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Aug 2, 2018 18:45
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there's a dearth of ant photos in these threads doubtless because those fuckers are industrious on top of being small, v difficult to get ur macro shots not to mention the bitiness. one of my fave pics I ever took (probably posted it in a previous iteration of CQ) was a weaver ant in Bali:  lookit them antennae!
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Aug 2, 2018 20:13
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I've been watching videos about these Bullet Ants that make people wants to kill themselves due to the pain when they are stung. 
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Aug 2, 2018 21:04
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Went for a walk this morning on an old colonial farm turned land trust property, the only other traveler I encountered on the paths was this little beaut   I moved him(?) off the path a bit where his camo was slightly more effective 
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Aug 3, 2018 00:29
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free hubcaps posted:Went for a walk this morning on an old colonial farm turned land trust property, the only other traveler I encountered on the paths was this little beaut "OH poo poo"
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Aug 3, 2018 00:32
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Took a day and went to the nearby nature center, saw some deer that ran before I could get my phone out, but the most interesting critter was this here sneko hiding in a tree.
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Aug 3, 2018 01:41
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I know toads aren't the most exotic animals out there but I love them so much.
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Aug 3, 2018 13:59
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It's been raining a lot in Maryland the past couple weeks, which is apparently great for toads because there's been an explosion of babies. Just rescued five of'em from my window well this morning. I really like the orange ones. 
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Aug 3, 2018 17:01
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Evil Sprite Can posted:It's been raining a lot in Maryland the past couple weeks, which is apparently great for toads because there's been an explosion of babies. Just rescued five of'em from my window well this morning. The main entrance to my neighborhood was recently repaved and for some reason there are significantly more toads, like 10 to 1, on it at night than the unpaved portions. So many toads.
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Aug 3, 2018 17:17
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free hubcaps posted:Went for a walk this morning on an old colonial farm turned land trust property, the only other traveler I encountered on the paths was this little beaut Looks like a he, male box turtles tend to have red or orange eyes while females have brown or yellow. In the future, it's generally a good idea to not move box turtles unless they're in immediate danger, and then to only move them a short distance away. I'm sure he was fine from how you moved him, but he knew where he was and what he was trying to do, so moving him probably cost him a bit of time and effort to get back to where he was headed - or maybe you took him right where he was headed. Generally speaking, though, he's at least 20-30 years old and is likely to be much older, so typically box turtles know what they're doing as far as survival goes and are best left to do their thing. Relocating box turtles tends to be fatal, though, so if anyone ever sees a box turtle somewhere - crossing the road, maybe - and wants to help it, it's best to get send them in the direction they were heading and let them do their thing. Moving a box turtle more than a couple hundred feet tends to result in the turtle dying, since it doesn't know where to find the things it needs and may exhaust itself trying to find home. OneTwentySix fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Aug 3, 2018 |
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Aug 3, 2018 17:52
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MrYenko posted:Critterquest 2018: We Forgot to Make a New Thread Make it 2019 so we can get ahead of the game
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Aug 4, 2018 20:32
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poverty goat posted:Make it 2019 so we can get ahead of the game Critterquest 2019: These fire ant bites itch an unreasonable amount.
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Aug 5, 2018 23:02
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Found some beetles and cocoons under a log! Cool that they're red.  
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Aug 7, 2018 02:35
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It's hard to tell but that may well be a pupating beetle there rather than a cocoon
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Aug 7, 2018 20:17
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the yeti posted:It's hard to tell but that may well be a pupating beetle there rather than a cocoon I don't know beetle terms so you're most likely correct
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Aug 7, 2018 20:21
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Yeah, it absolutely is a pupating beetle. What kind I've no idea, but it's definitely not a cocoon.
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Aug 7, 2018 21:34
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah, it absolutely is a pupating beetle. What kind I've no idea, but it's definitely not a cocoon. There were a lot of them
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Aug 7, 2018 21:35
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The beetles in the log are Bess beetles. They appear to be red, since they are newly hatched. Later they turn a glossy black. https://bugguide.net/node/view/2864/bgimage
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Aug 8, 2018 11:38
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Beetles doesn't make silk cocoons like butterflies and moths, but they sometimes make a pupal chamber of chewed up wood.
