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One new thread title, done and dusted.  Edit: Aw geez, I got the best snypes. Here, have a picture of one of my partner's two pet spiders, Alcatraz.  Acanthoscurria Geniculata Body length about 3.5-4 inches Also, my partner's hand. I apologize if this violates the "no pets" rule. She's a critter to me.  Let me know and I'll remove it.
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What does it eat?
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Jan 5, 2024 19:16
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And the award for first jumpscare of 2024 goes to.... this page! 
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Jan 5, 2024 19:26
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Tarquinn posted:I apologize if this violates the "no pets" rule. She's a critter to me. it does but i'm not about to make you delete away such a beautiful tarantula friend, thank you for sharing! and for the thread title update!
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Jan 5, 2024 19:43
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Captain Hygiene posted:And the award for first jumpscare of 2024 goes to.... this page!
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Jan 5, 2024 20:08
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I saw this crow at work (picture from car) https://imgur.com/a/ixTLfJh
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Jan 5, 2024 23:06
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goatface posted:What does it eat? Whatever it wants  depending on temperament a tarantula that size and species is probably eating crickets (many/meal) or a species of feeder roach (1/meal)
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Jan 5, 2024 23:23
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the yeti posted:Whatever it wants That's pretty much correct. An arachnologist friend told my partner once that you could throw it a ham sandwich and it would get eaten too. Alcatraz gets fed home crickets most of the time. my cat is norris posted:it does but i'm not about to make you delete away such a beautiful tarantula friend, thank you for sharing! and for the thread title update! 
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Jan 5, 2024 23:30
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Tarquinn posted:That's pretty much correct. An arachnologist friend told my partner once that you could throw it a ham sandwich and it would get eaten too. If you could make ham move in a way it elicits a strike I have no doubt. They def eat vertebrates in the wild, it’s mostly that non-exoskeleton-having prey are a huge gross mess in captivity.
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Beastie posted:I saw this crow at work (picture from car) Leucistic or is that just the quality of the light?
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Jan 6, 2024 02:52
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The Red Queen posted:Leucistic or is that just the quality of the light? Yeah! I looked it up and it's often referred to that or a Caramel Crow. First time I seen one of those.
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The Red Queen posted:Leucistic or is that just the quality of the light? I should see if I can find any pictures of them, but this year there were a few leucistic Mallard ducklings at a local park. I posted geese and herons from the same park, I think, but I don't remember posting the Mallards. They're actually really pretty in that coloration.
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Critter Quest! I went back to Arizona to visit my family for Christmas. That means I got some pictures of cool desert birds! Behold:  House wren  House finch  A cute little Costa's hummingbird.  These things are super hard to photograph. They rarely sit still! Northern mockingbird. Same kind we see up here. Is he lost? Maybe nobody showed him a map.  Meep meep! It's a greater roadrunner! These things are super rare. I grew up down there but I've only seen roadrunners a handful of times. We saw two of them on the same day. How lucky!  Curve-billed thrasher  Gambel's quail. These things are so goofy looking. Running around on their little stubby legs.  A not so good pic of a Say's Phoebe  Our only non -bird critter! A common side-blotched lizard. I was surprised to see them out and about this time of year.  Arizona's State Bird: the cactus wren! Doing what cactus wrens do. Be on a cactus.
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Silver Falcon posted:
I love those things. I remember being disappointed when I was younger when we visited the southwest and I finally saw one, and they were nothing like the cartoon, and "only" ran at realistic fast bird speeds. But I was a dumb kid, fortunately I appreciate them now for the cool birds they are.
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Silver Falcon posted:Critter Quest! You must be in the southern part of Arizona, right? I lived in the central part around Prescott for a couple years, and they were relatively common up there. I remember seeing one in a tree and being like, "How did you get into the tree, Mr. flightless bird?" Then I later watched one messing with a dog, getting the dog to chase it, and then kind of half-flying onto a roof to get away and taunt the dog. In closing, roadrunners are awesome.
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roadrunners are very cute
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CaptainSarcastic posted:You must be in the southern part of Arizona, right? Yes, northern Phoenix specifically. I saw roadrunners a handful of times growing up. Which is a shame. I like them a lot. They're super neat!
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I used to work at an office complex right down the street from the botanical gardens in Phoenix and there were roadrunners that would work their way over and hang out in the smoking courtyard, it was pretty cool. Also rabbits and stuff, but the roadrunners were the coolest.
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Came home from work and found this under one of the conifers lining the driveway. [spoiler: dead mourning dove]  Frozen solid, I'm afraid. It's been below zero for a few days now. It looked so peaceful lying there... Bummer. 
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was going through a bunch of old photos and found this one from just shy of a decade ago of a swallowtail I took a frankly perfect photo of, compared to my usual quality.
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That's a really nice shot, indeed. I'm not generally fond of butterflies (I love moths, though), but that is a beautiful critter there.
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Jan 22, 2024 09:47
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Anyone have thoughts on what these eggs might be from? This is East Bay near SF, oak woodland, eye level on an oak. I'd guess they were around 1mm, maybe a smidge more. el sobrante egg mass-8061
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Anyone have thoughts on what these eggs might be from? This is East Bay near SF, oak woodland, eye level on an oak. I'd guess they were around 1mm, maybe a smidge more. Looks more like fungus to me. You'll pretty much never see an egg mass with noticeably different sized eggs.
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It could be a fungus or slime mold, did they seem connected to the substrate at all?
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Jan 24, 2024 21:41
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Perhaps some kind of forest salmon?
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Slo-Tek posted:Looks more like fungus to me. You'll pretty much never see an egg mass with noticeably different sized eggs. the yeti posted:It could be a fungus or slime mold, did they seem connected to the substrate at all? I didn't notice anything, it really looked like eggs. ChairmanMauzer posted:Perhaps some kind of forest salmon? this is exactly what it looked like to me.
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Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus? https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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Common brushtail possum? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_brushtail_possum
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Anyone have thoughts on what these eggs might be from? This is East Bay near SF, oak woodland, eye level on an oak. I'd guess they were around 1mm, maybe a smidge more. My guess would be Trichia varia, a slime mold with a cosmopolitan distribution that includes California. Something in the genus Trichia or Hemitrichia for sure. McGavin fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Lizardspotting time Look at that tail!  I think this same California alligator lizard has lived under that board attached to the wall for a few years. I see him every so often hanging around there. It’s way bigger than the usual western fence lizards that are everywhere. Including western skinks, there are three lizard species that I have seen on our property in the middle of L.A. which is pretty great.
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Ralph Hurley posted:Lizardspotting time That's a long lizard!  I don't think I've seen that kind before, very pretty coloring.
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If only there was some kind of defining characteristic that would give me a hint to what kind of hawk this is but alas...
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The Red Queen posted:If only there was some kind of defining characteristic that would give me a hint to what kind of hawk this is but alas... Looks like a scarlet tailed sparrowhawk to me
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 New friend acquired (it was like 70 degrees here yesterday)
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A friend?! A rope monster is serious business, get the hell out of there! Seriously tho thats a good friend. Beautiful "face"
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Can anyone id plz I'm in south africa Noticed a spray of these large lads on the ground, maybe 3 inches long, this one was actively burrowing into the gravel path
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I’m coming up blank so far but I will note that looks like some kinda beetle larva rather than a caterpillar.
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They're also in the tree above the ground they were burrowing into. Upload failing here cuz of poo poo signal but now I'm super curious. My brain immediately thought it might be some relative of mopane worms but that's just because they are nearby
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Gunshow Poophole posted:Can anyone id plz I'm in south africa Cavorting Emperor moth caterpillar? 
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See how it cavorts!
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