Now that’s a pub crawl! Heartstopping moment a massive spider makes its way across a beer drinker’s hand - but she’s not letting go!

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~Sue~

Um, good news? :-O

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~Sue~

Here's a pic.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82711&postid=1981575

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Mum horrified to discover what's inside bizarre 'pods' she found in her garden
So many fascinating and terrifying things in Australia.

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~Sue~

I had a dream last night that included an appearance by that newly-rediscovered giant bee. I had to kill it. In real life I would never kill it. I'd capture it and release it.

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~Sue~

Another spider story, the title says it all.
A dinner plate-sized tarantula eats an opossum.

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Grant
Darwin NT

A woman's infection turned out to be bees living in her eye, feeding on her tears

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~Sue~

Ten remarkable caterpillars and what they become

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~Sue~

Ten remarkable caterpillars and what they become

Interesting to see how many caterpillars are quite similar to the moth or butterfly they become, while others have no resemblance to their final form at all.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze

YAY!!

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~Sue~

That iz gud nuz.

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Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze
YAY!!

And here the bee hives are. On the roof of Notre Dame and Tour d'Argent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1fJggyvYIU
Tour d'Argent is a restaurant located quite close to Notre Dame and they use the bee's honey in their cooking:)

Bees are quite resilient little creatures.

My loft bees woke up at the end of Feb and have been flitting around since in gradually increasing numbers of bumbles and drones. (Bumbles first.)

In the last couple of years the temperature of the area they have placed themselves in (close to the stone roof tiles) at the hottest point in summer must have reached 40++ deg C and be pretty toasty and humid.

I know it was hot for them as I could see the drones holding on the edge of the holes they use in the flashing below the guttering fanning air into the hive. I could hear the hum from inside my home with the windows closed.

Quite a few of the drones died from exhaustion as they fell to the ground.

I did help out by putting an electric fan outside pointing towards their hole.

This year I will be cutting another hole for them.

I am amazed however that they could survive a major blaze but then many of the drones and bumbles may of been away from the hive and able to come back one by one and do whatever they do.

Maybe the structure of the hive protected some of the lava.

Even if the Queen died insect chemical signals would probably convert several grubs to a new queen (layer)??

Insects.. Fascinating even if horrid.

(We are not so different really.)

Summer season coming up soon. Even in countries near the Arctic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYnVlOoxZWw
So why are mosquitoes attracted to you?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gVZgE39K8
The most annoying sound is of course first hearing them and suddenly they stop...

Good LadyBug or Bad Ladybug?

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~Sue~

Citizen scientists encouraged to contribute photos to uncover mysterious new cicadas

Cicada expert Nathan Emery said there were about 800 cicada species we know about, but that number could easily be higher if people get behind a project to photograph the species they see.
"That number could top 1,000 if we could survey more remote, arid regions in Australia," Dr Emery said. "We only have 400 scientifically-described, so there's a lot we don't know."

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Grant
Darwin NT

Do snails fart?

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~Sue~

https://ktla.com/2019/06/05/high-flying-ladybug-swarm-in-socal-shows-up-on-national-weather-service-radar/

At first glance, it looks like a rain cloud.

But in reality, the massive blob showing up Tuesday evening on the National Weather Service’s radar in San Diego County was just a lot of ladybugs.

https://ktla.com/2019/06/05/high-flying-ladybug-swarm-in-socal-shows-up-on-national-weather-service-radar/

At first glance, it looks like a rain cloud.

But in reality, the massive blob showing up Tuesday evening on the National Weather Service’s radar in San Diego County was just a lot of ladybugs.

Holy Crap! :-0

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~Sue~

Why you should never squash house centipedes

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~Sue~