Man, I like bugs and think spiders are totally neat, but I'm too scared to really pick them up with my bare hands.
So have a moth
This haphazardly flew in to my store and we had to get it out because anything the size of a small bird can set off the motion sensor alarms in the store.
Poor thing was on it's last leg, it ran in to one of our vents and fell. It was cool for about 30 minutes or so, walked around on my hand but didn't try and fly away after that. I set it on a bush outside hoping it wouldn't be there in the morning but sadly it didn't make it
Aw dude, you're Geek Squad? You poor bastard. I feel for you, dawg. Most of your customers are probably about half as intelligent as that moth and about twice as likely to vacantly flock around shiny lights.
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My greatest regret in recent times is that I found a Sphinx moth here in Sydney. In the process of trying to photograph it my battery died, so I tried to take it to where I could plug in my phone. Moments from the door and the power outlet, it flew off into the rafters of the building never to be seen again.
I saw a praying mantis on the wall at work today and took a little video of it on my phone. Where is a good place to upload it so I can share it with you guys? I feel like my phone probably has the camera of a ham sandwich, so maybe just youtube?
I only took the video because I think I witnessed a praying mantis laying eggs, but I wanted a slightly more professional opinion, and @BugBoy seems to be the resident expert!
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Man, I like bugs and think spiders are totally neat, but I'm too scared to really pick them up with my bare hands.
So have a moth
This haphazardly flew in to my store and we had to get it out because anything the size of a small bird can set off the motion sensor alarms in the store.
Poor thing was on it's last leg, it ran in to one of our vents and fell. It was cool for about 30 minutes or so, walked around on my hand but didn't try and fly away after that. I set it on a bush outside hoping it wouldn't be there in the morning but sadly it didn't make it
Aw dude, you're Geek Squad? You poor bastard. I feel for you, dawg. Most of your customers are probably about half as intelligent as that moth and about twice as likely to vacantly flock around shiny lights.
To be quite honest the people I work with are my favorite part of my job. Some of the clients that come in can be a bit unruly, but who wouldn't be, their items are broken and they don't know how to fix it; In order to fix it they have to shell out money to some kid (me) who looks fresh out of high school. But for every bad experience I've had with an angry/dumb/rude client I've had more that treat me with respect and often times admiration. I am, after all solving their current life crisis. Some times they even bring you chocolate and stop by to wish you happy birthday!
Okay this is my first EVER upload to youtube, so don't make fun of me for taking the video sideways. I don't know how to not do that! But here is the video:
Man, I like bugs and think spiders are totally neat, but I'm too scared to really pick them up with my bare hands.
So have a moth
This haphazardly flew in to my store and we had to get it out because anything the size of a small bird can set off the motion sensor alarms in the store.
Poor thing was on it's last leg, it ran in to one of our vents and fell. It was cool for about 30 minutes or so, walked around on my hand but didn't try and fly away after that. I set it on a bush outside hoping it wouldn't be there in the morning but sadly it didn't make it
Aw dude, you're Geek Squad? You poor bastard. I feel for you, dawg. Most of your customers are probably about half as intelligent as that moth and about twice as likely to vacantly flock around shiny lights.
To be quite honest the people I work with are my favorite part of my job. Some of the clients that come in can be a bit unruly, but who wouldn't be, their items are broken and they don't know how to fix it; In order to fix it they have to shell out money to some kid (me) who looks fresh out of high school. But for every bad experience I've had with an angry/dumb/rude client I've had more that treat me with respect and often times admiration. I am, after all solving their current life crisis. Some times they even bring you chocolate and stop by to wish you happy birthday!
Well that's cool! My experience as a Best Buy employee was... not quite so positive. I was in mobile, though.
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Okay this is my first EVER upload to youtube, so don't make fun of me for taking the video sideways. I don't know how to not do that! But here is the video:
You have caught a brown mantis (possibly giant from the size) in the process of laying her eggs! Mantid eggs are encased in a very hard substance, which keeps them very safe from predators until the baby mantids are ready to hatch out and explore the world. This is actually a pretty rare sight to find one of them laying eggs like this.
So what I was viewing was, indeed, a murderer? Or is it a myth that female mantis eat their mate?
Semi-myth. They were observed doing it in captivity, but it believed they only did it because they were super stressed out due to people watching them sex. When recorded in vacant rooms so as to not cause stress, there was elaborate courtship rituals observed and the dude walked away head intact.
Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
It's kinda like how the observations on wolves that led to the alpha/beta theory only happened because they were all captives from different packs, given a space so small that they had to get territorial
It's kinda like how the observations on wolves that led to the alpha/beta theory only happened because they were all captives from different packs, given a space so small that they had to get territorial
Which makes the whole PUA obsession with alphas and betas kind of funny but also a bit sad.
Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited January 2015
Hey guys. I am having a rare period of decent internet so thought I'd pop in to share some of the awesome bugs I have managed to photograph over here in RSA so far. This place is amazing for invertebrates, every day I see something I've never seen before.
Golden Orb Weaver, Nephila senegalensis. Going to try and get a better picture of this girl, she's huge and beautiful. It was too windy last time I saw her.
Sleeping wasps, possibly Belonogaster sp.
Red-veined dropwing, Trithemis arteriosa.
Velvet ant, Mutilla astarte. Actually a species of flightless wasp.
Copper dung beetle, Kheper nigroauneus. These guys are so charismatic, I adore them.
Lycosidae sp.
Elegant grasshopper, Zunoceros elegans.
Green lynx spider, Peucetia nicolae.
And probably my favourite so far:
Bagworm, Psychidae sp. These are moths which, in their larval form, make themselves a 'shell' from a silk bag covered in bits of grass or leaves, which they keep around themselves as they move around. Like a hermit crab. If you disturb them they retract inside the bag and draw the opening tightly shut. I was amazed when I found this one, I didn't know a caterpillar like this existed.
Hope you all like the pics. Got to try and get some photos of some mantids, they have some good ones here.
Bonus chamelon pic:
edited: to fix everything cos I gone done fucked up
Smof, your pictures are gorgeous. Like if you told me you stole them from a National Geographic I'd believe you.
Before following any advice, opinions, or thoughts I may have expressed in the above post, be warned: I found Keven Costners "Waterworld" to be a very entertaining film.
Wandering past a fence with a tree over growing it, I saw something faintly move and discovered this lovely Capricorn beetle hiding underneath.
Most pleasing find.
That's a pretty sweet mustache.
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The same fence I saw the Capricorn beetle pays off once again! A huge female white tail, fat and gravid from recently murdering the grey house spider from this web was sitting there. She gladly posed for a hot photo:
This is by far the biggest one I have seen at about 1" in length.
Smof, your pictures are gorgeous. Like if you told me you stole them from a National Geographic I'd believe you.
Thank you very much. I find myself wishing my camera/skills were better. but it's nice to know other people are appreciating the pics. I think a lot of my fellow students focus on the mammals and birds. I try to dedicate attention to the bugs because there is such an amazing diversity of them here. They're also considerably easier to photograph than birds and mammals because they tend to stay still for longer.
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I was just reading the snugglehug thread
and I gotta say, I think that lycosid photo is the cutest thing I've seen today
it looks so inquisitive
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hey folks, bugboy here with some Valentine's wisdom
it's often been said that you should wait to eat until after valentine's day romance, lest being full of food lead to unpleasantness
this is profoundly untrue
if you wait to present your mate with sustenance until after copulation, she may simply eat you to provide herself with the necessary protein to produce eggs
So make sure to procure a good meal for your loved one this valentine's day! It could save your life.
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Golden lynx spider, Oxyopes jacksoni
Golden orb weaver, Nephila senegalensis, with lunch
Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I don't know what that is, but I love it.
Speaking of which, can anyone identify this little critter? Found it under the deck today, and I'd seen one before, but I don't know what they're called.
Foolproofthats what my hearts becomein that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered Userregular
edited April 2015
Springtime is here in NE Indiana. I have seen my first wildflowers, reptiles, amphibians, and butterflies.
The first moths and butterflies to see are those that overwinter.
The mourning cloaks pictured here can live for most of a year.
The Green comma or eastern comma (idk which) are named for a mark on the less colorful side of their wings. Getting a shot of that has proven to be elusive.
I found this lil buggy trapped in a bucket at work yesterday. It was iridescent and shimmery and was black or green depending on how I looked at it. Anyone know what it is? And in case anyone was curious, I rescued it and set it free in the grass nearby.
