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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13736 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
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. Grant Darwin NT |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
https://ktla.com/2019/06/05/high-flying-ladybug-swarm-in-socal-shows-up-on-national-weather-service-radar/ Holy Crap! :-0 ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
This is a new bug for me. I found it dying in my house, no doubt a victim of abuse by the cats. If any of you want to try to identify it, feel free. I live in central Texas (west of Waco). I have submitted pix to a Facebook group of entymologists. I dug through pix on a couple of websites but had no luck. I suspect it is some sort of fly. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
~Sue~ |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3214 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Europe is under siege from a plague of incredibly hairy, toxic caterpillars https://qz.com/1659782/video-of-woman-attacking-oak-processionary-caterpillars-goes-viral/ |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22202 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
This year's marina pet spiders are doing well, despite the "best endevours" of the marina's assistant manager... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20270 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I finally saw a sight I wasn’t expecting. It was a wasp that had stung a spider almost as big as it. The wasp was dragging the spider somewhere. Edit: looked at some pictures and decided it might be a Orange and Black Spider Wasp. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13736 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Super tough spider silk could be due to a newly discovered protein. It can be strong like steel, yet stretchy like rubber. It's lightweight but can be phenomenally tough. Grant Darwin NT |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I finally saw a sight I wasn’t expecting. It was a wasp that had stung a spider almost as big as it. The wasp was dragging the spider somewhere. I have black wasps that fly around my house all the time. I wondered about them until, several years ago, I saw one get caught in a spider's web. I was sad for the wasp until I saw the spider run up to claim its prize and the wasp stung it and carried it away. Wow! Now that I think about it, I was so mesmerized by the sight that I don't think I was ever sad for the spider. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
This year's marina pet spiders are doing well, despite the "best endevours" of the marina's assistant manager... The image is broken. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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