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Aug 8, 2018 11:41
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That's so cool. We always have had a lot of those
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Aug 8, 2018 12:21
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i like the encyclopedic knowledge that gets dropped right after someone posts a pic of a mystery bug. is the thread full of professionals or just dudes who are really in to the hobby?
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Aug 8, 2018 12:39
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Blast of Confetti posted:i like the encyclopedic knowledge that gets dropped right after someone posts a pic of a mystery bug. is the thread full of professionals or just dudes who are really in to the hobby? It makes me want to go explore and find more!
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Aug 8, 2018 14:00
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Blast of Confetti posted:i like the encyclopedic knowledge that gets dropped right after someone posts a pic of a mystery bug. is the thread full of professionals or just dudes who are really in to the hobby? Pretty evenly distributed I believe. There's a few researchers and some hobbyists as well. I just like nature photography and try to learn as much as possible about my subjects. Haven't been able to catch anything too interesting lately due to some crazy heat, but did come across an Osprey and a black vulture today. The Osprey seems to prefer a perch with the worst light imaginable which results in a pretty dull picture, but it's better than nothing I suppose.  
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Aug 8, 2018 22:54
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it's frog season
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Aug 9, 2018 01:22
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Blast of Confetti posted:i like the encyclopedic knowledge that gets dropped right after someone posts a pic of a mystery bug. is the thread full of professionals or just dudes who are really in to the hobby? Yeah it's a mix of both. axolotl farmer is a professional entomologist. I used to work with insects (bumble bees, specifically) and once instructed invertebrate zoology labs. I think Slo-Tek is a hobbyist bug guy?
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Aug 9, 2018 20:28
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Mak0rz posted:Yeah it's a mix of both. axolotl farmer is a professional entomologist. I used to work with insects (bumble bees, specifically) and once instructed invertebrate zoology labs. I think Slo-Tek is a hobbyist bug guy? Yeah Slo-Tek breeds moths. I'm in the "lifelong hobbyist" class. Moon Potato is a professional, too.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:07
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I'm a hobbyist herpetologist, but I've participated in a number of studies and projects and most of my closer friends are professionals.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:19
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i wish i was a professional bug guy  you folk are living the dream
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Aug 9, 2018 21:34
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vaguely posted:i wish i was a professional bug guy Yeah, me too I don't do bug work anymore and am now in a dead end underpaid lab job
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Aug 9, 2018 21:39
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vaguely posted:i wish i was a professional bug guy If I was going to go for an advanced degree it would almost certainly be entomology, but I don't know that there's too much opportunity to make a good living, especially if you're not looking to go into agriculture
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Aug 9, 2018 21:48
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truly this is not the best of all possible worlds in critter news, i saw a butterfly doing a cool thing https://twitter.com/PardosaAmentata/status/1026129392630726656 it was doing that for like a while
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Aug 9, 2018 21:48
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vaguely posted:truly this is not the best of all possible worlds ATTACK MY BUTT 
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Aug 10, 2018 00:59
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every time I try to take a picture of a dragonfly with my phone they are way too fast, this guy must’ve been real sleepy or something. who is he
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Aug 10, 2018 01:36
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free hubcaps posted:every time I try to take a picture of a dragonfly with my phone they are way too fast, this guy must’ve been real sleepy or something. who is he Where you at? Location helps.
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Aug 10, 2018 01:56
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sorry, im in connecticut
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Aug 10, 2018 02:02
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This spiky little patoot lives on my garbage wheely bin
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Aug 10, 2018 21:11
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i'm thinkiiiiiiing Araneus gemmoides?? cat faced spider, so called because the little bumps on its butt look kinda like cat ears  fuzzy buuuuuuutt
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Aug 10, 2018 22:55
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Out at the art museum yesterday, and found a big momma Polyphemus chilling out on an art. 
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Aug 12, 2018 02:15
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This seems like a good place to ask: how would one go about preserving a recently-deceased butterfly? I found a dead Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) at the bottom of one of my bushes, and it's in excellent condition. I'd like to frame it if possible. Is there an easy-ish way to do that?
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Aug 12, 2018 05:26
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if you google "butterfly pinning" there are lots and lots and lots of tutorials from the look of it you'd need to do it fast before the butterfly dries out too much also be aware that if you have ever had carpet beetles, the larvae looooooove to munch on preserved insect collections (it's a big problem in natural history museums) so keep an eye out for those little dudes
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Aug 12, 2018 13:59
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