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The thread of Creepy Crawlies

Hungry spiders:
 
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Sawfly Larvae (Spitfire Caterpillar).
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These guys are real nasty, if you disturb them they'll wave their tails almost like a Mexican wave. Touch them, and they regurgitate a yellowish green liquid with a pungent aroma of Eucalyptus, which is the type of tree they feed on. They are best left alone. 
 
I had miss identified this guy.....
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......in a previous post. It turns out that this isn't a Cicada, but a Sawfly adult. 
 
 
SR.
 
Shorerider said:
Sawfly Larvae (Spitfire Caterpillar).
 
These guys are real nasty, if you disturb them they'll wave their tails almost like a Mexican wave. Touch them, and they regurgitate a yellowish green liquid with a pungent aroma of Eucalyptus, which is the type of tree they feed on. They are best left alone. 
 
SR.
 
 
Great shot, SR.
Creepy little mo-fo's!
 
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
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Just happened this morning. The one next to the white one is an actual bug, the one in the corner is the white one's old shell.
 
Got a pretty neat 15x zoom clip on macro lens for my phone. This little jumping spider was extremely tiny, I could barely tell it was a spider without the camera. For scale he is sitting on a 1/4" diameter plant stake.
 
 
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Little guy snagged him some dinner 
 
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I was out walking my dog (well to be honest, my dog was out chasing kangaroos and I kept her company.) this afternoon where I stumbled upon something that I'd never seen before, an ant game trail.
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It would've been over one hundred meters (300ft) long, and 50mm (2 inches) wide.
 
Here are the guys responsible. 
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It was hard to get a good shot of the ants as they just wouldn't stay still.
 
SR.
 
Bugs are back, so me too. First is a sweat bee that finally stood still enough for a picture. The bee is solid green, any yellow in the appearance is it reflecting my red camera. I had to sit on the hive to get it, which is a very bad idea if you happen to be dealing with almost any other kind of bee.
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Then here's a damselfly nymph that was climbing out of a pond sample in the bio lab. I have the full hatching process documented, but I don't want to make the post big so I'll show the start and end.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pUpP3P3kLlUllyWE1hanhFSVE
 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pUpP3P3kLlS0E5aUpaMjh6UTQ
 
Shorerider said:
I was out walking my dog (well to be honest, my dog was out chasing kangaroos and I kept her company.) this afternoon where I stumbled upon something that I'd never seen before, an ant game trail.
20160420_172407.jpg

 
It would've been over one hundred meters (300ft) long, and 50mm (2 inches) wide.
 
Here are the guys responsible. 
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It was hard to get a good shot of the ants as they just wouldn't stay still.
 
SR.
 
That is pretty cool, your dog chases Kangaroos? I bet that is fun to watch
 
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