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Chows posted:here's a beetle I saw that I thought was neat watermelon beetle Polyphylla decemlineata, a kind of scarab they hiss if you annoy them but are harmless (other than their grubs being a crop pest, like most chafers) chafers are so great, they're such fat goofy fuzzywuzzy beetles and I love them 
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given the colouration on the first band I would lean towards B. terrestris but yes, difficult to be sure without a different angle shot the bumblebee conservation trust has some nice ID tips for British Isles bees with lovely clear drawings of band patterns, highly recommended edit: THEY HAVE AN IPHONE APP downloading asap good work by your friend in looking after the poor little thing, and your picture is really nice too  chives are delicious AND bees love them, win-win!
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Mar 20, 2017 17:57
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what a cute fuzzy baby!! oh gosh i am jealous
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May 9, 2017 14:21
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an eyed click beetle, possibly Alaus oculatus but I don't know if there are confusion species super cool, thanks for posting! i like its dainty feet
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May 9, 2017 16:03
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Looks like some sort of long-jawed orb weaver based on the, uh, long jaws. Cool find! male Lyssomanes viridis I think, a jumping spider (if you look you can just about see the big front eyes) some adult male Salticids do have those enormous jaws, S. scenicus is pretty well known for it
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May 15, 2017 19:08
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saw what I think is a grey wagtail flicking its long long tail and gathering insects for its (extremely loud) chicks on the canal today i got a couple pictures but they're basically the worst, just a tiny grey and yellow blob, sorry everyone
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May 18, 2017 20:59
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perhaps Zoropsis spinimana? similar / related to wolf spiders but not actually one of them native to southern Europe, a recent introduction to California vaguely fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 18:41
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it changes the size of the silver patches when it feels threatened, maybe to make itself more difficult to see? probably needs more study tbh there are a few spiders that genuinely do change colour, such as the flower crab spiders Misumena sp. (yellow/white) and Thomisus sp. (yellow/white/pink) which try to camouflage themselves against whatever flower they're sitting on, they're so great
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Jun 4, 2017 12:50
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the orange spider is a lynx spider of some description, might help you narrow it down some nice pics! love the butterflies, can't believe how well they posed for you
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Jul 28, 2017 18:28
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almost like a... chinchilla rat?? couldnt find much info on these lil guys though so i couldnt say for sure CaptainSarcastic posted:Saw this spider in a park in Eugene, Oregon yesterday. I realize there isn't much in the picture for scale, but the gap in between the boards was big enough for me to get the tip of a finger into, so is at least a quarter inch or so. I didn't recognize this species, and thought I'd see if anyone could tell me what I was looking at. looks more like Larinioides sp. to me, a few species are fairly common across the northern hemisphere edit: I'm gonna guess L. sclopetarius from the white markings, common name bridge spider vaguely fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Jul 31, 2017 |
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Jul 31, 2017 07:04
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oh my GOD that moth is SO FAT
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Aug 3, 2017 17:51
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walnut sphinx moth looks pretty close, although I'm not sure if there are potential confusion species (always possible with brown moths lol) apparently the caterpillars whistle or squeak if you scare them
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Aug 14, 2017 20:46
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what a ridiculous animal
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Aug 15, 2017 18:27
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myDad posted:Cool, that's definitely what it was. Also I saw it out there for a few days, is that normal?
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Aug 16, 2017 07:14
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oh wow those photos are incredible please share some more again!
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Aug 20, 2017 14:14
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poverty goat posted:Cool mystery bug from VA Euphoria inda? what a chunky cute lil friend
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oh my gosh those dainty little black feet
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Oct 6, 2017 18:44
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whatever it is, it's adorable
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Oct 19, 2017 07:15
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spiny orb weaver Gasteracantha cancriformis aka a cute fat baby
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Oct 27, 2017 22:15
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could be some kind of sac spider, there are so many similar species that are difficult to tell apart especially without a location they don't generally use their webs for hunting (they're active hunters like wolf spiders) but will make themselves a little silk sleeping bag to rest in
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Nov 13, 2017 20:48
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oh heck dude those are some good birds
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Mar 24, 2018 19:37
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Aaah what a beautiful animal!!
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May 5, 2018 22:13
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Minesweep posted:maybe I will keep it in a cage until it molts to see Good idea, we'd all be really interested! If you do, please check out this care guide to give your new buddy the best chance of emerging healthy and strong  I know it says it's for butterflies, but it should be relevant to anything that might come outta there. Good luck!
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May 6, 2018 14:02
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that wasp is fitness goals
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May 14, 2018 07:20
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That's a mite, they're harmless to the bee and just like to hitch a ride between nests and flowers and suchlike Iirc they actually help out with nest maintenance by eating random bee debris
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May 15, 2018 18:34
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ohh yeah blue ringed octopus is not a creature you ever want to actually touch drat pretty tho
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May 19, 2018 13:19
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For the beetle, it would help if you gave an idea of your location The second pic isn't larvae, they're full grown aphids and it looks like the ants are farming them (aphids poop basically pure sugar which the ants then eat). Yeah they're gonna gently caress up your plants
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May 26, 2018 19:09
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A couple of years ago I saw a whole group of young magpies absolutely going in on another fledgling magpie, no idea what it did to piss em off but it must have been pretty serious
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Jun 5, 2018 06:55
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Flower crab spider Misumena vatia is your most likely candidate there, nice find! Looks like you caught it partway through a colour change maybe, if it was a few days later and it was fully yellow you might not have even spotted it
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Jun 7, 2018 06:56
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drat those photos are nice
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Jun 10, 2018 15:46
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i wish i was a professional bug guy  you folk are living the dream
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Aug 9, 2018 21:34
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truly this is not the best of all possible worlds in critter news, i saw a butterfly doing a cool thing https://twitter.com/PardosaAmentata/status/1026129392630726656 it was doing that for like a while
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Aug 9, 2018 21:48
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i'm thinkiiiiiiing Araneus gemmoides?? cat faced spider, so called because the little bumps on its butt look kinda like cat ears fuzzy buuuuuuutt
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Aug 10, 2018 22:55
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if you google "butterfly pinning" there are lots and lots and lots of tutorials from the look of it you'd need to do it fast before the butterfly dries out too much also be aware that if you have ever had carpet beetles, the larvae looooooove to munch on preserved insect collections (it's a big problem in natural history museums) so keep an eye out for those little dudes
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Aug 12, 2018 13:59
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holy poo poo those are some nice owls
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Aug 19, 2018 14:29
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Slo-Tek posted:Nother one emerged today, took a five second buzz around the bug box, shook her wing scales off. i think apart from all the other cute things about them, it's their cartoon antennae that i like the best
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Aug 22, 2018 07:00
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looks like a mammoth wasp Megascolia maculata / Scolia flavifrons (different names for the same bugg) largest wasp species in Europe apparently, cool find! harmless to humans as well
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Aug 25, 2018 20:28
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Araneus diadematus, garden spider she's a pretty one
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Aug 31, 2018 20:59
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your spider looks like everybody's buddy Phidippus audax (bold jumping spider) she looks like she's had a lot of success hunting! fatty fat butt
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Apple Jax posted:Sorry for the bad phone pic, would anyone be able to identify this spider? It was maybe 3 inches wide and I'm in Colorado. looks like Tegenaria sp. or a close relative, hard to say more than that I think
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