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joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Tjadeth posted:

mystery moth that I was charmed by for some reason:



(northeast ozarks)
I think it's some species of Euchlaena

e:

my cat is norris posted:

^^^ there is something very delicate about it and almost regal, like a wedding gown or something

Like a eu-(good) -chlaena(cloak or mantle)?

joat mon fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Aug 4, 2021

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joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

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.

Human emotion is so weird.

All she wanted to do was help out her hive and enjoy a few sweet treats before her end and I hope she got to experience some of it.

Was it hot out? They have a comparatively low heat tolerance.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.
A Polyphemus after a rough night


and a Texas Brown Tarantula that wandered over to check me out while I was fixing a tire.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.
Sphinx Moth

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

El Burbo posted:

Is this a critter?

Looked small enough to fit in a palm of a hand and was sort of undulating underwater.



Upsidedown Jellyfish?
e: beaten, stung, left for dead

joat mon fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Oct 18, 2021

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

The Tibetan Blackbird is a thrush, and a large one.
Which is it's called Turdus maximus.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

my cat is norris posted:

BRUSH TURKLET

... Maybe it's an indigenous name?

Yes!
An interesting article on re-renaming Australian animals with their Australian aboriginal names

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.
Got a bonus Ruby-throated Hummingbird while taking video of a stream after it rained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzhGnupv1vI

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.
Funny, juvenile, fascinating bit on ticks.
https://youtu.be/RVca0LuEDaQ

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.
Found this little guy when I was cleaning up in the workshop.

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joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Bored posted:

Not even sticky nets, according to the zefrank video. Electrostatic nets.

More specifically, Van der Waals force nets.

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