Those Texas Longhorns are really a sight!!!

Suzie, What you had there is a Ivory Marked Beetle

The Ivory Marked Beetle is a late bloomer. Its larvae bore deep into trees, possibly emerging years later from furniture.

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Anglea, Here is a better Texas Long Horn specimen

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I thank one of my colleagues, Mike, for this little creature:



It took one look at Mike and ran away ;-)

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Anglea, Here is a better Texas Long Horn specimen

How about this cutie from Scotland:)

I'm worried. I haven't seen ANY ladybirds this year :(

It COULD be down to my eyesight. I did rescue a stranded caterpillar from the middle of a pavement a couple of days ago which turned out to be a twig. In my defence, it was VERY cleverly disguised... although why trees go to all that trouble, I don't know.

oh... *vision of rear end where face should be* um... *perform major diversionary dance to distract setizens from faux pas*

...but there are plenty of aphids around and I'm having no trouble spotting them - so where are the ladybirds? :( And for that matter, the butterflies? Anniet grand total of butterflies spotted this year - 3 :(

Some good news (which is also bad news because bumble bees are having a really hard time of things at the moment) is that I have been doing excellent work in resuscitating the near-death ones I've been coming across :) YAY! :)

Bar one :(

There was a hideous incident.



Replace stick with small leafy branch and apple with small fluffy bumble bee. :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

I fixed it though - painstakingly - with warm water and a paintbrush :) and by 6am he/she was bumbling about in my makeshift emergency room (old fish tank) ready for release :)

Now I may be wrong - but spending many hours bathing a bee with one of your son's soft art brushes gives you plenty of time to get to know every little hair on it's round fluffy bottom :) Which is why I don't think I'm wrong when I say later that afternoon - I found my bee in exactly the same spot I'd originally found it in - dead. :( Had I interrupted it's date with destiny? or had I left it so traumatised by the knowledge that it shared the same planet as me it topped itself where it knew I would find it and know?

EDIT: forgot to say love all the pics everyone! Some really cool looking bugs! :)

I'm worried. I haven't seen ANY ladybirds this year :(

It COULD be down to my eyesight. I did rescue a stranded caterpillar from the middle of a pavement a couple of days ago which turned out to be a twig. In my defence, it was VERY cleverly disguised... although why trees go to all that trouble, I don't know.

oh... *vision of rear end where face should be* um... *perform major diversionary dance to distract setizens from faux pas*

...but there are plenty of aphids around and I'm having no trouble spotting them - so where are the ladybirds? :( And for that matter, the butterflies? Anniet grand total of butterflies spotted this year - 3 :(

Some good news (which is also bad news because bumble bees are having a really hard time of things at the moment) is that I have been doing excellent work in resuscitating the near-death ones I've been coming across :) YAY! :)

Bar one :(

There was a hideous incident.



Replace stick with small leafy branch and apple with small fluffy bumble bee. :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

I fixed it though - painstakingly - with warm water and a paintbrush :) and by 6am he/she was bumbling about in my makeshift emergency room (old fish tank) ready for release :)

Now I may be wrong - but spending many hours bathing a bee with one of your son's soft art brushes gives you plenty of time to get to know every little hair on it's round fluffy bottom :) Which is why I don't think I'm wrong when I say later that afternoon - I found my bee in exactly the same spot I'd originally found it in - dead. :( Had I interrupted it's date with destiny? or had I left it so traumatised by the knowledge that it shared the same planet as me it topped itself where it knew I would find it and know?

EDIT: forgot to say love all the pics everyone! Some really cool looking bugs! :)

Your dedication to saving bees is five-star!!! You have my
undying respect.

Did you know that you can buy ladybugs/ladybirds online and
have them shipped to you? Then you can release them in your
area.

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~Sue~

Your dedication to saving bees is five-star!!! You have my
undying respect.

Did you know that you can buy ladybugs/ladybirds online and
have them shipped to you? Then you can release them in your
area.

This I did not know :) I will look into it. Indigenous species obviously - in case of language barriers when meeting local snails etc :) and other issues of course.

While I'm here - we had lovely weather last Sunday and to help us celebrate - our area of London was inundated with flying ants :) I loooooooooooove flying ants :) They're a LOT smaller in size and swarm dimensions than I enjoyed in Africa - but it was so nice to see them.

I was more than a little sad to see when I was out, however, that I was in a minority of... one :/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wo_die_grunen_ameisen_traumen/

A wonderful movie...

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"Massive" spider found. I guess they consider 5 cm (2 in) massive.
I don't. Perhaps funnel spiders don't normally get that large, and
so that's why it's "massive." It in Australia.

Oh, "it might be a new species."

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/09/scientists-discover-a-massive-30-year-old-funnel-web-spider-in-nsw/

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~Sue~

There are Spiders and then there is:

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

"Massive" spider found. I guess they consider 5 cm (2 in) massive.
I don't. Perhaps funnel spiders don't normally get that large, and
so that's why it's "massive." It in Australia.

Oh, "it might be a new species."

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/09/scientists-discover-a-massive-30-year-old-funnel-web-spider-in-nsw/

Most Funnel Web Spiders only get to about 1-1.25" (they're females, the males are much smaller) so yes, 2" is massive.

Cheers.

There are Spiders and then there is:

I looked at the face before the title and thought "Spider-Aardvark doesn't really flow off the tongue."

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

There are Spiders and then there is:

I looked at the face before the title and thought "Spider-Aardvark doesn't really flow off the tongue."

Well I'd hate trying to come up with the equivalent to Peter Porker for an Aardvark character.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

There are Spiders and then there is:

I looked at the face before the title and thought "Spider-Aardvark doesn't really flow off the tongue."

Well I'd hate trying to come up with the equivalent to Peter Porker for an Aardvark character.

Peter Anteater?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

There are Spiders and then there is:

I looked at the face before the title and thought "Spider-Aardvark doesn't really flow off the tongue."

Well I'd hate trying to come up with the equivalent to Peter Porker for an Aardvark character.

Peter Anteater?

(snort)

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~Sue~

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~Sue~

I've had at least a flamethrower one in my kitchen sink all week. Not doing much.

What's the one with the yellow?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I've had at least a flamethrower one in my kitchen sink all week. Not doing much.

What's the one with the yellow?

I have no idea.

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~Sue~

It could be an orb weaver as they can get quite large.

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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt