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Apparently Spokane, Washington is overrun with Yellow-Bellied Marmots, which are a kind of groundhog. We did not know this, while staying overnight at a hotel there we went for a little walk and my wife spotted a critter living in this rocky embankment: A little googling turned it up. Apparently they're quite the nuisance. I love them.
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May 16, 2022 17:09
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gosh i almost couldn't find him in the pic! what a cutie though. it's sad whenever pests are adorable. on the one hand, you need to protect your native ecology. on the other...cute!!!
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May 16, 2022 17:24
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Some recent pictures from around my house: Lovely Regal Jumping Spider. He was very camera shy, but finally came out. He would hide back in the window gap if I got any closer.  Robin trying to take a bath, with two voyeurs. I think the sparrows just liked getting splashed on.  House Wren working on a home. We have a pair that keep coming back every year to our yard.  Big Chongus Lady doing some work. I love how she has pollen literally all over herself.
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May 16, 2022 18:10
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my cat is norris posted:gosh i almost couldn't find him in the pic! what a cutie though. Yeah they'd be fine if Spokane still had a healthy population of wolves and coyotes and bobcats etc. but y'know, it's a city so they don't. I'm still rooting for the marmots though.
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May 16, 2022 18:22
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Leperflesh posted:Apparently Spokane, Washington is overrun with Yellow-Bellied Marmots, which are a kind of groundhog. We did not know this, while staying overnight at a hotel there we went for a little walk and my wife spotted a critter living in this rocky embankment: 
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May 16, 2022 20:10
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Stopped for a river swim yesterday and came across an orgy. Still went in the water, it was a beautiful day.  
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May 16, 2022 20:21
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Horseshoe crabs?
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May 16, 2022 20:40
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I thought maybe Triops, but those look exactly like horseshoe crabs, which I thought were always in saltwater. Was this a slough or something?
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May 16, 2022 20:48
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Deffo horseshoe crabs, they come ashore on or around full moons in May and June to get laid.
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May 16, 2022 20:50
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May 16, 2022 21:14
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Found this alien looking thing in my yard which some googlin’ helped determine is a praying mantis egg case. We have found baby mantises recently in our vegetable garden, they are cool and always welcome. This is the back of it, showing where it was attached to a plant stem 
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May 16, 2022 21:15
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They are indeed horseshoe crabs. I'm lucky enough to live on the seacoast so this is a saltwater river. I've never seen them on beaches proper so it was neat to see them in NH.
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May 16, 2022 23:03
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Uh oh, saw this guy in a local park.  I'm no snailologist but it looks to me like a giant African land snail.
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May 18, 2022 22:21
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Peephole bug
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May 18, 2022 22:29
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Scarodactyl posted:Uh oh, saw this guy in a local park. Near water? Could be an (also introduced, less ominous) mystery snail
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May 18, 2022 22:59
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Ahhh, that might be it. It was next to a lake.
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May 18, 2022 23:17
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Bismuth posted:Peephole bug Don’t invite it in! Could be a vampire! 
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May 19, 2022 01:27
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Found this guy walking down the hallway at work. I let them go in my office so they wouldn't get squished. https://i.imgur.com/lZYTLC8.mp4 -Zydeco- fucked around with this message at 01:52 on May 19, 2022 |
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May 19, 2022 01:49
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 Okay. Terrible image quality. But, I was trying to work out which subspecies of striated pardalote this is. Had me very confused, because this ironbark forest has plenty of ornatus further in. But- yellow wing spots, so this is striatus, which normally live in Tasmania. And we're in southern NSW. For non-Australian crittergoons, that means these thumb-sized birds have flown nearly a thousand kilometres and crossed the legendarily stormy Bass Strait to visit our forest for the winter. Unreal. e: that millipede on the blueprints is amazing. Escher is- well, what's the opposite of spinning in your grave? 
