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yeah from those pics I think Lycosidae, Pisauridae and Agelenidae are all possibilities, if better pictures aren't possible a location usually helps narrow it down a little too
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Mak0rz posted:Yeah I'll probably concede my ID now that I think about it. The spider I mentioned tends to be very large anyway. Hard to tell but they look a lot like one of the types of wolf spider that often decide to come inside and wander the floors whenever it starts to rain heavily after a dry spell here fwiw. Watched a redback catch and kill one the other day.      bonus pics of a black house spider that I watched scamper out of my door frame to bite a fly on the head later the same day  
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 this downy woodpecker hit a window and almost got eaten by my dog
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Hello! Went out to Canoe Creek State Park today and flipped a few creek rocks (as nicely as possible). Location is central Pennsylvania.  Tiny crawdaddo! I don't know what type we have in our rivers but it was nice to see one after years of going without any sightings at all.  Here is what I was really hoping to find -- salamanders! This guy's tail looked like it had been nipped off at the end.  Another of the same. Any idea on their ID? We also found one that was super small and still had a tail that was more paddle-like. Looked like he was barely past his gills in life.
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Apr 27, 2019 21:33
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Got a couple more pics from my husband -- Wee baby who went right back in the water after a quick hello. Notice how his tail is shaped and how big his eyes appear! Any idea how old he might be?  Lots of these water bugs around but hard to photo in the water. This one cooperated, at least. Need an ID here, too! my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Apr 27, 2019 |
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Apr 27, 2019 21:44
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I could be wrong but I think those two adult manders are two-lineds. The bug might be a mayfly larva.
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the yeti posted:I could be wrong but I think those two adult manders are two-lineds. The bug might be a mayfly larva. I was thinking maybe northern dusky salamanders since they've got the speckles on the back?
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They're northern two lined salamanders. Desmognathus have different head shapes and coloration and are usually a black or brown without a whole lot of obvious identifying characteristics to distinguish from other Desmogs. Those salamanders are yellowish brown with two dark lines and fairly slender heads without the Desmog face. It's hard to pick up on, but if you look at lots of photos of each genus, things start to stand out.
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Thank you both!!
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Apr 28, 2019 23:38
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 What is this fellow? Found on a gardenia bush in north Florida.
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May 16, 2019 19:57
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Lacewing larva!
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Yay! Thank you!
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May 17, 2019 05:24
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Found a pretty tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris), it was quick though so I only got a quick snap in the shadow before it scurried away. 
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Funny looking dragonfly. At first glance I thought his wings were messed up Bonus grizzled old turtle 
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May 23, 2019 02:56
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Whoa! I wonder where he got the battle damage.
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Lawnmower I bet, but maybe boat?
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poverty goat posted:Funny looking dragonfly. At first glance I thought his wings were messed up Looks like an Eastern amberwing, Perithemis tenera. Very nice!
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Here are some distant, bad photos of some critters on the trail at Salt Water State Park in WA. Our dogs made it difficult to get close (duh). All identification is an assumption and not guaranteed to be correct. Nothing very exciting, but there's not much at a small park south of Seattle. The hummingbirds and robins were too far away to photograph with my camera. Steller's Jay  Gray Squirrel(?)  Species: 700 or 800 Genus: 737 Family: Boeing 
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I'd guess that's an Eastern gray squirrel - they are really common here in Oregon, and apparently are also in Washington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel#Introductions
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Springtime is critter time! Accidentally chased this coyote on my morning run. It eventually outpaced me.  Spring camouflage is hard.  I saw this guy at the end of our street and thought it was a stray dog, but upon getting closer I was delighted to find otherwise.  My dog really wanted to mix it up with this bison.  This crow dropped an entire slice of bread in our bird bath and let it soak for awhile before digging in.  Didn't know we had dung beetles in Alberta! Aphodius distinctus, maybe?  Purple-rimmed carabus.  Bald-faced hornet enjoying the smashed insect buffet.  Flat little spider.  I found this in our basement. I don't think I hate it as much as the turbo house centipedes in Ontario, but I definitely don't want it in my house.
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I remember driving home one morning and seeing a huge blob fall out of a tree into the road. It picked itself up and grumbled off into the brush. Turns out porcupines can climb trees, didn't know that! Also that they live in massachusetts, didn't know that either!
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They spend most of their time in trees! That's where all the bark and leaves they eat are. Though what I didn't know is that they apparently fall out of trees fairly often because they get tempted by young growths on weak branches that can't support them.
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I love porcupines so much and "grumbling" is the perfect way to describe how they move
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Enfys posted:I love porcupines so much and "grumbling" is the perfect way to describe how they move They're definitely my favourite local critter and I totally squealed with glee when I parked the car and ran out into a stranger's yard to get a picture of that one. I prefer "trundling" but "grumbling" is good too. Captain Invictus posted:I remember driving home one morning and seeing a huge blob fall out of a tree into the road. It picked itself up and grumbled off into the brush. Turns out porcupines can climb trees, didn't know that! Also that they live in massachusetts, didn't know that either! Interestingly, porcupine quills have antibiotic properties which must come in handy when they puncture themselves during falls or other activities.
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I saw a bunch of white stuff on a branch and thought I had found a very active spider but it turned out to be something else entirely. Don't know what they are, but they're kind of neat. (Northern Michigan) 
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May 29, 2019 18:16
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Looks like some variety of tent caterpillar. We used to have infestations every few years that were so bad the streets would be slick with caterpillar guts.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
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We have had a few large oak and black walnut trees die from huge tent caterpillar infestations when I was a kid. It got so bad my dad eventually bought a big barrel, lit a fire in it, and just filled it with branches he clipped full of tent caterpillars.
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Actuarial Fables posted:I saw a bunch of white stuff on a branch and thought I had found a very active spider but it turned out to be something else entirely.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Looks like some variety of tent caterpillar. quote:They are among the most social of all caterpillars and exhibit many noteworthy behaviors. Well that phrasing makes them sound neat despite the tree murder  quote:At the onset of a bout of foraging, caterpillars leave the tent en masse, moving to distant feeding sites. Immediately after feeding the caterpillars return to the tent and aggregate in sunlight to facilitate the digestive process. tfw you mostly eat things you can't digest so rain poop
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Falukorv posted:I would place it as genus Onthophagus. That looks more accurate, thanks. My insect book and the internet were not informative about dung beetles of Alberta.
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lil froggo
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Couldn't get a good photo while he's awake (in a tupperware in the freezer rn) but I found what I thought was a wasp but appears to be a flying ant, nearly an inch in length. He's totally black and likes standing around and buzzing his wings. I'm in Toronto, and I checked and it's definitely not a termite. From this description (sorry if it isn't enough) is this a carpenter ant, and is finding just one flying around really cause enough to call an exterminator?
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Killingyouguy! posted:Couldn't get a good photo while he's awake (in a tupperware in the freezer rn) but I found what I thought was a wasp but appears to be a flying ant, nearly an inch in length. He's totally black and likes standing around and buzzing his wings. I'm in Toronto, and I checked and it's definitely not a termite. If it's that big, looks like an ant, but definitely isn't a termite then yeah it's probably a carpenter ant if not a solitary parasitic wasp of some kind. A single winged ant is not a sign of an infestation. They fly all over the place and wind up everywhere. Worry if you find several dozen of them.
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Or you can put it into a test tube and start a colony! I have two carpenter ant queens at the moment, one has some brood that will hatch soon.
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Some Finnish bugs.  A weevil.  A bug.  A spider.  A mosquito trying to pierce my armor.
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