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Aw dude, you're Geek Squad? You poor bastard. I feel for you, dawg. Most of your customers are probably about half as intelligent as that moth and about twice as likely to vacantly flock around shiny lights.
Pretty infuriating frankly.
I only took the video because I think I witnessed a praying mantis laying eggs, but I wanted a slightly more professional opinion, and @BugBoy seems to be the resident expert!
Always happy to answer bug questions.
To be quite honest the people I work with are my favorite part of my job. Some of the clients that come in can be a bit unruly, but who wouldn't be, their items are broken and they don't know how to fix it; In order to fix it they have to shell out money to some kid (me) who looks fresh out of high school. But for every bad experience I've had with an angry/dumb/rude client I've had more that treat me with respect and often times admiration. I am, after all solving their current life crisis. Some times they even bring you chocolate and stop by to wish you happy birthday!
Any excuse to ogle an ovipositor eh :winky:
You have caught a brown mantis (possibly giant from the size) in the process of laying her eggs! Mantid eggs are encased in a very hard substance, which keeps them very safe from predators until the baby mantids are ready to hatch out and explore the world. This is actually a pretty rare sight to find one of them laying eggs like this.
Semi-myth. They were observed doing it in captivity, but it believed they only did it because they were super stressed out due to people watching them sex. When recorded in vacant rooms so as to not cause stress, there was elaborate courtship rituals observed and the dude walked away head intact.
Which makes the whole PUA obsession with alphas and betas kind of funny but also a bit sad.
sorry about that!
nice find by the way
Most pleasing find.
Golden Orb Weaver, Nephila senegalensis. Going to try and get a better picture of this girl, she's huge and beautiful. It was too windy last time I saw her.
Sleeping wasps, possibly Belonogaster sp.
Red-veined dropwing, Trithemis arteriosa.
Velvet ant, Mutilla astarte. Actually a species of flightless wasp.
Copper dung beetle, Kheper nigroauneus. These guys are so charismatic, I adore them.
Lycosidae sp.
Elegant grasshopper, Zunoceros elegans.
Green lynx spider, Peucetia nicolae.
And probably my favourite so far:
Bagworm, Psychidae sp. These are moths which, in their larval form, make themselves a 'shell' from a silk bag covered in bits of grass or leaves, which they keep around themselves as they move around. Like a hermit crab. If you disturb them they retract inside the bag and draw the opening tightly shut. I was amazed when I found this one, I didn't know a caterpillar like this existed.
Hope you all like the pics. Got to try and get some photos of some mantids, they have some good ones here.
Bonus chamelon pic:
edited: to fix everything cos I gone done fucked up
I may have gotten A Glare.
But seriously, these things are cool.
That's a pretty sweet mustache.
This is by far the biggest one I have seen at about 1" in length.
Thank you very much. I find myself wishing my camera/skills were better. but it's nice to know other people are appreciating the pics. I think a lot of my fellow students focus on the mammals and birds. I try to dedicate attention to the bugs because there is such an amazing diversity of them here. They're also considerably easier to photograph than birds and mammals because they tend to stay still for longer.
and I gotta say, I think that lycosid photo is the cutest thing I've seen today
it looks so inquisitive
it's often been said that you should wait to eat until after valentine's day romance, lest being full of food lead to unpleasantness
this is profoundly untrue
if you wait to present your mate with sustenance until after copulation, she may simply eat you to provide herself with the necessary protein to produce eggs
So make sure to procure a good meal for your loved one this valentine's day! It could save your life.
Golden lynx spider, Oxyopes jacksoni
Golden orb weaver, Nephila senegalensis, with lunch
Speaking of which, can anyone identify this little critter? Found it under the deck today, and I'd seen one before, but I don't know what they're called.
Also, I have learned that the word "bug" is actually a scientific term. And that pleases me.
I'm kind of curious about how that came to be, actually
gotta do some research on the etymology of entomology
Frickin color changing spidies y'all
New study shows species of spider can change shape to resemble appearance of tooth brush in order to feed on your mouth germs.
The first moths and butterflies to see are those that overwinter.
The mourning cloaks pictured here can live for most of a year.
I believe that everything that has a central nervous system has been observed to need rest. This includes insects.
Obviously the way that insects rest isn't quite the same as mammalian sleep, but it probably serves the same purpose.
Or at least, that's what I remember reading in the past. I'm not an entomologist.
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