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Plant MONSTER. posted:I tried to help a poor hornet back to life but she wasn't able to bounce back. I don't know what was wrong with her. It seems too early in the year for them to start dying from old age. Seeing her try to weakly grab on to a perch only to fail and fall off left me feeling all wistful, plaintive and contemplaty and such. Worker wasps only live for around 2 to 3 weeks. They die of old age all the time.
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McGavin posted:Worker wasps only live for around 2 to 3 weeks. They die of old age all the time. What the heck, I thought they had a few months in them at the very least. I don’t feel as bad then and in fact, that dead wasp owes me for my misplaced emotions.
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Aug 5, 2021 16:35
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Ah it is clearly the end of the summer as squirrels are turning anime  
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Aug 5, 2021 20:48
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Tortoise beetle - Golden maybe? Didn't realize central Kentucky had these!
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Aug 6, 2021 01:28
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 These beetles were in all the roses at the Des Moines Botanical Garden.
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Aug 6, 2021 01:38
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Japanese Beetles. An invasive pest.
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Aug 6, 2021 01:42
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We'd drown them by the bucket when I was a kid. I have to admit that they're pretty!
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They're very pretty. I wish they weren't pests. The gently caress is this little orange dude from Pittsburgh?  
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Aug 6, 2021 03:40
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It's an ichneumon wasp. Good luck with the ID because there's over 5,000 species in North America, with an estimated 3,000 undescribed species and most of the time you need a ridiculously close up picture of their wings or genitals to get a good ID.
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joat mon posted:I think it's some species of Euchlaena Not Euchlaena, but...  Source from instagram--it's an emperor moth made of painted wool felt
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I dearly love moth cloaksSorbus posted:Ah it is clearly the end of the summer as squirrels are turning anime I also deeply enjoyed this squirrel, for the record content: gone fishin' (with a large orb full of kids) 
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Aug 6, 2021 23:22
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Great photo showing the textbook ID feature of the whitebanded fishing spider Dolomedes albineus
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Also saw lots of funny looking tits, guess they are molting after raising the kids and before the cold weathers.
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Aug 7, 2021 17:13
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Aug 9, 2021 01:06
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Hey! That hot dog's getting away!
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Aug 9, 2021 03:38
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Literally A Person posted:Roundback? It looked exactly like a banana slug, except for the fact that it was red. Banana slugs are really common where I am, red slugs less so. Apparently red slugs are from Europe? Or it's just a red hued banana slug. Who knows?
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sullat posted:It looked exactly like a banana slug, except for the fact that it was red. Banana slugs are really common where I am, red slugs less so. Apparently red slugs are from Europe? Or it's just a red hued banana slug. Who knows? Okay, you sound like you live by me. It's a roundback. Garden pest mo'fucker.
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Aug 9, 2021 04:47
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Feed it to the ducks.
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Literally A Person posted:Feed it to the ducks. We were at the Sandy river. No ducks around today.
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sullat posted:We were at the Sandy river. No ducks around today.  Find a pnw garter snake then. They also EAT THE SLUG.
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Probably a Red Slug, Arion rufus, introduced into the PNW from Europe.
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Any idea what kind of caterpillar this is? I'm in the South UK and found it on a lavender plant. 
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Could be a looper. Did you catch how many pairs of legs it had behind the spiky front ones? e: Sorry, I just realized I left out some important information. Let me rephrase: Did you catch how many pairs of legs it had between the spiky front ones and the set at the very back, which are referred to as anal claspers? Tjadeth fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Aug 10, 2021 |
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Aug 10, 2021 01:57
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mods change my name to anal clasper
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my cat is norris posted:mods change my name to anal clasper the friendly ghost
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Aug 10, 2021 02:49
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A little too friendly if you ask me.
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Aug 10, 2021 03:03
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I saw this leafy guy coming up the stairs this evening in the SF Bay Area.  Bonus banana slug: 
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Aug 10, 2021 07:52
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Some brown beetle I've never seen before: Found near Kongsberg, Norway. I'd say it was slightly shorter than finger width. (The reflection on the car is not accurate.)
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Aug 10, 2021 19:51
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I know dead animals are a no-go, but how do we feel about murders?  I counted at least 50 in the field - wonder what they were gathering for?
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I know dead animals are a no-go, but how do we feel about murders? A baseball game obviously.
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Aug 10, 2021 21:07
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
Mmmm pre chewed sunflower seeds
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Aug 10, 2021 21:54
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Chiming in with some banana sluggos from last week along the California coast. There were a ton on the ground but also some up in trees above head height which was new for me.  Fern Canyon-4193 on Flickrlove dartin', presumably  Fern Canyon-4297 on FlickrThis was eating the remains of some viny seed pod that the squirrels were getting after.  Fern Canyon-4321 on FlickrBonus where's Waldo  Fern Canyon-3516 by Alan Krakauer, on Flickr
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god I love slugs I went out to the glades today and all of the animals regarded me with intense suspicion, which made it difficult to get good pictures of them   aww, it's okay if you want to stare at me, though.  sorry I moved your log
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Aug 11, 2021 02:54
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so fuzzy 
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Hello! BetterLekNextTime posted:
This photo is great but MAN slugs are weird.
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Those slugs are rad
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I had a little friend take a ride with me a few days ago   And yesterday I visited a little hidden spot on the Fourche La Fave River and saw some cool bugs   Also a water snake that stayed in the water and far from me  [central Arkansas]
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Tjadeth posted:aww, it's okay if you want to stare at me, though. I am terrified of spiders in general, but I can't help but love jumping spiders and their fuzzy bodies and their many cute little eyes
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YeahTubaMike posted:I am terrified of spiders in general, but I can't help but love jumping spiders and their fuzzy bodies and their many cute little eyes
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