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Almost walked right into this beauty earlier today. Female arrowhead spider, if I'm not mistaken. She'd set up shop with her web stretched right across the center of a pretty wide (10+ feet) trail, quite the industrious web builder. Her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Stink Bug and their good for nothing stay at home son who lives in the garage off to the left. 
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vaguely posted:looks like Tegenaria sp. or a close relative, hard to say more than that I think Yeah my first guess would have been a giant house spider, Eratigena atrica but I'd be surprised to find one of those all the way in Colorado.
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Sep 16, 2018 21:31
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Here's a water dragon Here's a snakebird   Spot the spider! 
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Sep 16, 2018 23:59
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The size of those plants really threw me off, I was really expecting to hunt for a tiny spider friend!
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Sep 17, 2018 02:44
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 get a room, you two
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Sep 17, 2018 20:33
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 Question Mark Butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis  Butterfly sap-licking party.
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Sep 17, 2018 21:36
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 Hello bug friends, i am robert fly, please do not mind me and go about your fluttering. enjoy the park! 
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Sep 19, 2018 04:22
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robber flies have this barebones muscledude look that is great and totally appropriate  oh man there's a Polistes mimic robber fly?? that owns Gunshow Poophole fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Sep 19, 2018 |
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Sep 19, 2018 05:29
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free hubcaps posted:house centipedes are basically like tiny cats- It's almost cute when it's standing still and cleaning the antennae...
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Sep 19, 2018 15:39
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Found some fat black swallowtail caterpillars (I believe?) munching on fennel earlier today. This one was by far the fattest.
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Sep 22, 2018 16:48
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Had a great time in Utah last week and quested some good critters! This bee had impressive antennae!  Probably the biggest fly I've ever seen, which was cooler before I potentially identified it as a rabbit botfly.  Another robberfly for the thread.  Some kind of fancy wasp.  I was wondering why this vulture was hanging out so close to the road, and it turned out someone tossed a bag of animal (I hope) guts in the ditch.  Some kind of jay that really enjoyed tree nuts in a canyon we hiked.  These hummingbirds barely cared about my presence. I have about 100 more pictures of them to sort through before posting. Note the beak intruding to the left of the frame.  Clark's nutcracker(s). I didn't even notice the second one until now!  Pretty good camouflage against that brown wall. And of course, a bunch of lizards.        
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Sep 23, 2018 02:22
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Any of you kind critter questers able to help me identify a spider? We've had a few show up in the house over the past few days and I'm thinking they're grass spiders but I'm not totally certain. The body(discounting legs) is roughly 1/2" long on this one.
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Sep 23, 2018 07:35
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it would help to know where you are, but to me that looks like it could be a male labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica (or whatever relative to that species is more likely in your particular area)
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Sep 23, 2018 16:44
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
You're in Utah, so that's probably a Pinyon jay.
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Sep 23, 2018 17:13
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vaguely posted:it would help to know where you are, but to me that looks like it could be a male labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica (or whatever relative to that species is more likely in your particular area) D'oh, sorry. I'm actually in Ohio, near the Indiana border.
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Sep 23, 2018 18:26
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Agelenopsis sp. so yes, grass spiders of one kind or another 
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Sep 23, 2018 18:50
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Had a great time in Utah last week and quested some good critters! The bee with the impressive antennae is probably the male of the species. Another hint is the large eyes. The reason male bees are called drones is that they contribute nothing to the community except sperm. They don't collect nectar or pollen or help tend the larvae. Fancy wasp is an Ammophila digger wasp or close relative. They dig a burrow in sand, then stuff it full of stung and paralyzed caterpillars to feed the larvae.
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Sep 23, 2018 21:42
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vaguely posted:Agelenopsis sp. so yes, grass spiders of one kind or another Thanks much. Good to know they're mostly harmless. Just gotta figure out how the fuckers are getting in, or convince my partner to get a cat.
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Sep 23, 2018 23:30
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A month ago I found a beautiful fly, a black soldier fly. Famous for its ability to consume lots of waste/compost/manure, but first time I encountered one in the wild. Had me fooled at first, for a short while I thought it was some kind of wasp. Massive antennae for a brachyceran fly.
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Sep 24, 2018 01:41
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Fiance and her nanny kids came across a spider that was wrapping up and feeding on a yellowjacket(?) 
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Sep 24, 2018 01:55
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That’s a garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Doing God’s work I see. Don’t have anything against yellow jackets but somebody gotta eat them too.
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Sep 24, 2018 08:47
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Bombogenesis posted:Thanks much. Good to know they're mostly harmless. Just gotta figure out how the fuckers are getting in, or convince my partner to get a cat. it's the time of year (in the northern hemisphere) when male spiders go on a stressful vacation to find and sex up some ladies, they'll all chill out / die off in a month or so it's not really possible to spider proof a house so dont even worry about it
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Sep 24, 2018 13:56
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Falukorv posted:Doing God’s work I see. I see at least one honey bee in her pantry so yes, exactly.
