I'm in Vermont, I had never heard of a Hawkmoth before, gonna go look it up!
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Looks like it might be Hemaris gracilis or Hemaris thysbe; I'm leaning towards gracilis since thysbe doesn't have stripes on the underside of its thorax (according to wikipedia) and the legs look reddish rather than pale.
I'm gonna try to get a better picture of it to see if I can narrow it down, though with all the rain coming I might not have another chance.
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hi thread, can you help my friend identify this guy?
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Looks like a recently-molted cicada that's only about midway between squashy and crunchy. I can't see what its wings are up to, but they should be in the process of inflating with fluid before they dry. Once it's done, it should look like this handsome fellow:
Looks like it's a Sphinx moth larva, though not sure which. I was gonna try to get some video of it moving in the grass because it was so cool to watch, but it stopped moving after I took some photos. This is easily the largest larva I've ever found, I wanted to observe it longer but I had to go.
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Might be a tomato or tobacco hornworm-they have that general pattern and get very large (and so, so adorably fat).
But there are a number of other things that also look like that, so grain of salt
Is that a cockroach, and if it is should I make sure the apartment managers know about it? I've seen a few outside the past few days but this was the first I've seen indoors.
I don't want to overreact but I've got a distinct feeling they're less altruistic than, like, spiders or house centipedes.
I do know that if you give a house centipede a sock it will forever be in your debt and will, eventually, take a literal dagger in the chest to save your life.
Heya bug thread, got a question.
There's a hive of bees growing at a fairly good pace near my condo. The bees don't seem to aggressive, at least I've walked by their hive a couple of times (having forgotten that it's there) on the way to my car. The hive is ground level, looks like it's growing up next to some railroad ties they use for landscape features next to the sidewalk, so it's entirely possible an inattentive kid (or adult or family pet) could step on it if it gets much larger.
Just wondering what options there are.
I mean, I'd prefer not to wipe them out, especially as they've been cool enough about not stinging my dumb ass for walking next to their hive. (And, oh yeah, all the good stuff bees do in regards to flowers and other plants).
But, on the other hand, I'd really like to not walk through a cloud of bees on the way to my car.
Location wise, I live in Centennial Colorado, about 20 minutes south of Denver. Since I live in a condo the hive isn't really on my property, but if there are some options available I'd like to know what they are before I go to the HOA.
I would call an apiarist if I were you. Let them come and get them and give them a good permanent home.
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Yeah. As long as the hive is accessible without knocking down as wall, it shouldn't be too hard to find a local apiary to come pick it up for free, because that's cash money for them.
If you don't have any luck there, I'd honestly just put up a post about it in the "free" section of craigslist. Let some amateur beekeeper give it a shot.
If it's not too much of a hassle, I'd try something like that before notifying my HOA. They have a bad habit of just calling an exterminator, and they'll generally just hose it down with hornet poison and call it a day.
Is that a cockroach, and if it is should I make sure the apartment managers know about it? I've seen a few outside the past few days but this was the first I've seen indoors.
I don't want to overreact but I've got a distinct feeling they're less altruistic than, like, spiders or house centipedes.
Hello it is I, Substitute BugBoy
I share his DNA so I am almost as good!
That is definitely a cockroach
And you should show them no mercy. They are not your friends
Not even BugBoy likes cockroaches*
*well, he probably likes hissing cockroaches. He doesn't like the pest kind though
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I'm cool with them as long as they're not in my apartment
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
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I get it!
Edit: Ooooh, now I get it.
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When you're an entomologist, you have a 6th sense for detecting bugs.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
When you're an entomologist, you have a 6th sense for detecting bugs.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
I no longer have any honey.
I can't imaging a roach would have eaten that much honey.
When you're an entomologist, you have a 6th sense for detecting bugs.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
I no longer have any honey.
I can't imaging a roach would have eaten that much honey.
While technically you could just scrape off the top and be fine...the very idea that every time you drink your tea with honey you're thinking "There is a remote chance that there is roachpoop in this" means that I'll rather buy a new jar of honey.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
When you're an entomologist, you have a 6th sense for detecting bugs.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
I no longer have any honey.
I can't imaging a roach would have eaten that much honey.
While technically you could just scrape off the top and be fine...the very idea that every time you drink your tea with honey you're thinking "There is a remote chance that there is roachpoop in this" means that I'll rather buy a new jar of honey.
I got some bad news about FDA standards
I have a podcast now. It's about video games and anime!Find it here.
When you're an entomologist, you have a 6th sense for detecting bugs.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
I no longer have any honey.
I can't imaging a roach would have eaten that much honey.
While technically you could just scrape off the top and be fine...the very idea that every time you drink your tea with honey you're thinking "There is a remote chance that there is roachpoop in this" means that I'll rather buy a new jar of honey.
I got some bad news about FDA standards
Not in my country you don't. Bee poop only.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
lookit this cute little guy! he's proof of how cruel nature is. lookit his fwuffy soft back that just calls out "pet me!" southern flannel moth caterpillars look adorable. I want to pet one. unfortunately they're venemous and can deliver a sting that one write up said "was more painful than the times I've smashed myself, full force, with a hammer to the hand" and lasts 12+ hours. neat! I only learned about these little dudes because my phone let me know that now that we've moved, we're in prime "asp caterpillar" territory and to watch out for stings. if I haven't managed to totally botch my links, you can click the photo for a local news story that includes video of these FLUFFY ADORABLE LITTLE BABIES OF PAIN
I saw a wasp in my girlfriend's yard and yelled at the cat when it was trying to catch it (it managed to bash it, and then the wasp got near its face).
