Hope you don't have any outdoor plants you care about at all, because Japanese beetles are assholes that eat everything and are hard to kill and just generally gross and crunchy when stepped on.
This bad boy(girl?) was eating the wood for making a nest for three days straight. You could actually hear it's mandibles chomping the wood!
Not sure on which polistes exactly, but a sight to behold.
bwanie on
+2
Options
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
...
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
It definitely has a very unusual colouring for paper wasps (but it's definitely a paper wasp). Note that Paper wasps rate a 3+ on the Schimdt insect sting pain index, with only bullet ants, warrior wasps and tarantula hawks rating higher.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
+1
Options
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
Out of curiosity is there a really good reason not to kill that with fire?
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
Out of curiosity is there a really good reason not to kill that with fire?
They're not really aggressive, good pollinators and they love eating garden pests? However their sting is painful and dangerous enough that you should remove/burn any nest that's in close proximity to a house.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Central Virginia. A bit less than an inch long. Mostly black, with some very thin yellow lines running down the length. Three pairs of legs in front, two segments with no legs, then four pairs of a different kind of legs, then a couple more segments without, and then the big foot at the end. Friend or foe?
Well, at first I thought it was an unusually emaciated Pipevine Swallowtail, but you said it has stripes. So.
Orange-striped/yellow-striped Oakworm is my best bet. It fits with the build, The stripes can be more or less pronounced, from very clear to almost unnoticable.
Anisota senatoria/Anisota peigleri
Fiendishrabbit on
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
It definitely has a very unusual colouring for paper wasps (but it's definitely a paper wasp). Note that Paper wasps rate a 3+ on the Schimdt insect sting pain index, with only bullet ants, warrior wasps and tarantula hawks rating higher.
It was in vietnam, there's a lot of paperwasp variety there. It was minding it's own business and did not exhibit any agressive behaviour. Otherwise i would not have gotten so close
Well, at first I thought it was an unusually emaciated Pipevine Swallowtail, but you said it has stripes. So.
Orange-striped/yellow-striped Oakworm is my best bet. It fits with the build, The stripes can be more or less pronounced, from very clear to almost unnoticable.
Anisota senatoria/Anisota peigleri
I thought I remembered the antennae being on the head itself, but upon review of my photo and video, they do appear to be one segment back, just like your image. I think you have a winner!
Edit: if that's what it is, it turns into a pretty cool moth. Fuzzy orange body, with brown leaves for wings.
It definitely has a very unusual colouring for paper wasps (but it's definitely a paper wasp). Note that Paper wasps rate a 3+ on the Schimdt insect sting pain index, with only bullet ants, warrior wasps and tarantula hawks rating higher.
It was in vietnam, there's a lot of paperwasp variety there. It was minding it's own business and did not exhibit any agressive behaviour. Otherwise i would not have gotten so close
Yeah. I noticed that. Vietnam features 78 of the worlds roughly 300 species of paper wasps, and unlike Europe and the states many of the wasps have no photos but instead drawings or descriptions which would allow you to identify a dead or captured wasp (facial aspects, antennae proportions etc) but are practically useless when it comes to identifying a wasp from a photo.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Dunno. The build suggests some kind of hunting spider, but it's not a pattern or build that I recognize.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
The length from thorax to abdomen was about half a centimeter? Picture is sized up because I zoomed trying to figure out what it was from the markings.
I don't think it was a web making one either, as I'm am assuming that it was in a t-shirt that I had just put on that I had left on a plastic container. Only way it could have gotten under my shirt?
tastydonuts on
“I used to draw, hard to admit that I used to draw...”
0
Options
MichaelLCIn what furnace was thy brain?ChicagoRegistered Userregular
Here's a cutie I saw cruising along the other day:
I'm thinking that's a Spotted Apatelodes moth (Apatelodes torrefacta). Common in northern and eastern USA, uncommon in Canada and the southern US.
It will grow up to become this weirdo.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
+4
Options
MichaelLCIn what furnace was thy brain?ChicagoRegistered Userregular
Needs some moisturizer...
+1
Options
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
That thing looks like a bird's leftovers
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
Now you're just insulting Eudryas grata (aka, "Beautiful Woodnymph moth) and Macrocilix maia. They worked hard on their bird poop disguises.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
So, I just saw another one of those spiders, this time dangling closely to a wall a short distance from where I guess the first one hitched a ride? When I turned the light on, it proceeded to ascend up toward my ceiling (which is dark colored)?
“I used to draw, hard to admit that I used to draw...”
So, I just saw another one of those spiders, this time dangling closely to a wall a short distance from where I guess the first one hitched a ride? When I turned the light on, it proceeded to ascend up toward my ceiling (which is dark colored)?
That is no longer your house.
It belongs either to the spiders, or to the flame.
So, I just saw another one of those spiders, this time dangling closely to a wall a short distance from where I guess the first one hitched a ride? When I turned the light on, it proceeded to ascend up toward my ceiling (which is dark colored)?
That is no longer your house.
