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 Found my snake friend again. Or possibly another one in nearly the same spot on the bike trail, but that seems unlikely.
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lookin very branchlike!!
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 Winter is 100% here and we have another contestant for the Australia's Fattest Bird competition. Female red-capped robin, I think? Also, more cemetery turtle photos plz
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i do not bring turts but i do have some slimy guys 
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Can anyone help me identify my crawling out of drain friends?
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Fungus gnat?
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The Red Queen posted:Fungus gnat? Sounds fancy!
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baby mantis guarding a sunflower 
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A little guy (Brachoria millipede!) in slow motion. https://i.imgur.com/Oro0XdQ.mp4
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  Found this dude in a park with my unruly kiddos. Never seen this type of beetle before. Be must have been on the verge of dying, he wasnt moving much but gave me a few wing clips as I turned him over. E: sorry for the bad uploads still in the park wrangling kiddos. Des moines alsuberbs Iowa. Treecko fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jun 3, 2022 |
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Eyed Click Beetle. They play dead, but also have a modified joint between the thorax and abdomen that lets them **Click** several inches into the air, startle onlookers, and hopefully land down-side-down away from threat.
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Thank you! Sorry again for the hasty uploads! They really wanted to know what it was and I thought (some kind of Click Beetle) but my entomology is worse than I want it to be. I put him in a shaded area behind the bench so I hope he's happy.
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I don't know if it's because I live in a different part of town now or if it's due to the ongoing decline of insect populations but I don't remember seeing anywhere near as many click beetles, if any, in recent years as there were when I was a kid. I love these eyed click beetles y'all have posted here, imagine seeing those big eyes staring you down and then launching at you! Our local (Australian) ones are plain glossy black, and when we were kids we used to use the clicking sound to locate trapped beetles to put them back outside.
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my curry tree is a real who's who of wasps right now, and that orange and black guy
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poverty goat posted:my curry tree is a real who's who of wasps right now, and that orange and black guy Please keep your hardcore beetle pornography out of the critterquest thread.
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I'm trying to think if I've ever seen those soldier beetles when they're NOT boning down.
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Gray rat snake  Must be an older one since I read that they get blacker with age and this one barely has any color left
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Found a couple critters on the trail today. The biggest god danged click beetle I've ever seen. Eastern eyed click beetle.  Lizard in hiding. Maybe a five-lined skink?
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Stoca Zola posted:I don't know if it's because I live in a different part of town now or if it's due to the ongoing decline of insect populations but I don't remember seeing anywhere near as many click beetles, if any, in recent years as there were when I was a kid. I love these eyed click beetles y'all have posted here, imagine seeing those big eyes staring you down and then launching at you! Our local (Australian) ones are plain glossy black, and when we were kids we used to use the clicking sound to locate trapped beetles to put them back outside.
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Adult vision is also complete poo poo vs kid vision. Kids have senses adults can't remember.
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It's more that insect populations in general have declined in number by around 80% over the past 40 years.
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Wow, first cicada of the summer (GA) One of the yearlies, you can tell because it's green. Was struggling a bit on its back so I flipped him and set him on a safer surface. Good luck little dude. 
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McGavin posted:It's more that insect populations in general have declined in number by around 80% over the past 40 years. Monsanto and/or other pesticides?
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Most likely. I can't wait for the cicadas here. Yeah they're loud but sooo cool and they freak people out.
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Beachcomber posted:Monsanto and/or other pesticides? The science says it's primarily driven by loss of habitat caused by deforestation, climate change, agriculture, and pollution. So while pesticide use is definitely contributing to localized declines in insect populations, a much larger contribution would be from something like plowing a meadow to grow a field of corn.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/gotlegsmacro/status/1533621262043717632 I was also up a mountain last week putting in a new section of trail and found out there is such a thing as a Hover Bee or Hover Fly when one carefully scrutinized our work crew during lunch. No pics because I didn't have my phone but they're pretty much just as advertised, just standing stock still in air eyeing everything.
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-Zydeco- posted:I was also up a mountain last week putting in a new section of trail and found out there is such a thing as a Hover Bee or Hover Fly when one carefully scrutinized our work crew during lunch. No pics because I didn't have my phone but they're pretty much just as advertised, just standing stock still in air eyeing everything. Staying in one spot and not moving is how they attract the ladies. Wish it worked on humans. 
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 Wife found a ladybug larva. They’re so gnarly before they grow up.
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Not sure what kind of bugs these are but they were  having sex 
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MagpieConcept posted:Not sure what kind of bugs these are but they were Possibly a variety of Assassin Bug? E: Leaf Footed bugs per InsectIdentification.org -Zydeco- fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jun 8, 2022 |
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-Zydeco- posted:Possibly a variety of Assassin Bug? Good guess. Those are some kind of leaf footed bug but their body shape does look quite a lot like our bigger assassin bug species.
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 A friend of mine sent me this today. I have no idea what the heck this bug could be. I tried insectidenfication.com but it didn't have anything close. He said it's 1-2mm long. No wings or anything. And couldn't get a picture with more contrast because there wasn't any. It was just black. In southern Ontario, Canada. Any ideas? And literally seconds after receiving that picture, I found this pretty moth  A cecropia moth? Promethea?
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St_Ides posted:
Looks like the ladybug nymph I just posted yesterday. Different species I assume since it doesn’t have the orange bits. Could be the one being discussed here, which would grow up to look like this.
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-Zydeco- posted:Possibly a variety of Assassin Bug? Thanks so much for the ID! I know we both so I wasn't sure, but seems like the jagged legs are a giveaway. I also just noticed some sort of leaf bug in the middle top of the pic I didn't notice before I uploaded this!
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runchild posted:Looks like the ladybug nymph I just posted yesterday. Different species I assume since it doesn’t have the orange bits. Could be the one being discussed here, which would grow up to look like this. That looks just about right. I saw the ladybug nymph but the colour threw me off. Thanks!
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Visiting Tuscany, saw this strange hedgehog this morning https://imgur.com/961ObZs.mp4
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Sorbus posted:Visiting Tuscany, saw this strange hedgehog this morning Old world porcupine. Cute dudes compared to the 20 pound ones here.
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Sorbus posted:Visiting Tuscany, saw this strange hedgehog this morning That is the greatest noise I have ever heard 
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