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May 19, 2022 01:52
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-Zydeco- posted:Found this guy walking down the hallway at work. I let them go in my office so they wouldn't get squished. I love millipedes
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May 19, 2022 02:22
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-Zydeco- posted:Found this guy walking down the hallway at work. I let them go in my office so they wouldn't get squished. If I saw that thing coming, I'd be okay, but if it surprised me. It probably wouldn't end well (I'd scream and run). Tooooo many legs. I accidently killed a house spider  Something was tickling my leg hair and I went to scratch, then womp womp. Kind of sucks I had one that lived in the corner of my bathroom ceiling for a few months. Named him Henry. Anytime I capture one, I try to encourage them to go to Henry's web, but they don't. Kind of wonder if Spiders aren't cool with moving in on a another spider's web. Even if that spider is long gone. I usually get some Orb Weavers in my front flower bed / porch, but haven't seen anything this year. Had some huge ones in the last couple years. Almost positive they were the type that would dismantle and then build a masterpiece for the next day. but they're also famous for putting one web line between the two porch posts. I've learned to wave my arm up and down when I'm going down the steps. lil' bastards blight rhino fucked around with this message at 02:27 on May 19, 2022 |
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May 19, 2022 02:23
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excuse me millipede wtf r u doin
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May 19, 2022 08:16
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-Zydeco- posted:Found this guy walking down the hallway at work. I let them go in my office so they wouldn't get squished. legs!   
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May 19, 2022 10:05
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The movement of the legs is so mesmerizing. Also, it's totally going to steal your design out from under you.
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May 19, 2022 12:29
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I know nutria are invasive but yesterday I saw 3 baby nutria at the same park I posted the goslings from a week or so ago and they were so painfully cute I couldn't hate them. They were way too little and at way too much distance to try getting pics or video with my phone, but they were adorable. Good news! Nutria are good eating! I would recommend ground into burgers with some pork and bacon in the mix to cut some gaminess, they are a rodent.
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May 19, 2022 12:37
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 rabbit  crab spider demands hugs!!!  some kinda bee  some other, smaller bee
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May 19, 2022 12:59
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Scarodactyl posted:Uh oh, saw this guy in a local park. See that lid closing the opening? That's called an operculum, and is not found in pulmonate snails, where nearly all snails and slugs found on land belong.
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May 19, 2022 13:31
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The Red Queen posted:The movement of the legs is so mesmerizing. They can have it as long as they get their friends together and stop all the water leaking into the tunnel. We have enough giant roaches that they can probably just get three or four together and stop it up whenever it rains.
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May 19, 2022 14:05
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Interesting fact Insects use a "tripod" system of walking, meaning, two legs are on the ground on one side while one leg is on the ground on the other side. Centipedes and millipedes also use the tripod system... it's multiplied down the length of their bodies. Think of it as dozens of tripods connected together.
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May 19, 2022 20:03
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Bug ID pls: This guy is TINY, I took the pic w/ a clip on macro lens. There were a few of these around my indoor mushrooms
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May 19, 2022 20:09
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poverty goat posted:Bug ID pls: Looks like a springtail of some sort.
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May 19, 2022 20:14
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poverty goat posted:Bug ID pls: I think its a springtail in the order entomobryomorpha, all springtails eat fungi and bacteria, they love the same kind of environment mushrooms do so your shrooms might be in for some trouble if the springtails population gets too high
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May 20, 2022 11:32
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Hares behind the nearby church do not give a poo poo about humans or dogs when they are munching grass
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May 20, 2022 15:34
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I love millipedes! The giant ones feel so weird when they walk on you. Nothing too exciting lately, but here are a few from the dog park.  A very brave muskrat.  Ducks all in a row.  Preening pileated.  Black-crowed night heron. This is only the second time I've spotted this one - I inadvertently spooked it and got to see it awkwardly fly up to the tree.
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May 20, 2022 18:48
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I found a very tiny friend in my garden today  I told it to stay as long as it wants and keep up the good work
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May 23, 2022 19:46
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This friend lives underneath the fluorescent light in my garage so they are always glowing. Today they waved at me and showed me some of the gnats they have caught. Sorry for the shaky video it's very zoomed in/cropped! My phone's camera has no macro mode and is bad at focusing on small objects https://i.imgur.com/4ZURHii.mp4
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May 24, 2022 21:59
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it is frog time
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May 24, 2022 22:44
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Excellent frog pretending to be a granite rock.
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May 24, 2022 22:53
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Neon Noodle posted:it is frog time that's a great frog right there
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Neon Noodle posted:it is frog time A+ frog! Also that spider video is cool!
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