TXCG said:
Not to mention all the liberal 20-somethings moving into Austin! I heard that hipsters are the Fifth horseman of the Apocolypse.
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The thread of Creepy Crawlies
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Not to mention all the liberal 20-somethings moving into Austin! I heard that hipsters are the Fifth horseman of the Apocolypse.
TXCG said:We've been having an unseasonably wet week for July and I believe the wildlife is getting confused. Are these some kind of frog/toad egg? I've never seen anything like this in the garden before. I found it last night, at first in the low light it looked like a curled up caterpillar, the clear part looked green. I tried to squish it and it stuck to my finger & that's when I noticed there were quite a few of them scattered about on the tops of leaves. I took a few of them home & stuck them in a mason jar with some filtered water for science. I also found another one this morning & stuck it under the microscope.
Turned out to be some kind of seed. The one I took pics of at work dried out over the day & the clear part completely disappeared. The ones in the mason jar already have roots sprouted. I guess I should stick em in some soil and see what happens eh? I guess something pooped them out but it's weird that they were scattered so far apart & on so many different plants.
Edit: They are basil seeds
I'm growing basil right next to the peppers so that makes perfect sense. I also learned that apparently they're used to make a basil seed drink. Sounds like the same kind of thing as that Thai bubble tea with the tapioca pearls.(not my picture but I'll have to try this sometime)
OH no,don't let them grow!
Alien life forms-Body snatcher seeds from space...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Snatchers
Have you already been taken over?
I gotta remember not to trade seeds with you. LOL
Alien life forms-Body snatcher seeds from space...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Snatchers
Have you already been taken over?
I gotta remember not to trade seeds with you. LOL
millworkman
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Went pod picking tonight. Stuck my hand through this ladies web and nearly shat myself.
So then went walking around the yard to find more.
This one was about 6 feet above my head.
So then went walking around the yard to find more.
This one was about 6 feet above my head.
Very nice captures, did she blow you a kiss? More important, where are the pods!
Came across this beetle on a hike yesterday. When I was looking at it on the computer today I noticed he was chatting with a little friend.
Probably looking for more than a casual conversation 
This thread kicks major ass..wish I had decent photography skillz..
Here is an odd ball that i found on one of my piquin plants... I do believe there was an ID on this somewhere on here before... Not sure and don't have the time to go searching before i head out to work... So here is what i found...
Pic 1
Pic 2
Here's my last pic for the day before i head out... Is probably the same widow i found the other night in the Dog kennel..
Pic 1
Pic 2
Here's my last pic for the day before i head out... Is probably the same widow i found the other night in the Dog kennel..
Creepy Crawly on my tomato.
Somehow I'd completely missed this thread until now. Here are a couple of mine from summer.
This character seems to have wandered out of some film noir to protect my garden:
And here's something a little different, an old-school darkroom print from 8x10 inch film of a swallowtail caterpillar working over one of our fennel plants. Somewhere I have a snapshot of the setup for this photo---the camera is one of those big old oak-and-brass things with a bellows.
The plants were close to done by this time, and I really like swallowtails, so we let them do their thing and actually saved a few to let them pupate in a covered flowerpot. Unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of the emerging butterflies.
-NT
This character seems to have wandered out of some film noir to protect my garden:
And here's something a little different, an old-school darkroom print from 8x10 inch film of a swallowtail caterpillar working over one of our fennel plants. Somewhere I have a snapshot of the setup for this photo---the camera is one of those big old oak-and-brass things with a bellows.
The plants were close to done by this time, and I really like swallowtails, so we let them do their thing and actually saved a few to let them pupate in a covered flowerpot. Unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of the emerging butterflies.
-NT
