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The thread of Creepy Crawlies

cruzzfish said:
All these guys are bundled up in their fuzzy webs around here. Whenever I find one in a snow region I put them in a cold room to sleep through the winter. It's gonna be a shitstorm when they wake up though. They really don't like being moved without knowing where beforehand.
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Understandable. I wouldn't want to get moved without knowing about it either! Never thought about bringing spiders IN, I'm usually busy carrying them OUT!  :lol:
 
It gets too cold in most of the yard, jumpers are funny, and the population usually starts too small otherwise for them to keep stuff off the plants otherwise. I chase the wolf spiders out though, although it never lasts.
 
cruzzfish said:
It gets too cold in most of the yard, jumpers are funny, and the population usually starts too small otherwise for them to keep stuff off the plants otherwise. I chase the wolf spiders out though, although it never lasts.
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The little jumping spiders are irresitable. Could bring them into our unheated garage next year. Why chase off wolf spiders? Thought all spiders in the garden were "good guys."
 
Lacewing Eggs.
 
Found on the bottom of an old, tired pepper leaf, hanging downward for the most part.
 
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These guys are all over the desert.  They're easy to find at night - if you wear a head lamp on your forehead, you can see their retro-reflective eyes sparking like tiny green jewels from tens of feet away.  (I think they have the same sort of reflecting layer behind their retina as is found in cats and most other nocturnal critters..)
 
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^There was a small(relatively) one of those fuckers in my house two days ago. I was sitting in front of my fireplace, and he though it was warm too. Then he thought I was taking his heat or something, because he ran at me and I barely was able to catch him to put in a warmish spot in the basement for him to hibernate. The only thing worse than wolf spider that's cranky is wolf spider that is in a jar but not secured.
 
Two from today. The first is on my Rocoto and looks like it's up to no good.
 
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This one looks similar to the Plague soldier beetle I posted earlier.
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SR.
 
Here's a beautiful, hard-workin,' Tricolored Bumble Bee. They were thick here this year. She was busily going all over the lavender patch loading up on pollen. Once in a while she would bomb over to the pepper plants and fiddle around a bit. They don't stay still very long so getting a clear shot is hit or miss. This is the best one.
 
 
 
Here's a topside view of the jumping spider I posted a while ago. Doesn't it look like he's wearing an African mask on his abdomen? 
 


I love going out to the chili garden to poke around after midnight. With flashlight in hand, you see all sorts of critters that hide during daylight. This is one one of them. A one handed cellphone shot makes for a lousy pic, but it was such fun taking it! 
 
 
 
I agree,  it's a whole other world at night. Spiders in particular are a lot more active at night. Here's one I took of the same Garden orb weaving spider I have posted before. 
 
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I prefer a natural background which is why I didn't post this pic earlier. 
 
 
 
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...agree with liking a natural background, but this shot really shows It up in good detail. What a beauty! So fascinated by spiders and snakes. You Aussies have the snakes to run from!!   :eek:
 
The snakes aren't usually a problem. They tend to be much more afraid of you than you think. 
 
Having said that,  here's a baby Tiger snake caught by one of the guys at work last week. Yes, it is very poisonous.
 
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It got released unharmed, as far, far away from us as I could get it.
 
 
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Shorerider said:
The snakes aren't usually a problem. They tend to be much more afraid of you than you think. 
 
Having said that,  here's a baby Tiger snake caught by one of the guys at work last week. Yes, it is very poisonous.
 
It got released unharmed, as far, far away from us as I could get it.
 
SR.
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Pretty little thing and it's good that you kept it alive. They are so beneficial. I grew up in rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth country and learned from an early age that if the snake hears you coming, you likely won't see it.
 
 
Here's a little beauty named Calypso. She was visiting and took a liking to my hair! She tightened up and settled in for the long haul. It took two people to get her loose. Would love to have kept her...
 
 
 
 
cruzzfish said:
^Wow. 1920x1080 version if you have it?
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Do you really want that as a desktop?  ;) 
 
As much as I like bugs, all those hundreds of eyes staring at me is a little much!
 
Beautiful. Read up on it a bit and find myself fascinated by yet another new arachnid!
 
 
Here's a Woodlouse Hunter from this past summer: Drysdera Crocata, feeds exclusively on Sow Bugs. 
 
 
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