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Could try getting a slightly sharper picture? A lot of spiders look pretty similar to each other if you can't see the details clearly. Also, I'm guessing it wove a web in the middle of room or something? It's probably an orb weaver of some sort. If it didn't, then it could be Black House Spider. Those are common in Australia and look kind of like that.
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Cardiovorax posted:Could try getting a slightly sharper picture? A lot of spiders look pretty similar to each other if you can't see the details clearly. Also, I'm guessing it wove a web in the middle of room or something? It's probably an orb weaver of some sort. If it didn't, then it could be Black House Spider. Those are common in Australia and look kind of like that.
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Oct 16, 2020 17:49
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Poop bug: Different poop bug. Male, maybe? It looks kind of crumpled compared to the first:  Also, two different types of mushrooms. Sorry, they're not really critters, but I thought they looked really neat:  
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Oct 16, 2020 21:13
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That second one is quite a group, any idea what they are? We do have a mushroom thread btw  https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3850811&perpage=40&noseen=1&pagenumber=8
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Oct 16, 2020 21:16
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Not sure, but it's probably a type of Armarillaria. They're more strongly saprophagous than most mushrooms and preferentially grow directly on rotting treestumps. A. mellea is pretty tasty fried with some butter and garlic. They're locally called Hallimasch.
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Oct 16, 2020 21:20
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Tiggum posted:Anyone know what kind of spider this is? Location is Melbourne; specifically, my kitchen. Loos like a balck house spider to me - we get wanderers who have been displaced from their hidey-holes by white tails or other predators.
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Oct 18, 2020 02:07
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Little PSA here for those of you who live in the northern hemisphere: ladybug hibernation season is starting and you might want to keep your windows closed a bit more than usual for the next short while. You might end up with a sizable number of unexpected house guests for the next six months if you don't. Ladybugs love coming into houses en masse for their hibernation period, and I do mean "en masse" - some people have found themselves being swarmed by tens of thousands at a time I forgot and count myself lucky to have found only twenty or so scattered around my bedroom this morning. Could've gone worse.
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Oct 22, 2020 13:33
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also they will probably not be real ladybugs but asian ladybeetles, which can bite you and make a bad smell when crushed
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Oct 22, 2020 13:35
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Mozi posted:also they will probably not be real ladybugs but asian ladybeetles, which can bite you and make a bad smell when crushed Asian lady beetles are also ladybugs. But yeah those are the ones that tend to swarm into your house in the fall if they live in your region.
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Oct 22, 2020 13:50
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Breakfast dump This is my friend. His name is Squimothy. He's the coolest of the local squirrels and the only one with uniform brown coloration.  These doves are idiots. They show up like clockwork for breakfast and if nobody else shows up they'll just knock it all into the ground trying to run each other off from it. I hope the hawk gets them soon.  Brown thrashers have a really aggressive way of pecking at seeds on the ground. They wind up dramatically and just abolultely smash their faces into the ground for little apparent gain compared to the more conservative seed pecking strategies of the other birds. I caught one taking a dust bath this past summer and it was very aggressive, like it wanted to kick the dust's rear end. It's rare to see them this high up.  Red breasted nuthatch  who makes this poo poo up Sunflower seeds are universal
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Raccoon update: got my phone off the charger and found these 2-hour-old texts from my dad. So I guess he probably got eaten by those raccoons. They looked so cute too...
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Oct 23, 2020 04:59
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I let my 18-year-old dog out at 4AM to pee and she IMMEDIATELY went into hunter mode, nose to the ground, snoofling and snorting loudly like a pig as she tracked down something. sniffed to the right of the doghouse. stuck her head inside the doghouse and sniffed. sniffed to the left of the doghouse and seemed to catch track of something there, and bolted straight into the thorny vines nearby. while making a racket in those behind the doghouse, a possum poked its head out from inside said doghouse, looked to the left, looked to the right, then bumbled its way off into the night. my brilliant hunting dog apparently sniffed it right in the face and didn't even realize it was in the doghouse when she went there. I like possums, even the hideously adorable ones we have in america. 
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Oct 23, 2020 10:10
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Captain Invictus posted:I let my 18-year-old dog out at 4AM to pee and she IMMEDIATELY went into hunter mode, nose to the ground, snoofling and snorting loudly like a pig as she tracked down something. sniffed to the right of the doghouse. stuck her head inside the doghouse and sniffed. sniffed to the left of the doghouse and seemed to catch track of something there, and bolted straight into the thorny vines nearby. while making a racket in those behind the doghouse, a possum poked its head out from inside said doghouse, looked to the left, looked to the right, then bumbled its way off into the night. Maybe she was just pulling a "Fox and the Hound" trick to throw you off the trail of her bud 
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poverty goat posted:Brown thrashers have a really aggressive way of pecking at seeds on the ground. They wind up dramatically and just abolultely smash their faces into the ground for little apparent gain compared to the more conservative seed pecking strategies of the other birds. Thrashers mainly forage on forest floors. This behavior during foraging and feeding is meant to kick up leaves so they can get at what's underneath. It's how they got the name 'thrasher.'
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Oh hey, I never thought there was actually anything to that. I figured it was just one of those weird "drifting" etymology things where something ends up sounding like a completely different word, but never actually meant the same thing. That's neat to know.
