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Message 1729879 - Posted: 28 Sep 2015, 19:35:51 UTC - in response to Message 1729656.  

What's the one with the yellow?


Way too big!


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Message 1729976 - Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 2:28:47 UTC
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I searched google and google images for a spider that looks
like that one - black with a yellow mark on the abdomen. The
only one I saw that was close was the black and yellow
argiope.

I didn't assume the spiders depicted in the comic were based
on anything real, except for the black widow.

As you know, the black widow is found in the US. I don't know
if it's common in Australia or not, or in any other country
outside of the western hemisphere.
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Message 1730187 - Posted: 30 Sep 2015, 1:11:00 UTC

That is what I came up with too.
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Message 1730321 - Posted: 30 Sep 2015, 12:36:39 UTC

I dreamed about argiope spiders last night. I dreamed
there were three of them that had webs inside a house.
I grabbed one and took it outside, but the other two
got away.

This is not the weirdest thing that happens in my dreams.
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Message 1730331 - Posted: 30 Sep 2015, 13:39:20 UTC
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Black widows were very common in Southern Africa. They're also not that big. Thatched roofing is a favourite indoor habitat for them and dropping on people in the middle of the night, then getting annoyed about the effort of having to get back up to their nest, was a lot of the reason people would get bitten I reckon... our neighbour did. Bit her on the hand and she nearly lost her arm. :(

But I don't mind spiders. I prefer not to get surprised by them though. I had one a few weeks ago that must have been walking along the back of the couch and popped into my hair for a quick look around. Ticklish and rather large - I did squeal a bit :) popped him/her in the broom cupboard I don't keep brooms in to save her/him from my cats...

oh...and did we say we like humans too? Well we do :)
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Message 1738625 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 20:46:58 UTC
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No idea what this is. It's the first one I've seen. I tried to
find it on google but couldn't. It appears to be missing one
antenna. It's quite shiny. Every time I tried to take a picture
of the front of the bug it would turn away from me.


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Message 1738640 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 21:29:26 UTC

First thought was one of the many "rhinoceros beetles", but the antenna just doesn't look right....
Fabulous colours :-)
(and its shy)
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Message 1738656 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 22:50:53 UTC - in response to Message 1738640.  

First thought was one of the many "rhinoceros beetles", but the antenna just doesn't look right....
Fabulous colours :-)
(and its shy)

Yeah, perfect colors for Halloween...

Orange and Black.
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Message 1738664 - Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 23:40:22 UTC

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Message 1738852 - Posted: 1 Nov 2015, 18:43:28 UTC - in response to Message 1738625.  

I should have added that it's quite small - less than one centimeter
(or less than 1/2 inch).

No idea what this is. It's the first one I've seen. I tried to
find it on google but couldn't. It appears to be missing one
antenna. It's quite shiny. Every time I tried to take a picture
of the front of the bug it would turn away from me.


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Message 1738853 - Posted: 1 Nov 2015, 18:44:06 UTC - in response to Message 1738664.  



I had that in my sig file for a short time. It pissed off so many
people that I was "asked" to remove it.
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Message 1738869 - Posted: 1 Nov 2015, 19:46:19 UTC - in response to Message 1738853.  



I had that in my sig file for a short time. It pissed off so many
people that I was "asked" to remove it.

Yeah, it's a bit much, so I blocked it. I do like bugs, but not in My home or on My screen.
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Message 1738878 - Posted: 1 Nov 2015, 20:40:10 UTC - in response to Message 1738853.  

I had that in my sig file for a short time. It pissed off so many
people that I was "asked" to remove it.

Yes it's quite annoying after a while so I will ask the mods to remove them.
If it was that easy to remove bugs from computer programs... :)
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Message 1738948 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 2:41:58 UTC
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It reminds me a bit of what we used to call stinkbugs when I was little - some of which can be very colourful - aka shield or chust bugs - apparently.

edit: I never actually smelled their wiffyness because I never killed any :)
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Message 1738965 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 5:15:09 UTC - in response to Message 1738852.  
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Hi Suzie... I think I have positively ID it as a Shining Flea Beetle:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/04/04/shining-flea-beetle-2/
Metallic blue and orange bug/beetle
Location: Central Texas

April 3, 2011 10:42 pm
I found him on the porch, he is pretty small. I have never seen one like it, we live in Central TX.

This appears to be a Shining Flea Beetle, Asphaera lustrans, which we quickly identified on BugGuide. Many Flea Beetles from the tribe Alticini as well as other Leaf Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are considered to be significant agricultural pests. The host plants of this Shining Flea Beetle are listed as Scullcap and Willow. BugGuide notes this interesting remark: “In Florida this is sometimes called the Gator beetle – due to the orange and blue-black colors approximating those of the UF Gators.”

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Message 1739142 - Posted: 2 Nov 2015, 18:49:37 UTC - in response to Message 1738965.  

Hi Suzie... I think I have positively ID it as a Shining Flea Beetle:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/04/04/shining-flea-beetle-2/
Metallic blue and orange bug/beetle
Location: Central Texas

April 3, 2011 10:42 pm
I found him on the porch, he is pretty small. I have never seen one like it, we live in Central TX.

This appears to be a Shining Flea Beetle, Asphaera lustrans, which we quickly identified on BugGuide. Many Flea Beetles from the tribe Alticini as well as other Leaf Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are considered to be significant agricultural pests. The host plants of this Shining Flea Beetle are listed as Scullcap and Willow. BugGuide notes this interesting remark: “In Florida this is sometimes called the Gator beetle – due to the orange and blue-black colors approximating those of the UF Gators.”


YES! That's it!

Thank you.
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Message 1739310 - Posted: 3 Nov 2015, 7:48:55 UTC - in response to Message 1738853.  



I had that in my sig file for a short time. It pissed off so many
people that I was "asked" to remove it.

My dad used to have a early version of a OS that looked like Windows. He downloaded a app called "roaches". You started the app and saw some roaches run across the screen and hide under the icons. You just click and jiggle a icon and two or three roaches would run and hide under another icon.

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Message 1739317 - Posted: 3 Nov 2015, 9:19:34 UTC
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Another variety of flea beetle, with it's grub - soooooo pretty :)



And more shiny ones, the golden tortoise beetle...



and one of the many gorgeous dogbane leaf beetles.

I do love bugs... though that cockcroach thing you were describing, Admiral, that could make me squeal a bit :)
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Message 1741677 - Posted: 13 Nov 2015, 4:19:21 UTC

Shiny bugs are gorgeous. Just sayin'.
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Message 1751945 - Posted: 28 Dec 2015, 1:08:02 UTC

Something I drew in school several years ago. Pencil.


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