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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
They're really small Annie, like mice:) Here's a pic of Spottie, Lisa's hamster:) Awwwwwwwwwwwwww - so CUTE!!! :) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Now THIS is what I call a swarm! Wow :) I remember being caught in a massive locust swarm as a child - those guys hit you hard :/ and weren't averse to catching a lift either :) I imagine mayflies to be a bit softer on the skin :) but less resilient as a result :( |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
A cute couple is visiting my backyard today. Here's the female (wrapping up the leftovers): And here's her boyfriend: In case you didn't know, a male argiope spider can often be seen at the edge of the female's web. (This is the first time I've seen one in spite of checking every web I have ever seen.) The male is much smaller than the female. I'd like to think this is one of the offspring of the female that left the big egg sac on my front porch a few months ago. ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
That thing, GAAAACK is right. I've had a year long war of annihilation against the moths, recently I've been keeping track of the ones that came in to where I live in a text file, I'd started this on July 18th. I record the date and how many were seen and killed, like so; Moths.Date 01.08/02/14 01.07/26/14 01.07/25/14 02.07/20/14 01.07/18/14 I think I'm winning, as less and less are showing up, My cat Grace has been a very great help, She spots them near the floor and up to about 3' above the floor, since the carpet is almost the same color as the moths. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Here are a couple of "bugs" I took pictures of in my local park. I live in a flat/apartment so don't have a garden/yard. This was last week and is apparently a "Gatekeeper" butterfly, (might be a meadow brown but that doesnt' sound as impressive.) This one was this morning and is a Jersey Tiger moth, a day flying moth, and not the sort to invade mobile homes :-) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I only don't like clothes/pantry moths, cause of their young and the threat to which they represent, others as long as they stay out and they do, I have no problem with. Nice pics Bernie. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Here are a couple of "bugs" I took pictures of in my local park. Wow!!! Stunning!!! Thank you. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Here are a couple of "bugs" I took pictures of in my local park. They're beautiful Bernie! I've encountered some strange bugs too in the South, took a pic of a couple but I'm really not that much of a photographer, and I have a bad camera. Will look for a pic to post later tho:) rOZZ Music Pictures |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
I love bugs! :) Beautiful pictures Bernie :) Looking forward to some from you Julie! :) I remember seeing so many new birds and insects when we were on holiday on the Greek Islands and finding very few people... scratch that... NO people who had any interest in identifying what they were... only the best way of killing them... which was a little off putting. So we decided to take a trip to the mainland to see if we could get a book about the local fauna. We thought we'd got lucky when an assistant proudly led us to the corner of the shop and waved at the shelf we wanted - which was stuffed full of books on how to shoot birds. We gave up at that point... |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
WE'RE EXPECTING! This egg sac appeared overnight. (I wish I'd been able to watch its construction.) Mother is doing fine. Father is still in the same place, off to the side of the mom's area. Her web isn't there anymore. I don't know if she'll rebuild or move. When the female on my front porch created her egg sac, she moved off to the other side of the porch and then disappeared completely. ~Sue~ |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
WE'RE EXPECTING! Wow!!!!!!!!! That's a beautiful sac... and spider too of course :) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
My spider is still in the same place. Her web is right next to a light that stays on all night and attracts a lot of insects, so she eats well in that spot. This morning she was feasting on a cicada. (Don't worry. There are plenty more where that one came from!) ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
My spider is still in the same place. Her web is right next to a light Maybe that's why there are a lot of bugs coming in to My place, no spiders nearby. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
City spiders are getting bigger - but that's a good thing http://www.smh.com.au/environment/city-spiders-are-getting-bigger--but-thats-a-good-thing-20140821-106las.html ~Sue~ |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
City spiders are getting bigger - but that's a good thing Thanks Suzie!! Nice link :) I found an enormous tegeneria gigantica (spelling might be wrong) last night :) I had to move him to one of my cat-free zones indoors so that he stayed gorgeous... of course, I know some people aren't keen on spiders... ... but I'm very fond of them :) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Thanks Suzie!! Nice link :) The spelling was close enough for me to look it up on Google. There was a spider that looked a bit like that one in my house a couple of days ago, but it was in a place where I couldn't access it. God only knows where it is now. I've actually seen two separate news items in recent days where some Darwin Award candidate burned a house down trying to kill a spider. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3329 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Same spider, different egg sac. She's been busy. She's got two egg sacs about two feet apart. I haven't seen the male for a while. Maybe he was lunch. (Do argiopes eat their mates?) ~Sue~ |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
A quick scoot round the internet suggests no, although if kept in captivity any male spider might turn into lunch if the female gets hungry. What can I say... Girlies... we need our protein :) It did say the argiopes (or writing spider) is at risk of other insects parasitising the egg sac so she's clearly protecting her babies well by still being around. Hopefully the male has gone to pick her up some lunch given her nursery duties. If he hasn't - MAYBE he was lunch... but then his withered husk should be around... does that help? :) |
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