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Found this dragonfly when I was outside this morning after a heavy downpour  It just hung out on a tree occasionally flapping its wings and brushing its head with one leg before it flew away. About as big as my index finger 
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Aug 30, 2021 16:21
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I'm near the beach but not at the beach and I think a ghost crab has gotten very lost
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Aug 30, 2021 17:20
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Some finds i kept from a week of excursions. Realised how rusty my pinning and especially gluing skills have become (not that they were great to begin with). 
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Aug 30, 2021 18:15
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Not to mention your penmanship.
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Aug 30, 2021 18:23
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Sphinx Moth
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Aug 30, 2021 19:03
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EorayMel posted:Found this dragonfly when I was outside this morning after a heavy downpour S'up dragonfly bro. 
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Aug 30, 2021 20:41
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Dead-ringers for Aeshna grandis those dragonflies. Europe?
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Aug 30, 2021 21:09
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Does this count? Pretty adorable (since it was in the Home Depot and not my house).
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Aug 30, 2021 21:41
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Falukorv posted:Dead-ringers for Aeshna grandis those dragonflies. Europe? No, but Aeshna is a widespread genus with a Holarctic distribution, and many of them look quite similar. Mine is probably a female Shadow Darner, Aeshna umbrosa.
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Aug 30, 2021 22:28
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Ralph Hurley posted:Chill green grasshopper munching a palm leaf in Beaumont, California I didn't realize I had any goons that close to me. I live in Banning, which is an entirely appropriate place for a moderator to live...
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Aug 30, 2021 23:03
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McGavin posted:No, but Aeshna is a widespread genus with a Holarctic distribution, and many of them look quite similar. Mine is probably a female Shadow Darner, Aeshna umbrosa. i can make up words too. jk, you people that know all these things at a glance are amazing
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 I look up everything.I do have a biology degree, but I'm amateur naturalist good, not entomologist good.
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Genesplicer posted:I didn't realize I had any goons that close to me. I live in Banning, which is an entirely appropriate place for a moderator to live... If you live your entire life there is it called Permabanning?  My parents live in Beaumont not me but I visit often. Good place for critter questin’. They have had owls, roadrunners, quail, and even a family of bobcats in their back yard. The little bobkittens came right up to their window.
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Aug 31, 2021 01:16
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There's something fascinating about being able to take a macro shot, and see details on something very small. All from Southern California. All taken by me over the years. I should get back into it.     (Wish this one was more clear. I'd love to see more detail on the eyes.)
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Aug 31, 2021 01:57
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Gorgeous macro work! Love the little jumper, and the lattice pattern on the mantid's wings.Scarodactyl posted:Does this count? I like this very much! What a cute little guy. Whereabouts are you? Field mice all look pretty much the same to me, but maybe there's a more specific ID to be had. No pics but I've been visited by a silverfish tonight. They're weird.
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Aug 31, 2021 02:26
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 Sadly was on the outside of a third floor window or else I would have brought them home with me.
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my cat is norris posted:I like this very much! What a cute little guy. Whereabouts are you? Field mice all look pretty much the same to me, but maybe there's a more specific ID to be had.
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as a certified mouseologist from the mouseyological institute of the americas i can confirm that is indeed a big-headed lil' cutie poot-poot
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Aug 31, 2021 14:17
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   Very green body on this one.
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Aug 31, 2021 17:47
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I found an invader on my tomato plant!
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i still have caterpillars and parsley https://i.imgur.com/KcLjMrk.mp4 turn sound on to find the other critters in the video e: In previous years they've absolutely obliterated plants I wasn't taking very good care of, but this year the parsley is in a bucket with some peppers and they're getting a very aggressive feed of hydroponic nutrients every time I water them. And after 2+ weeks and over a dozen fat caterpillars I still have viable parsley and caterpillars poverty goat fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Sep 1, 2021 |
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Sep 1, 2021 17:01
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 Saw this big cool beetle when walking yesterday. Southeast PA.
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KariOhki posted:
Cotinis nitida (sp?) that ones pretty partied out
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     busy porch night
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Sep 4, 2021 05:34
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A jumping spider got onto the bathroom mirror and spent a very long time being freaked out by his reflection  
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Spider vision is pretty cool - their eyes work cooperatively, and the different eyes are serving different purposes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/science/spider-vision.html
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 also these guys are everywhere
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Norris put a black light up against a white sheet and report back
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Sep 4, 2021 15:18
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the yeti posted:Norris put a black light up against a white sheet and report back I will make this happen but it'll be a bit!
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If that was one of mine I didn't know where the chrysalis was. I'm keeping tabs on four, though. e:  same guy ee: just found a fifth one  How long do they normally take? poverty goat fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Sep 5, 2021 |
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Sep 5, 2021 14:21
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I hate to follow up such pretty pictures with poop, but: whose poop? It's raining so it'll be a bit before I can say for sure but with the grass for scale I'd say these are almost mouse poop sized, so way too big for termite or carpenter ant frass, but definitely looks like it's composed of wood, right?. This is a next to a section of log that we use as a chair in the backyard. Had someone guess it was a dutch elm (and possibly died of dutch elm disease) before we had to take it down (if that helps). Maybe beetle larvae? I have seen some extremely generic looking brown/black beetles crawling around on these logs.
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Sep 5, 2021 14:34
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A giant ant(?) found in East Texas.  I put a watch down for scale.  And had my son pick it up for a closer look. 
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Phyzzle posted:And had my son pick it up for a closer look. Can’t really tell from pics but on principle I would avoid picking up large furry ants if at all possible
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Sep 5, 2021 16:46
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Found hanging from a bridge in east kansas A bagworm!
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Sep 5, 2021 17:21
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Phyzzle posted:A giant ant(?) found in East Texas. That looks like a Texas Leafcutter Ant, Atta texana. But, yeah, I wouldn't go picking up any large ants that I couldn't identify in Texas. They aren't called cow killers for nothing.
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The Red Queen posted:I hate to follow up such pretty pictures with poop, but: whose poop? It's raining so it'll be a bit before I can say for sure but with the grass for scale I'd say these are almost mouse poop sized, so way too big for termite or carpenter ant frass, but definitely looks like it's composed of wood, right?. This is a next to a section of log that we use as a chair in the backyard. Had someone guess it was a dutch elm (and possibly died of dutch elm disease) before we had to take it down (if that helps). I can't tell but I'm quoting this as I love a good poop mystery.
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