpions (while using extreme caution). All furry critters and snakes are off limits to me. If I see the rattler again I'll call a local pest removal company.
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Living in Sweden has probably ruined my survival chances in other countries in regards to animals. Here you can touch and/or pick up (you probably still shouldn't) most snakes, any and all spiders and bugs, frogs and toads. To die or be seriously hurt from an animal here requires some very special circumstances, either extreme allergies to bugs, letting ticks feed on you without being vaccinated, trying to hug a beer or elk, things like that. Even the actually dangerous animals would in 99% of the cases just go the hell away if you are bothering them. I once walked with my father onto a narrow Dock near a forest at night time that had far more ropes on it than would be expected as only one boat was there at the time, when we reached the end of it we looked back and saw some of the bundles of ropes were moving, turns out every single one of them was a Viper (with venom that may actually be dangerous) that we had brazenly and loudly stomped past mere inches away and were now between us and land/safety. We slowly walked past them as some slithered around slightly, but none of them made any sudden outbursts or even hissed. I have been imagining what would have happened if I tripped on one of them and angered all of them into biting me at once. One bite supposedly can be dangerous, but what about 20?
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Dec 15, 2017 03:50
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Most venomous snakes are pretty calm. If you don't step on them or pick them up, they're going to let you be. I stepped over a copperhead I didn't see this summer, my foot was within six inches of him, and he let me be. I repaid him by relocating him to somewhere with fewer people (and then two more over the week - they were hunting cicadas I think). There's a risk of stepping on them if they're around, but generally speaking, if there's in the area, they're going to be around. Keep that in mind, watch yourself when you're outside, and never stick your hands or feet somewhere you can't see, and you should be good.
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Dec 15, 2017 05:40
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All the inverts have disappeared with the snow, but there are many active warm-blooded critters around Pittsburgh. This little birb had bands, which I didn't realize until editing photos. I'm assuming it's a Black-capped Chickadee and not the Carolina, which is pushing northward but just barely overlaps range according to most sources.  Red-tails seem to hang out all year, and are in seemingly identical numbers compared to summer. This one was visiting the zoo and couldn't be bothered to perch on something lacking corporate sponsorship. Not pictured: Hundreds of squirrels and idiot deer. Chipmunks and Groundhogs seem to be sleeping through the cold, or are more secretive than prior months.
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Dec 17, 2017 03:14
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Some beach fellas Royal Tern Laughing Gull Turkey Vulture Black Spinytail Iguana Racoon Cooter Double-Crested Cormorant Osprey Laughing Gull Osprey
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Dec 19, 2017 20:23
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Found what I think (hope) is a beetle dying in my apartment; can anyone help ID it?   EDIT: I live in Seattle, however I live in the International District, so there are all sorts of suppliers who ship stuff here from all over the world. I live immediately above a Chinese restaurant and an herbal apothecary, for instance. Ham Equity fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Dec 24, 2017 |
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Dec 24, 2017 02:15
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Some type of stinkbug, a true bug more similar to a cicada than a beetle!
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that ivy guy posted:Some type of stinkbug, a true bug more similar to a cicada than a beetle!
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Dec 24, 2017 02:57
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It is specifically a Brown Marmorated Stinkbug(they can sometimes be darker colors than just "brown", and easily identified by the black and white pattern along the sides of the abdomen), an invasive species from China that often finds its way indoors during the winter. Best to kill them when you can, since they're a serious pest.
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Dec 24, 2017 03:46
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I mean, yeah, they do sort of infest, but as far as I know they're more of an annoyance in the household since it's not like they make big farts or something and stink up your house. They just give off chemical smells when you smush them. They're also real dumb and have lousy reflexes so they're easy enough to nab if you want to deal with them.
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Dec 25, 2017 18:35
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Mr. Fowl posted:I mean, yeah, they do sort of infest, but as far as I know they're more of an annoyance in the household since it's not like they make big farts or something and stink up your house. They just give off chemical smells when you smush them. They're also real dumb and have lousy reflexes so they're easy enough to nab if you want to deal with them. I know I should kill them but they are so dopey and docile that I usually gently escort them outside (where the winter weather will probably kill them anyway) or let them ramble around the house and hope the kitchen spider gets to snack on them.
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Dec 25, 2017 22:40
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Mr. Fowl posted:I mean, yeah, they do sort of infest, but as far as I know they're more of an annoyance in the household since it's not like they make big farts or something and stink up your house. They just give off chemical smells when you smush them. They're also real dumb and have lousy reflexes so they're easy enough to nab if you want to deal with them.
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Dec 25, 2017 23:12
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A Mantis has set up home in my coleus plant on my balcony in Sydney Australia. I hope it sticks around as it's pretty cute. If anyone can add further details about species or even if it's male or female I'd love to know! It's pretty small, only about 2cm long at a guess. (though the pictures are from a phone so aren't the clearest)   I fed them a couple of caterpillars I found on my Vietnamese mint. it looks pretty happy even though one of the caterpillars is bigger than it is! Helith fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Dec 28, 2017 |
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Dec 27, 2017 23:31
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Is there a critterquest, but for plants? I mean, like a thread where people will identify plants
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Critter quest 2018: The search for Moon Potato Dryocampa rubicunda - Rosy Maple Moth
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a hole-y ghost posted:Is there a critterquest, but for plants? I mean, like a thread where people will identify plants
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This showed up on my twitter this morning, I think it's pretty amazing: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...125-p4yywi.html Some guy goes for a walk in his local Botanical Garden, and takes some fantastic photos of something that might have never been observed before: a leaf-cutter bee and a wolf spider sharing a burrow. quote:The Queensland Rail employee decided to investigate further and laid down on the ground to watch the hole up close and see what would come out. quote:Dr Raven said it was possible the bee had managed to sweet-talk her way into the burrow. And I'm surprised that the wolf spider even had a burrow to begin with. The bee is using the burrow to raise her offspring, but a female wolf spider carries her eggs and later babies on her body as she roams around; I didn't think wolf spiders ever returned to a particular spot. Even if they're territorial, I didn't think they would keep coming back to one particular spot for any reason.
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I saw a lot of snails today   
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Things are starting to wake up! I noticed a centipede scurrying around yesterday. What have y'all seen? This isn't exactly a critter but it's still a neat life-form. Panus rudis:  
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Flambeau posted:Things are starting to wake up! I noticed a centipede scurrying around yesterday. What have y'all seen? Mostly stink bugs in my apartment. 
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Feb 27, 2018 23:48
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my cat is norris posted:Mostly stink bugs in my apartment. yea they have been so loving bad this year, not sure why
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Feb 27, 2018 23:55
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sugar ants. lots and lots of sugar ants.
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Feb 28, 2018 20:51
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I saw either a huge red tailed hawk w/ a relatively dark chest or a juvenile bald eagle eating a dead opossum by the road a couple of days ago also during the bliizzard i put out birdfeeders and this stupid rear end in a top hat started coming around every night to piss off my dogs till i stopped  he'd just sit up there in a tree outside the window and watch the dogs bark at him, at 3am after making a bunch of noise and waking them up. I had to go out there and throw rocks at him till he hosed off. if he starts coming back in the summer and I can't get him in a trap I'll shoot his rear end poverty goat fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Mar 1, 2018 |
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Mar 1, 2018 01:06
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-10 degrees centigrade and lots of snow here, so nothing in terms of cool invertebrates. Mainly seen common birds (blackbirds, crows, magpies, ducks, swans) and roe deer.
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I didn’t get any pics but I was driving the other day and saw a bobcat run across the road in front of me, they are still pretty rare here in southern ct but have been making a comeback along with fishers.
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