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There were dozens or hundreds of these tiny frogs at the dog park yesterday after a rain.  Dirty shoe for scale. In central Newfoundland.
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 Only picture I have of it, in East Tennessee.
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Aug 20, 2021 23:59
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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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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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Jun 8, 2022 21:00
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 Found these guys in central Newfoundland. Native or invasive?
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Aug 12, 2022 22:34
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Saw this at work a while ago. It was pretty awesome. He did it a few times, but this was the best video I got. https://i.imgur.com/GUFfzTz.mp4
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 Any guess about what this guy is? In the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada area. The gap is I guess about half inch? Making this guy 3ish inches long
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May 19, 2023 20:57
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Nice. It was on my deck and the dog stepped on it, I wanted to be sure it wasn't venomous. And it being an indicator of clean water is nice, considering I just moved here and there's a lot of oil and gas in the area
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May 19, 2023 21:15
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So I've spent a little bit of time making a few BirdNet PIs. Following the instructions is easy and can get one up and running quickly on a RasPi 4b. All it takes is the computer itself and a cheap USB microphone. I built 4 of them, one on 4b and 3 on Zero 2 Ws. The 4b Just Works. The Zero 2w version takes more work, and runs much slower. But if you've been able to install a PC game in the past 30 years, you can handle installing this on any of those. The 4b I have out in the garage, with a microphone dangling out the window. It's ugly but it works.  This is the overall install of the Zero2w. I got a couple of pass through adapters and stuck them through the lids of some jars from the recycling bin.  Everything fits inside nicely and is pretty water resistant. I've left the Zero2w running in that jar for a long time and it stays cool, there's no cooling issue.  I threw together a couple of birdhouses (and bought a cheap one at Michaels), waterproofed them as best as possible (lots of silicone caulk), but left the bottoms open. Now the jars are inside with the microphone relatively protected. It should also prevent the sun from overheating them in the summer.    It gives a pretty decent idea of what's hanging around our yard and when. The 3 Zero2w BirdNet setups will being going out as Christmas gifts this year. Hopefully it'll make some people happy. St_Ides fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Nov 12, 2023 |
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There’s a commercial option called Haikubox that’s $400usd plus a subscription. And Birdweather did a kickstarter and IndieGoGo for the PUC, but that’s $200usd and not released yet. An RPI Zero 2w is less than $20usd, a good-enough microphone can be had for $2-$10, and an enclosure can be made out of literal trash (like mine). No subscription.
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