BugBoyboy.EXE has stopped functioning.only bugs remainRegistered Userregular
Many arthropods can fly. Spiders are not typically among them.
But did you know that spiders can glide? Baby spiders often throw silk lines into the wind, allowing them to rise high into the air and move great distances. This I s good for two reasons: one, it helps the new spiders avoid heavy competition for food with each other and with their parents, and two, it helps moves them into areas they might not have colonized yet.
This post brought to you by the baby spider that landed on my phone while I was browsing the forums.
I saw an enormous moth at work today. It was larger than any other moth or butterfly I've ever seen--at least five inches in wingspan, darkly colored, and with gently swept-back wings. After looking around the 'net at home, I think it was a black witch moth. I wish I'd had my phone, because those are apparently very rare in Colorado; they're usually tropical.
On the subject of not killing things that you feel naturally compelled to kill, I have recently caught and released two wasps.
Whether or not I am right in doing so has been a subject of debate between the folk among me for the past couple weeks, but after an entire life time of absolutely no one in my immediate family having been stung by any bee, wasp, or hornet, I have decided that it is more satisfying and appropriate to spare them than to just straight up ice the poor confused buggers with my military grade fly swatter.
Mosquitoes are basically the only creature I murder without remorse.
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Jacques L'HommeBAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered Userregular
edited July 2015
The dragonflies are out in force this year. There are donzens of them in view at any angle, at any given time of day. It's super cool to watch and has been constant for the past several days. Some seem to hover for a bit, some dart right past, and others just seem to glide on by with a really rather leisurely pace, slow enough to really admire. Really cool buggers, with whom my spirit soars.
On the subject of not killing things that you feel naturally compelled to kill, I have recently caught and released two wasps.
Whether or not I am right in doing so has been a subject of debate between the folk among me for the past couple weeks, but after an entire life time of absolutely no one in my immediate family having been stung by any bee, wasp, or hornet, I have decided that it is more satisfying and appropriate to spare them than to just straight up ice the poor confused buggers with my military grade fly swatter.
Mosquitoes are basically the only creature I murder without remorse.
As an expert on wasps, I can tell you they are huge pricks and deserve death.
I saw this because one day I was sitting in a chair on the patio eating a popsicle and playing game boy when like 10 wasps flew up to me and stung me on my arm, shoulder and neck. And I wasn't even fucking doing anything!
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BugBoyboy.EXE has stopped functioning.only bugs remainRegistered Userregular
edited July 2015
Nooooooooooooooooooo
Wasps are wonderful
I'll give you that the colony-dwelling social wasps (Yellowjackets and their ilk) can occasionally be unpleasant, but the vast majority of wasps are solitary creatures that never bother humans unless under extreme duress, if even then.
They are cool and I love them
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I'll give you that the colony-dwelling social wasps (Yellowjackets and their ilk) can occasionally be unpleasant, but the vast majority of wasps are solitary creatures that never bother humans unless under extreme duress, if even then.
They are cool and I love them
As someone that wasps and yellowjackets love to sting, I have to disagree.
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Sir FabulousMalevolent Squid GodRegistered Userregular
Wasps are okay as long as you don't step on their nest by accident...
Or maybe if you're a toddler and there's a wasp inside the house and you want to pick it up and put it outside because there's no food for it inside...
I've been stung by a lot of wasps is what I'm saying.
Wasps are okay as long as you don't step on their nest by accident...
Or maybe if you're a toddler and there's a wasp inside the house and you want to pick it up and put it outside because there's no food for it inside...
I've been stung by a lot of wasps is what I'm saying.
Or sit down on a park bench that they have made a nest under. And then not move at all. Or walk by them. Or be in their general area at all.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Have you guys ever lived in the same place as tarantula hawks? They're generally pretty chill, but God help you if one of them lands on your neck and you slap it. I had that happen when I was about twelve, and I thought I'd been shot. It doesn't linger like a bee sting, but for a couple of minutes it's definitely the worst thing that's ever happened to your nervous system.
Have you guys ever lived in the same place as tarantula hawks? They're generally pretty chill, but God help you if one of them lands on your neck and you slap it. I had that happen when I was about twelve, and I thought I'd been shot. It doesn't linger like a bee sting, but for a couple of minutes it's definitely the worst thing that's ever happened to your nervous system.
Think about it this way: tarantula hawks have the second most painful insect sting of all, so unless you run into a bullet ant, it's all child's play from here on out.
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BugBoyboy.EXE has stopped functioning.only bugs remainRegistered Userregular
I had one of those fun entomology moments today where something lands in front of me and I don't know what it is at all for a while
At first glance I thought it was a fly, on a closer look a wasp, and on yet a closer look I revised my guess back to fly.
I spent a long time watching it wave it's long front legs around slowly, before it flew off.
It turned out to be a stilt legged fly, and it's unusual appearance and leg-waving show are part of an attempt to convince other creatures that it is, in fact, a wasp.
It does a good job.
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Foolproofthats what my hearts becomein that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered Userregular
A busy bee. A friend told me it looks like a kind of Psithyrus, the cuckoo bumblebees.