I then got called out into the yard again a bit later to see the wasp dragging off a huntsman spider it had paralysed.
It was going to lay its eggs in it.
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Looks like it might be Hemaris gracilis or Hemaris thysbe; I'm leaning towards gracilis since thysbe doesn't have stripes on the underside of its thorax (according to wikipedia) and the legs look reddish rather than pale.
I'm gonna try to get a better picture of it to see if I can narrow it down, though with all the rain coming I might not have another chance.
Not sure what this guy is doing hanging out away from a plant. Maybe he's just a rebel.
I have never seen this before. Midwest Georgia, if that helps.
Looks like it's a Sphinx moth larva, though not sure which. I was gonna try to get some video of it moving in the grass because it was so cool to watch, but it stopped moving after I took some photos. This is easily the largest larva I've ever found, I wanted to observe it longer but I had to go.
But there are a number of other things that also look like that, so grain of salt
He's breaking the fourth wall obviously
Definitely not a tomato, those are red and round. Might be a tobacco hornworm, I guess.
edit: whoops no it's not. Tobacco moth seems more of a match, as mentioned before.
they are very pretty though
link for probably big
Is that a cockroach, and if it is should I make sure the apartment managers know about it? I've seen a few outside the past few days but this was the first I've seen indoors.
I don't want to overreact but I've got a distinct feeling they're less altruistic than, like, spiders or house centipedes.
There's a hive of bees growing at a fairly good pace near my condo. The bees don't seem to aggressive, at least I've walked by their hive a couple of times (having forgotten that it's there) on the way to my car. The hive is ground level, looks like it's growing up next to some railroad ties they use for landscape features next to the sidewalk, so it's entirely possible an inattentive kid (or adult or family pet) could step on it if it gets much larger.
Just wondering what options there are.
I mean, I'd prefer not to wipe them out, especially as they've been cool enough about not stinging my dumb ass for walking next to their hive. (And, oh yeah, all the good stuff bees do in regards to flowers and other plants).
But, on the other hand, I'd really like to not walk through a cloud of bees on the way to my car.
Location wise, I live in Centennial Colorado, about 20 minutes south of Denver. Since I live in a condo the hive isn't really on my property, but if there are some options available I'd like to know what they are before I go to the HOA.
If you don't have any luck there, I'd honestly just put up a post about it in the "free" section of craigslist. Let some amateur beekeeper give it a shot.
If it's not too much of a hassle, I'd try something like that before notifying my HOA. They have a bad habit of just calling an exterminator, and they'll generally just hose it down with hornet poison and call it a day.
Hello it is I, Substitute BugBoy
I share his DNA so I am almost as good!
That is definitely a cockroach
And you should show them no mercy. They are not your friends
Not even BugBoy likes cockroaches*
*well, he probably likes hissing cockroaches. He doesn't like the pest kind though
Or in my shirt, like that one time
Edit: Ooooh, now I get it.
For example, when I picked up this jar of honey I thought "I should check this for roaches", even though it seemed impossible for a roach to get into this nice sealed jar of honey.
I no longer have any honey.
I can't imaging a roach would have eaten that much honey.
While technically you could just scrape off the top and be fine...the very idea that every time you drink your tea with honey you're thinking "There is a remote chance that there is roachpoop in this" means that I'll rather buy a new jar of honey.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I got some bad news about FDA standards
Not in my country you don't. Bee poop only.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
First: a moth with giant tentacles
https://facebook.com/gadik63/videos/707361412787259/
Second: A snake that fused with a spider
Gif linked for size:
https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Spider-Tail-Snake-GIF-2-10232017.gif
herpetofocus.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/A-New-Species-of-Pseudocerastes-with-Elaborate-Tail-Ornamentation-from-Western-Iran.pdf
lookit this cute little guy! he's proof of how cruel nature is. lookit his fwuffy soft back that just calls out "pet me!" southern flannel moth caterpillars look adorable. I want to pet one. unfortunately they're venemous and can deliver a sting that one write up said "was more painful than the times I've smashed myself, full force, with a hammer to the hand" and lasts 12+ hours. neat! I only learned about these little dudes because my phone let me know that now that we've moved, we're in prime "asp caterpillar" territory and to watch out for stings. if I haven't managed to totally botch my links, you can click the photo for a local news story that includes video of these FLUFFY ADORABLE LITTLE BABIES OF PAIN
I was gonna make a post about the narration but didn't want to seem like a buzzkill. Glad I'm not alone!
Also wow, what a buzzkill!
I guess I want some insight on...beehavior.
I saw a wasp in my girlfriend's yard and yelled at the cat when it was trying to catch it (it managed to bash it, and then the wasp got near its face).
I then got called out into the yard again a bit later to see the wasp dragging off a huntsman spider it had paralysed.
It was going to lay its eggs in it.
It was pretty cool.