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Oct 23, 2020 15:18
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Herr Schuler posted:here's a pink katydid can't believe no one commented on this cool erythristic katydid anyway here's a twice-stabbed ladybug 
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Oct 28, 2020 16:19
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Tjadeth posted:can't believe no one commented on this cool erythristic katydid Could be wrong but I think it's more likely to be freshly molted (i.e., still 'soft' ) -- the color is a telltale but also look how the wings aren't fully expanded. I love native ladybugs 
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I've had pine siskins and yellow rumped warblers this week, both of which actually have yellow butts, but no pics.
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Here is a big ole lady I saw on the way out of work: Here's a cool friend I saw chillin around our entrance:  
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Oct 30, 2020 18:54
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Late summer/fall updates: The birds planted a sunflower in one of my garden boxes and the bees seemed to enjoy it.  Last dragonfly of the year.  An ex-weasel at my parents' farm.   You don't go to Jasper to see aquatic creatures, but I spotted a fish and a ton of caddisfly larvae on one of my wanders. They're probably under some ice by now.    More common Jasper wildlife.  Jealous of the birds.
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Oct 30, 2020 19:30
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Is that last one a bunting? My cat caught a woodpecker here in DC. He upgraded from the endless rats and is now not allowed outside anymore. The woodpecker lived.
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cantwellmuckenfuss posted:Is that last one a bunting? My cat caught a woodpecker here in DC. He upgraded from the endless rats and is now not allowed outside anymore. The woodpecker lived. Those are both painted buntings! The green one is the female. We actually just had them show up a few weeks ago in our yard in SoFla where a small group seems to like to winter. One male often shows up with 2-3 females.
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Dirty Deeds Thunderchief posted:Those are both painted buntings! The green one is the female. We actually just had them show up a few weeks ago in our yard in SoFla where a small group seems to like to winter. One male often shows up with 2-3 females. Nice catch!
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Nov 4, 2020 23:26
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Really goddamn big dying bumblebee queen (I think) here. Girl was a good 2.5 centimeters long, that's a solid inch.   Very cooperative, though. The last one stung me.
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Nov 4, 2020 23:30
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
This is a meadowhawk, genus Sympetrum. They are on the wing until they freeze or get eaten.
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There's once again a squirrel that has gotten into my attic. Hav-a-hart trap, go!    This is not what I wanted.
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Nov 6, 2020 16:40
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That is a very weird-looking squirrel.
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Nov 6, 2020 16:53
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Is that a mink? Don't let it sneeze on you.
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Just a regular-rear end weasel. Beautiful coat, looks like it could be someone's pet, that's how healthy it looks. and it was super chill in the trap, mostly just hanging out. I let it go out in the back yard, hopefully it takes care of my squirrel and mouse problem for me. Edit: when I opened the attic door to see what was making the racket, two bright reflective eyes shone back at me, and I knew even in the dark it wasn't a squirrel. Cute little poo poo though, didn't even know we had them around here but apparently they're pretty common. Probably came inside the same way the squirrel got in, looking for said squirrel, and was drawn to the trap from the scent of prior squirrels. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Nov 6, 2020 |
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is it a least, stoat or long tailed? I love weasels. they are incredible predators! and yea they are common but you rarely see them so its cool to have an up close encounter with one weasels can fit their entire body into any space they can get their head into, it's part of the reason they're such a terror for small mammals. they pack a lot of muscle into a low, compact frame and can get into pretty much any small mammal's burrow
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Having had ferrets it's amazing to me that they (while still predators if you let them) can be tubes of pure exuberance, while their cousins are stone-cold murder machines that can punch above their weight class.
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The Red Queen posted:Having had ferrets it's amazing to me that they (while still predators if you let them) can be tubes of pure exuberance, while their cousins are stone-cold murder machines that can punch above their weight class. not so different from dogs, really
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The Red Queen posted:Having had ferrets it's amazing to me that they (while still predators if you let them) can be tubes of pure exuberance, while their cousins are stone-cold murder machines that can punch above their weight class.
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Nov 7, 2020 16:09
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Read Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher.
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here's a video I took that was a pain in the rear end to upload. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYrekO2YeI&hd=1 the audio's real quiet but he kept making little whisper-like HHHHHHHHHHHHH sort of hissing sounds. beautiful little guy though. I like how he gently but methodically tests every limit of the trap to see if he can get out anywhere. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Nov 7, 2020 |
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The Red Queen posted:Having had ferrets it's amazing to me that they (while still predators if you let them) can be tubes of pure exuberance, while their cousins are stone-cold murder machines that can punch above their weight class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CTVqt2wxU
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based on that video and assuming you're in north america I'd guess it's a long tailed weasel, the biggest weasel species we have. Cool stuff! For such a common and charismatic animal they really get a bad rap 
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It's because they kill more than they can eat, so they're disproportionately destructive to farm animals. They're cute and it's just their instincts and all but it will never not feel like a real dick move to those whose poultry are massacred.
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Scarodactyl posted:It's because they kill more than they can eat, so they're disproportionately destructive to farm animals. They're cute and it's just their instincts and all but it will never not feel like a real dick move to those whose poultry are massacred.
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