Some of the spiders are eating really well. There are still plenty of mosquitoes in the woods.
The webs are made by these ladies. They shake the webs if you get too close because they don't want them wrecked. Their webs are big enough that when I walk into one I can walk backwards and the web pulls off without breaking. They are some kind of spiny orb-weaver.
I'll give you that the colony-dwelling social wasps (Yellowjackets and their ilk) can occasionally be unpleasant, but the vast majority of wasps are solitary creatures that never bother humans unless under extreme duress, if even then.
They are cool and I love them
To be fair I specifically mentioned yellowjackets.
Have you guys ever lived in the same place as tarantula hawks? They're generally pretty chill, but God help you if one of them lands on your neck and you slap it. I had that happen when I was about twelve, and I thought I'd been shot. It doesn't linger like a bee sting, but for a couple of minutes it's definitely the worst thing that's ever happened to your nervous system.
That looks scary, I wonder what Wikipedia has to say...
"When the wasp larvae hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive."
Have you guys ever lived in the same place as tarantula hawks? They're generally pretty chill, but God help you if one of them lands on your neck and you slap it. I had that happen when I was about twelve, and I thought I'd been shot. It doesn't linger like a bee sting, but for a couple of minutes it's definitely the worst thing that's ever happened to your nervous system.
Fuck that thing, it has no place in a decent world.
Have you guys ever lived in the same place as tarantula hawks? They're generally pretty chill, but God help you if one of them lands on your neck and you slap it. I had that happen when I was about twelve, and I thought I'd been shot. It doesn't linger like a bee sting, but for a couple of minutes it's definitely the worst thing that's ever happened to your nervous system.
Fuck that thing, it has no place in a decent world.
you're right it's too beautiful for this world.
edit the sad part is they only look like that midflight. When they're attacking a spider the wings are mostly folded.
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I saw a spidey! Bout as big around as my thumb, and her body the size of my thumbnail.
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SHELOB!!!
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I couldn't get a good picture but she had really beautiful tiger-like markings on her back, all orange and tan and whatnot.
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But did you know that spiders can glide? Baby spiders often throw silk lines into the wind, allowing them to rise high into the air and move great distances. This I s good for two reasons: one, it helps the new spiders avoid heavy competition for food with each other and with their parents, and two, it helps moves them into areas they might not have colonized yet.
This post brought to you by the baby spider that landed on my phone while I was browsing the forums.
Mosquitoes are basically the only creature I murder without remorse.
Also, dragonflies are friggin' big.
and yellowjackets.
I saw this because one day I was sitting in a chair on the patio eating a popsicle and playing game boy when like 10 wasps flew up to me and stung me on my arm, shoulder and neck. And I wasn't even fucking doing anything!
Wasps are wonderful
I'll give you that the colony-dwelling social wasps (Yellowjackets and their ilk) can occasionally be unpleasant, but the vast majority of wasps are solitary creatures that never bother humans unless under extreme duress, if even then.
They are cool and I love them
And it's downright indecent. How am I supposed to explain them dangly legs to my youngins?
As someone that wasps and yellowjackets love to sting, I have to disagree.
Or maybe if you're a toddler and there's a wasp inside the house and you want to pick it up and put it outside because there's no food for it inside...
I've been stung by a lot of wasps is what I'm saying.
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Or sit down on a park bench that they have made a nest under. And then not move at all. Or walk by them. Or be in their general area at all.
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Think about it this way: tarantula hawks have the second most painful insect sting of all, so unless you run into a bullet ant, it's all child's play from here on out.
At first glance I thought it was a fly, on a closer look a wasp, and on yet a closer look I revised my guess back to fly.
I spent a long time watching it wave it's long front legs around slowly, before it flew off.
It turned out to be a stilt legged fly, and it's unusual appearance and leg-waving show are part of an attempt to convince other creatures that it is, in fact, a wasp.
It does a good job.
A busy bee. A friend told me it looks like a kind of Psithyrus, the cuckoo bumblebees.
To be fair I specifically mentioned yellowjackets.
wasps in general are awsome.
That looks scary, I wonder what Wikipedia has to say...
"When the wasp larvae hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive."
Oh my.
A hummingbird moth. Same story, I couldn't get closer because the little critter saw me and we were in thick undergrowth. (Imaged cropped to center.)
Fuck that thing, it has no place in a decent world.
you're right it's too beautiful for this world.
edit the sad part is they only look like that midflight. When they're attacking a spider the wings are mostly folded.
I saw a spidey! Bout as big around as my thumb, and her body the size of my thumbnail.
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This seems like one of those fake British-woods memes but these are real. (I dunno about Ogo Pogo, maybe someone got confused)
the ones that roll into a ball are pillbugs
I don't care what science says, it's the only correct terminology
Our cats keep dragging them in
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One of the annual cicadas, as opposed to the periodicals that only come out every 13 or 17 years
At this point in the summer they're all over the place, but you don't often see them because they're mostly up in trees
why aren't butterflies called flutterby's?