It belongs either to the spiders, or to the flame.
That decision though, belongs to you alone.
I fear you may be right; the past few days it's begun to run a circuit across the perimeter of the room. Perhaps my mistake was ceding the basement to their rule.
edit: it has completed the circuit and started again... . . . ?
tastydonuts on
“I used to draw, hard to admit that I used to draw...”
I'm sitting in a flower garden watching a dozen or so Monarchs do there thing when I see what looks like an nega-Monarch. Same size and shape as the other monarchs, but it has black wings with orange veins instead of orange wings with black wings. Sorry, I couldn't get a picture that wasn't some blurry, abstract mess.
What Butterfly did I see? I'm in Southern Wisconsin if location is important
Edit: Actually got a real good look and a picture. Not a nega-Monarch, but still interested in what it is
what the hell are these sticky fuckers that are all over my vines, and what do:
I googled, "furry aphids" but got "woolly Aphids" which seem to look different from these guys, which have much more whispy hairs and less black on their bodies
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
I'm sitting in a flower garden watching a dozen or so Monarchs do there thing when I see what looks like an nega-Monarch. Same size and shape as the other monarchs, but it has black wings with orange veins instead of orange wings with black wings. Sorry, I couldn't get a picture that wasn't some blurry, abstract mess.
What Butterfly did I see? I'm in Southern Wisconsin if location is important
Edit: Actually got a real good look and a picture. Not a nega-Monarch, but still interested in what it is
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
0
Options
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
Tussock moth. Almost certainly a Banded Tussock moth (which exist in every colour from pale tan to vibrant yellow. You can recognize them on their tufts, with two black tufts at each end and then some white tufts at the front end, usually 4). It grows into this
WARNING: No touching. Tussock moths will give you one helluva rash if you touch them.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
+14
Options
Blameless Cleric An angel made of sapphires each more flawlessly cut than the last Registered Userregular
Fiendish is just trying to keep all the adorable bug cuddles to themselves.
Those hairs are barbed and contain chemicals which are roughly equivalent to poison ivy in their effect... not a joking matter.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Posts
Not sure on which polistes exactly, but a sight to behold.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
They're not really aggressive, good pollinators and they love eating garden pests? However their sting is painful and dangerous enough that you should remove/burn any nest that's in close proximity to a house.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Orange-striped/yellow-striped Oakworm is my best bet. It fits with the build, The stripes can be more or less pronounced, from very clear to almost unnoticable.
Anisota senatoria/Anisota peigleri
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
It was in vietnam, there's a lot of paperwasp variety there. It was minding it's own business and did not exhibit any agressive behaviour. Otherwise i would not have gotten so close
I thought I remembered the antennae being on the head itself, but upon review of my photo and video, they do appear to be one segment back, just like your image. I think you have a winner!
Edit: if that's what it is, it turns into a pretty cool moth. Fuzzy orange body, with brown leaves for wings.
Yeah. I noticed that. Vietnam features 78 of the worlds roughly 300 species of paper wasps, and unlike Europe and the states many of the wasps have no photos but instead drawings or descriptions which would allow you to identify a dead or captured wasp (facial aspects, antennae proportions etc) but are practically useless when it comes to identifying a wasp from a photo.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Southeast PA is where I am located?
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I don't think it was a web making one either, as I'm am assuming that it was in a t-shirt that I had just put on that I had left on a plastic container. Only way it could have gotten under my shirt?
It will grow up to become this weirdo.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Now you're just insulting Eudryas grata (aka, "Beautiful Woodnymph moth) and Macrocilix maia. They worked hard on their bird poop disguises.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I was thinking more like a PSA for what happens when you don't condition/moisturize
That is no longer your house.
It belongs either to the spiders, or to the flame.
That decision though, belongs to you alone.
I fear you may be right; the past few days it's begun to run a circuit across the perimeter of the room. Perhaps my mistake was ceding the basement to their rule.
edit: it has completed the circuit and started again... . . . ?
What Butterfly did I see? I'm in Southern Wisconsin if location is important
Edit: Actually got a real good look and a picture. Not a nega-Monarch, but still interested in what it is
https://imgur.com/a/C5k2CDZ
I googled, "furry aphids" but got "woolly Aphids" which seem to look different from these guys, which have much more whispy hairs and less black on their bodies
rest
it'll be over soon
it'll be better
just rest
Tiger swallowtail?
They really look like those, everything I find seems to be about how to get rid of them.
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Tussock moth. Almost certainly a Banded Tussock moth (which exist in every colour from pale tan to vibrant yellow. You can recognize them on their tufts, with two black tufts at each end and then some white tufts at the front end, usually 4). It grows into this
WARNING: No touching. Tussock moths will give you one helluva rash if you touch them.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Fiendish is just trying to keep all the adorable bug cuddles to themselves.
Those hairs are barbed and contain chemicals which are roughly equivalent to poison ivy in their effect... not a joking matter.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Usually it's the Caterpillar...
The caterpillar.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden