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 The beauty of nature.  This little critter hitchhiked in on my rhubarb. Some sort of beetle nymph? (north/central Alberta).
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
Beetles don't have nymphs. Looks like a sort of rove beetle to me. They have reduced wing shields.
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Jun 15, 2020 16:26
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Mak0rz posted:Beetles don't have nymphs. Looks like a sort of rove beetle to me. They have reduced wing shields. Right, I meant to look that up before posting. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Looks like one of the paederina, perhaps. Chinston Wurchill fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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Jun 15, 2020 16:34
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Came across a little pollen bro on a walk the other day. 
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Jun 15, 2020 17:14
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Jun 15, 2020 19:55
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 This handsome moth was stuck inside all night and didn't appreciate being moved in the morning, excreting some yellow stuff. I'm in Southern Maine
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Jun 15, 2020 23:28
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Jun 15, 2020 23:32
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 Does anyone know what this is? I'm in central alabama, was just chilling on a wall. I can usually track these down but i can't figure out what it is. It's a moth of some sort, right?
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Jun 16, 2020 14:57
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It’s a sphinx moth, maybe a pandorus sphinx but I’m not very familiar with what you get down there
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Jun 16, 2020 15:03
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:
Pandorus Sphinx Moth, I think.
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Jun 16, 2020 15:03
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the yeti posted:It’s a sphinx moth, maybe a pandorus sphinx but I’m not very familiar with what you get down there Yeah, it's a Pandorus for sure. Thanks! edit: it looks exactly like every image lol, not a lot of variation in these buddies. They're extremely pretty.
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Jun 16, 2020 15:05
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I'm feeling slightly pleased with myself that I think I correctly gendered the pair of scrub jays that I've become buddies with. The one that has been more gregarious in the past year I had guessed was the female, and she's recognizable because she has a slightly odd-shaped upturned beak. Last year her partner was the more gregarious one, but this year he's been skittish while she has gotten close to taking peanuts from my hand. The last couple weeks her partner has been around asking for peanuts, and I haven't seen her, which suggests she is incubating eggs and he's on food-gathering duty. Due to me having a weird propensity to give animals reductive names, I've called the female "Beaky" for a while now, and her partner has been dubbed "Mr. Beaky." There's a single crow out of the ones in the neighborhood who has caught on about the peanuts and will ask for them, but I haven't given it a name and my relationship with it is different - it's way more standoffish than the jays.
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Jun 16, 2020 20:03
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CaptainSarcastic posted:There's a single crow out of the ones in the neighborhood who has caught on about the peanuts and will ask for them, but I haven't given it a name and my relationship with it is different - it's way more standoffish than the jays. Wonder if this has to do with how intelligent crows are, especially remembering people who are nice or mean to them. Could be he had a bad experience with other people & is a little skittish, but they're super smart & can catch on when someone doesn't mean harm. Also gives me an excuse to post my favorite article about crows  https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31604026#:~:text=One%20young%20girl%20in%20Seattle,and%20clicks%20the%20lid%20open.
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Jun 18, 2020 15:15
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It's reasonable. There used to be this rescue magpie (also a corvid and well-noted for intelligence) living in our neighbourhood that would knock on people's windows and beg for food or to be let into the room when it was particularly cold. It was a cute little thing, I hand-fed it scraps sometimes. Experience matters a lot for birds that clever.
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Jun 18, 2020 15:24
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Just keep some peanuts and stuff on you all the time and feed crows in your neighborhood as you see them. You'll gain diplomatic immunity among the crows.
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Jun 18, 2020 15:59
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Mak0rz posted:Just keep some peanuts and stuff on you all the time and feed crows in your neighborhood as you see them. You'll gain diplomatic immunity among the crows. I read about a guy who bought a car from someone who did this and he had a mob of crows following him around everywhere he went.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:53
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  i will never cease to get excited as gently caress when i see a beaver 
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Jun 18, 2020 17:21
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I read about a guy who bought a car from someone who did this and he had a mob of crows following him around everywhere he went.
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Jun 18, 2020 17:25
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I just moved from -10 all the way on up high to the mountains at +220 ft elevation and I'll tell you what I am loving this fresh mountain air. ok it is not exactly mountains but I am 15 minutes from the louisiana mississippi and it's about as hilly as it gets in this area. going from a tiny apartment to a big field within which one can roll around naked in the mud high on whichever substance one chooses has been a galvanizing moment in my pathetic life and I have been taking almost every minute to reconnect with nature. it is currently 69° and I am on safari. if I dont get murdered by hornets you can expect some pictures of critters all shapes and sizes soon I love these threads and I'm excited to finally have some content, thanks for the inspiration critter enthusiasts 
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Jun 18, 2020 21:52
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Scrub jays best jays.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:56
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Nice. (But really that’s great, go looking for stuff and  )
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Jun 18, 2020 22:07
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the yeti posted:Nice. I got video too! There was a little ground wasp murdering a worm, and I just smashed an old board and found a termite highway. Everyone I've asked so far claims they have never seen my slipper, but I'm not sure I trust every joe, charlie, and daphne around here... I have to remember I'm on their turf now. Edit; let me be clear. the jumping spiders have been nothing but cooperative in my investigation of the stolen slipper. their names remain clean. I even found a gigantic jumping spider about the size of a nickel, his name was Thad and he told me about the best restraints to eat out here. real stand up dude, absolutely one of the best. flubber nuts fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jun 18, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2020 22:41
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I read about a guy who bought a car from someone who did this and he had a mob of crows following him around everywhere he went. I would pay extra for a corvid posse to roll with
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Jun 18, 2020 23:10
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hello night people, I have a post to make about bugs and lizards. theres a frog too. TEASER ALERT these are termites. they are very busy, please do not disturb them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tN2m7nBWns this supreme beast was found in-between some old boards and the sheet metal siding of the shed I was breaking my poor weak back to patch up. but enough about me. he was caught red handed, having raided some sort of food stash. I know this because he was very sluggish and easy to catch. i dont think he liked being held because he bit the poo poo out of my glove. thats ok though. that's why i wear gloves. all is forgiven. bless you beast.  this little guy was fast and mean. just like me. I respect that. who is he murdering? we will never know. he had a family.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXG9r8PFBc  ok im gonna resize the other ones now, ill be back later. bye and thank you for viewing my images. its good to be questing again.
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Jun 19, 2020 03:44
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ok here we go. today I cleared out an old rear end sheet metal shed. some of this rusted bullshit has been here for 100 years and that's neat. im pretty sure the neighbors dog stole my slipper, but ive never even seen the neighbor dogs. I did not find my missing slipper in the shed. what I found instead where critters of various shapes and sizes in various stages of life. I thought these were the carpenter bees that are everywhere out here, but when they land they just look like horse flies?  this is one of the biggest jumping spiders ive ever had the pleasure to meet. he was about the size of a nickel?  just an absolute treat  this dude didn't give too many fucks.  almost didn't see this one, very blending in. the shed was full of these. frogs own.   I believe this to be a pupae. or cocoon. is that the same thing? I will not google it.  heres another angle showing the two little suspension wires holding this contraption in place. nice. I am 99% sure this is not a stick.  heres our friend the micro murder hornet again. I think its the same one.  oh gently caress hes coming right for me
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Jun 19, 2020 08:10
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Very nice post, thank you for sharing your critters. I hope you find your slipper someday.
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Jun 20, 2020 02:10
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:I believe this to be a pupae. or cocoon. is that the same thing? I will not google it.
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Jun 20, 2020 03:32
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Cardiovorax posted:Cocoons are made of silk, it's what the pupa of some species resides in. Nice. Thanks for clearing that up. I clearly have much to learn. I've been checking on that guy every day, excited to see what pops out of there. Is there an app that will identify species from user pics yet?
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Jun 20, 2020 03:51
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:Is there an app that will identify species from user pics yet?
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Jun 20, 2020 03:57
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:Is there an app that will identify species from user pics yet? Check out iNaturalist (despite the name it is available on Android too). It's scary how accurate it is sometimes. At worst it ballparks your photo and a local expert will narrow it down. Citizen science! 
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Jun 20, 2020 04:17
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okay all you obviously informed and intelligent people, how do you know it's not a stick? I can't wait to be able to just point any old bug out and know them by name. Nature freaking owns
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Jun 20, 2020 04:19
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:okay all you obviously informed and intelligent people, how do you know it's not a stick? Touch it and see what happens!
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Jun 20, 2020 04:21
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Squish it a little. Not too hard, mind, or you get liquid bug all over your fingers. If it has a little bit of give, you know it's not a stick. But really, that isn't a stick. Sticks don't usually come conspicuously glued to a wall with two strings of silk.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:22
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Mak0rz posted:Touch it and see what happens! I wouldn't want to hurt it! I was thinking about trying to throw him in some sort of terrarium because he seems so exposed there, but I guess they have made it this far. I'm rooting for the little fellow. Im hoping I can get a shot of it breaking free from cocoon jail.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:28
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They're more resilient than you'd expect, really. Carefully removing it from the wall and putting it in a terrarium won't hurt it any, I've done it before. You just have to be very careful, maybe use something flat and thin to lever its bottom part from the wall instead of pulling, something like the tip of a spatula. As long as you don't puncture it, it should be fine. They're somewhat sensitive to changes in temperature, though, so try to find a place to put it that mimics outdoor conditions reasonably well. You don't want to get boiled bug soup.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:32
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Mak0rz posted:Yeah, in short: Crystalis is an action role-playing action-adventure video game produced by SNK in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A chrysalis is the same thing as a pupa.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:46
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Functionally the same, anyway. They're very distinct-looking and often have a metallic sheen, which is where the name comes from. Chrysalis comes from the Greek word for 'gold', chrysos.
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Jun 20, 2020 04:53
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I feel like I have to soften my approach. I've got to be scaring the hell out of the little jumping spiders trying to get them to hop on my glove, and I tried to catch a Luna moth a few nights ago and messed up its freaking wing 
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Jun 20, 2020 05:03
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McGavin posted:Crystalis is an action role-playing action-adventure video game produced by SNK in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A chrysalis is the same thing as a pupa. Lmao I even looked this up to make sure I was spelling the word correctly and I still blew it
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I'm fairly sure that 'looks like a pokemon and hangs by two threads' look is telltale for swallowtail butterflies but which one probably depends on your geographical area. Bugguide.net is also a great resource specifically for invertebrates as it can (once you make an account) give you data by state and potentially by county.
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