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Sep 24, 2018 14:25
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European spider misses the old country, so keeps her culinary traditions best she can.
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Sep 24, 2018 16:27
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Some birds for y'all. 'merica!!    
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Sep 26, 2018 10:44
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Sep 26, 2018 15:37
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Hi, just checking in to see if there's been any progress on sad doot identification.
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Sep 26, 2018 15:52
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Pick posted:Hi, just checking in to see if there's been any progress on sad doot identification. afaik sad doot remains as mysterious and spooky as the day it was discovered also bald eagles are beautiful but man they sound wussy and are kind of assholes, the Turkey would’ve been a way better national bird
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Sep 26, 2018 16:22
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shits given: exactly one
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free hubcaps posted:also bald eagles are beautiful but man they sound wussy and are kind of assholes, the Turkey would’ve been a way better national bird Around here I mostly see bald eagles getting harassed by other birds, and it's kinda sad. I watched two osprey make an eagle's life hell, and seen crows mob eagles out of their territory. It's been weird since there were no bald eagles around here when I was a kid, but they are common now - they rebounded spectacularly.
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Sep 27, 2018 08:06
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The red-tailed hawk would've been a better national bird. They're loving everywhere, don't need no protectin', and are often used by humans for falconry. Also it will never not be hilarious to be that large birds of prey like red-tailed hawks and eagles routinely get clowned on by the tiniest of birds who just land on them in midair and peck the poo poo out of them.
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Sep 27, 2018 10:11
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free hubcaps posted:afaik sad doot remains as mysterious and spooky as the day it was discovered godspeed, doot
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I don't go outside much unless it's to my car to go to work. I noticed some critter building up a home in my back yard. I figured I'd clean that up while I clean up the rest of my disaster of my backyard, but then I looked around the corner where my 3 month old AC unit is and   What the gently caress. I'm almost afraid to poke the nest here. I was thinking rats, but take a look at that poo poo.  That poo poo is way too big for rats. Anybody able to identify critter based on the poop and location? I live in southern Arizona. I'd like to know what I'm getting myself into to properly prepare myself to tackle this. Bonus close up shot of a lizard with my S7 phone: 
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Oct 2, 2018 16:56
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It could be two separate critters -- one making the home, one a larger predator.
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Oct 2, 2018 17:23
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Leaf tailed gecko chilling behind the bin.
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Oct 3, 2018 12:00
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A red-spotted newt from the Adirondacks, spotted 9/30.
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Oct 3, 2018 20:57
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Holy loving poo poo, there's been I believe a cicada killer flying above me all night, banging against the ceiling lights 20 feet up for hours, and suddenly it just fell from wherever it was perched, flopping onto the conveyor belt in front of me. I gently coaxed it onto my (gloved) hand, and then let it down inside a small box, then found an old emptied out dunkin donuts cup and put her in there. It's a good inch and a half long, if it's not a cicada killer it's definitely a queen of some sort. I'll post pics when I get home, but man, I'm shocked it was so chill. She had spent a good portion of the night obliterating this poor palm-sized spider's web setup below the ceiling lights, occasionally getting stuck and wrestling with the spider who kept trying to tie her up, breaking free, and knocking loose more strands until most of the web fell to the belt far below. Epic battles between giant wasps and spiders right above me!
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Oct 5, 2018 07:27
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Okay, here's a quick picture of it next to a dime, it helpfully crawled along the underside of the clear plastic container I put it in for a size comparison. Anyone know what it is? It's not a cicada killer, I realized that pretty soon after my previous post. It's got kind of a reddish coloring to its head in parts. Probably a queen based on the size, I'm guessing.
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^^^ That's a European hornet. It's the only true hornet (genus Vespa) found in North America. It was introduced accidentally in the 1800s by European immigrants. It's actually a pretty docile species, they won't sting unless squashed. They are attracted to light and show up around porch lights and similar places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hornet
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Rad, thanks! I was afraid it was a terrible invasive species but it seems to have acclimated well as opposed to some fucker like the brown marmorated stinkbug or something. Is it a queen or just a regular one? I've seen a few others that were about 2/3 the size so I figured it might be a queen since it's comparably so big. Edit: this is so goddamn cool and gives the hornet spider war a whole different context quote:European hornets have been observed to steal prey from spiders, which can be classified as an example of kleptoparasitism. This behavior was first documented in 2011 against the yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia. Hornets were observed to fly into the spider’s web and appear entangled. However, the hornet cut free prey that had been caught by the spider’s web. The spider did not attack or interfere with V. crabro as the wasp was stealing its prey.[3] This behavior follows the pattern of most vespines changing their foraging techniques from hunting for food to scavenging, especially once the fall season begins. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Oct 5, 2018 |
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