The thread of Creepy Crawlies

[Shorerider]

 
That is pretty cool, your dog chases Kangaroos? I bet that is fun to watch

I don't encourage it that's for sure. Usually, if she's close enough to me and spots a Kangaroo or Wallaby I can keep her from chasing them using only voice commands. 
 
But on the odd occasion she'll get onto one when she's further away or out of plain sight, then starts the chase before I can intervene. She won't chase them for long, and will never venture too far from me.
 
She is part Whippet, and absolutely loves to run, it is her natural instinct to chase.
 
SR.

 

[Student of Spice]

Man those whippets are fast dogs though

 

[Shorerider]

Damn straight! She actually loves to run, and I can't express that enough. I have a big backyard and without any prompting, she'll grab a toy in her mouth, and then just run around like crazy. Then, she'll put that toy down and repeat with another toy.
 
Oh, and one of her toys is a full size basketball with ropes attached which she has no trouble taking for a run.
 
 
SR. 

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Wasps, who doesn't hate the bastards?!
 

Chris, is this a Damsel, or Dragon?
 

If it was not answered it is a damselfly - a blue one to be precise  

 

[OCD Chilehead]

I see a bunch of these all over my yard. Caught a pic of one. Are they poisonous?

 

[cruzzfish]

Are they poisonous?

Technically yes, but not to you.

 

[TXCG]

Some kind of tiny grasshopper. These are all over the place at the moment.]
 

 
 
Pretty sure this is an Asian Tiger mosquito. This year the mosquitoes are brutal thanks to the nonstop rain.
 

 

[TNKS]

Technically NO,it isnt VENOMOUS
Critters aint poisonous,huge difference(s)

Technically yes, but not to you.

 

[nuclearDays]

Some kind of tiny grasshopper. These are all over the place at the moment.]
 

 

 
It's a junior Aztec Spur Throat grasshopper (3rd instar, I think)
Mum n Dad are pretty bland looking compared to 'junior'.
Nice shot, BTW.

 

 

[TXCG]

Nifty spider guarding one of my PA 353 Red plants. Very spiky.
 

 

[Pr0digal_son]

 

 

[TXCG]

Caught a spider in a plastic bag and put him under the microscope. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfPPiRR-Yg

 

[TXCG]

Long set of legs on this one
 

 

[Portuge]

Killer photos everyone...

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

Caught a spider in a plastic bag and put him under the microscope. 

 
 
 
     Yellow sac spider. I hate those things. Nasty bite.

 

[TXCG]

Giant Yellow Garden Spider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

 

[TXCG]

Some kinda green lynx spider I think
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetia_viridans
 

 
Bonus tiny spider inside a half eaten pepper
 

 

[TNKS]

These are so fckn cool
I have seven this year close to the house
I feed them flies and crickets(tossed to the web)
Bad ass spiders for sure
Big one this year is about 4" long and a leg spread out to near 7"
Big Ole wench for sure,her boy friends arent half her size
There is a nest that should hatch out any day now,the rains likely are holding them back
Thanks for the coolness pic of a LoneStar critter

Giant Yellow Garden Spider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_auran

 

 

[TXCG]

That giant Yellow Garden Spider has officially claimed my garden as hers now. 
 

 

[TXCG]

Got a video of spiderbro eating a grasshopper
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7XRlPJb4xs