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Thanks for the new thread, Moon Potato! AND THE BABY PENGUINS OHMYGOD. I hope to contribute soon.
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Also fyi, this thread is very good at identification, so feel free to post your questions here anytime!
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Ewww that looks like a parasite kind of thing!
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Feb 7, 2017 14:59
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Sad Doot should really be this thread's mascot.
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Mar 1, 2017 18:58
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P. audaxi is for our rare good days. Sad Doot better represents the average goon's lifestyle and aspirations.
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Mar 2, 2017 04:22
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Bald eagles are very capable scavengers. The majority of their diet is stuff someone else killed! 
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Mar 27, 2017 00:03
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You just use the timg tag instead of img. For imgur links, insert S, M, or L before the .jpg to create auto thumbnails. L is usually just fine.
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Mar 27, 2017 18:02
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Also I like your lizards!
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Mar 27, 2017 18:02
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Hello, last weekend I rescued a very tired upside down bumble bee from a splattered on the sidewalk fate! She flew away after several minutes of rest. Thanks for the knowledge and courage, thread!
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Lovely shots! Very curious about that mystery larva, too. Speaking of lovely shots, I wonder what Moon Potato's been up to? Edit: Redwood Planet Media on Facebook is very active with stuff, maybe we'll get a summary here. my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 23:02 on May 6, 2017 |
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May 6, 2017 22:59
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They're harmless, though they can be pretty damaging with their hole-boring. You could try hanging up a bee hotel if you like seeing them around! It might lure them away from those delicious porchy parts.
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Was the chest speckled? If so, you came upon a juvenile robin who hasn't necessarily learned that humans = scary = I should flee. The flecks of gray and all the ruffled-looking feathers might have been some baby fluff still sticking out through its adult plumage. Either way, it's likely not something to worry about. If it was an adult robin being that unresponsive to you, chances are it was pretty sick and just hanging out waiting for The End. It also might have been dazed following a close encounter with a predator or a window, so it either passed afterward, or recovered and flew off once it had itself sorted. Adult birds don't really go gray the way mammals do, so while you can use plumage as an age indicator, it's not as easy to do at a glance.
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May 18, 2017 18:48
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Maybe a juvenile begging for food?
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Jun 13, 2017 15:01
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Is that a brown widow? Hi kitties. 
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Jul 5, 2017 02:31
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This guy fell on me today as I was trying to get into my apartment:  my cat is norris fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 12, 2017 22:24
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Mak0rz posted:Where on earth are those called click beetles? IN MY IMAGINATION!!! I misread a thing while Googling. 
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What snakes do in the privacy of their own bin is none of my business... 
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Jul 14, 2017 20:21
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Bug dump! Various pics of varying quality from spring/summer in Pittsburgh, PA. Apologies for any reposts, I can't remember what I have or haven't shared so far.   Duck mutts. Dutts?  Find the baby!       Why do they do this?  What's the difference between those with fuzzy yellow butts and those with almost-naked butts?   He's probably green.  A different guy more obviously green.
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Jul 20, 2017 20:12
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I'm glad you came and posted about my bumblebees, Mak! Thanks very much for the info.
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Jul 21, 2017 04:29
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My fiance made a friend yesterday: Yoga bee is using downward dog pose to help with her wing cleaning. She's quite cute! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR4ezyWzSNI
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Jul 24, 2017 18:08
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MrYenko posted:Is anyone else here worried about Moon Potato? He hasn't dropped any photographic bombs in here, recently. He posts frequently to Facebook. I think he just hasn't had the time or the inclination to check in on SA! https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodPlanetMedia/
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Jul 24, 2017 18:54
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Is this guy on your shoe?!
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Jul 28, 2017 21:31
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It never hurts to call your local apiarist. Let the expert(s) help!
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Aug 7, 2017 13:52
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Sharing this here since we seem to all like bees a whole bunch: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...time=1502270352
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Aug 9, 2017 19:12
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That photo album is remarkable. What a crazy-looking, crazy-beautiful bug.
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Aug 11, 2017 13:36
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Geez, those things look prehistoric as gently caress.
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Aug 16, 2017 13:17
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I've read that some people eat them. Are they tasty?
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Aug 16, 2017 15:42
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Alpenglow posted:Just moved across the country, and the switch from West/Best/Left Coast to eastern US critters is quite exciting. These critters were all on the grounds of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, which is pretty rad. Roll call for the other goon(s?) in Pittsburgh I remember Critterquest posting? Hello! Welcome to Pittsburgh! I live in Perry North right outside Riverview Park.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:03
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Ooohhh, lucky find.
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Sep 5, 2017 04:31
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Here's a bad pic of one of about a dozen hummingbird mimic moths I saw buzzing these flowers in Atlanta:
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We had a visitor at the apartment the other night!     This is the first one that my fiance has ever seen in the wild, and the first one I've seen alive in a really long time (that wasn't hatched in someone's garden, anyway). As far as I know, he/she stayed to hunt the door moth party for awhile, and then safely hosed off to his/her next adventure. Any particular ID on this one? We're in Pittsburgh, PA, though I'll note that our neighbor a couple of blocks away installed some oothecae into her garden that definitely hatched, so who knows where this visitor calls home...
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I see bats pretty frequently, but more often when I'm out in my hometown, a smaller town a couple of hours away from Pitt. That said, I did have a bat visitor swoop down the chimney of my Crafton apartment, so they do live within the city limits! I once rescued a tiny bat at PPG Plaza when I worked there -- just moved him to a safe space away from people.
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Sep 19, 2017 03:49
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The mouth parts look so ant-y but the body looks kind of bee ish so I think you found someone's escaped Frankenstein experiment.
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Oct 19, 2017 03:30
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Flambeau posted:Things are starting to wake up! I noticed a centipede scurrying around yesterday. What have y'all seen? Mostly stink bugs in my apartment. 
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Feb 27, 2018 23:48
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Eee!
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Mar 4, 2018 15:22
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I love green herons. Such serious looking fellows.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:55
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Alpenglow posted:This may have debuted in Critterquest previously, but I think it's worth reviving while waiting for spring critters: Just incredible barfmanship!
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I don't know where else to share this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05VXQRFhns
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Those are some really pretty colors!
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'TIS THE SEASON! I want to get out to Raccoon Creek and look for herps now that the weather is nicer. Do you think anything is moving, this time of year? Got buzzed by a few curious carpenter bees today. Really made me happy to see them out and about.
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