Bitey? Huh, did not realize that.
The one that I caught inside seemed pretty chill while I was carrying it outside.
It's been a while since I've sufficiently offended either, but, anectdotally, I'd put the intensity and proclivity a little higher than a preying mantis getting pinchy? They're not aggressive*, but they're capable of letting you know when they're done being manhandled by some kind of ambulatory flesh mountain.
Hanging out in the butterfly garden again, but it's now a moth garden? One of them (the 3rd and 4th picture) appeared to have a set of wings inside a set of wings.
Hanging out in the butterfly garden again, but it's now a moth garden? One of them (the 3rd and 4th picture) appeared to have a set of wings inside a set of wings.
I'm 100% sure that it's a genus of leaf footed bugs called Leptoglossus (a lot of the species in that genus have that wide band across the back) and the shape of the rear legs as well as the two spots on the pronotum leads me to believe that it's a Leptoglossus zonatus, aka one of the leptoglossus species referred to as the Western leaffooted bug.
They're common around Texas, but you can find them in every state along the mexican border.
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Hopefully this uploaded right from my phone. My dog saw this thing just walking in the entryway. It was like 1-2 inches long. Black head mostly orange everything else. Im in oklahoma. Just curious what it is. There are lots of weird bugs around my house, but this was the only one that cooperated with pictures/i remembered to take a pic.
Happily, while you often find them in your flower beds, they are not harmful to plants. The adults are inefficient yet enthusiastic pollinators, and the larvae feed on decaying wood without attacking healthy trees.
Happily, while you often find them in your flower beds, they are not harmful to plants. The adults are inefficient yet enthusiastic pollinators, and the larvae feed on decaying wood without attacking healthy trees.
I don't think it's a flower longhorn beetle. The flower longhorn beetles have a narrow pronotum (neck-shield) and usually elytra that are widest at the front and then narrowing towards the back (giving it an elongated heartshape).
This longhorn has a pronotum nearly as wide as its thorax and a straight body that doesn't narrow but instead comes to a blunt end.
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Bitey? Huh, did not realize that.
The one that I caught inside seemed pretty chill while I was carrying it outside.
It's been a while since I've sufficiently offended either, but, anectdotally, I'd put the intensity and proclivity a little higher than a preying mantis getting pinchy? They're not aggressive*, but they're capable of letting you know when they're done being manhandled by some kind of ambulatory flesh mountain.
Bitey? Huh, did not realize that.
The one that I caught inside seemed pretty chill while I was carrying it outside.
It's been a while since I've sufficiently offended either, but, anectdotally, I'd put the intensity and proclivity a little higher than a preying mantis getting pinchy? They're not aggressive*, but they're capable of letting you know when they're done being manhandled by some kind of ambulatory flesh mountain.
I've never picked up a preying mantis, but I've held katydids many times and never had one bite me. I wonder if its limited to some species?
Could be, but I was at most 8 years old the last time, so it may have been more to with my excited little hands than it's natural temperment.
For example, being pinched by a mantis probably requires one to repeatedly poke one's fingers into their pincers; as one does when one finds a wild animal with pincers.
As long as you are polite a mantis is usually happy to treat you like a warm tree and you can generally just help them over to a good hunting spot.
Yeah, while out on a Cub Scout hike we came across one ~6 inches long that was pretty happy to just hang out on someone's hiking stick while everyone got a great look at the cool monster bug.
Mantises can pretty much be summed up as "Be Polite, Be Efficient, Have a Plan to kill everyone you meet".
Note that american and european mantises won't attack you unless severely provoked, but some asian mantises are big enough that they think they can scare you off if they're aggressive enough and will be more easily antagonized.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
During the summer, I was hanging out enjoying my friend's garden, when I spotted a mantis on a bush. Then a few minutes later, I spotted another on the same bush. And another. And another. Wonder if they were having a Battle Royale or what.
Can one of you fine folks help me identify what this guy is:
I found a handful of them hanging out in a gnarly looking blue bin out in a garage - some kind of roach maybe? It was only things that looked like this - some might have been fuzzy. They were small and my eyes suck.
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This tree/bush/whatever is always loaded with bees every time I see it.
I'd have gotten closer but frankly, bees terrify me ever since I was swarmed by them. They just constantly fly around and on its leaves.
I don't see any bees in that picture, but, judging by its discolored leaves, that Ilex boggart may be in survival mode.
They're in the holly family, but rather than producing toxic berries like their cousins, they ward off potential predators by emitting a psychoactive chemical that, when inhaled, causes fear in most mammals.
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So the bees might just be in Quid's mind? Goddamn Scarecrow and Poison Ivy teamup right there.
I'm trying to find a source for that fact? And that species doesn't exist?
Yeah, when I googled I just got some Harry Potter fanfic. Might have to take this over to the Plant Identification Thread.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I'm guessing if someone were to discover a plant that could exude fear inducing inhalants and then named it after Harry Potter, there would be considerable amount of information out there. Like, just between the Harry Potter, Plant and Science threads on these forums...
I'm trying to find a source for that fact? And that species doesn't exist?
Yeah, when I googled I just got some Harry Potter fanfic. Might have to take this over to the Plant Identification Thread.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I'm guessing if someone were to discover a plant that could exude fear inducing inhalants and then named it after Harry Potter, there would be considerable amount of information out there. Like, just between the Harry Potter, Plant and Science threads on these forums...
Yes, sorry, I thought that was apparent enough to not include a more obvious wink, but I guess nature is pretty crazy at times.
I'm trying to find a source for that fact? And that species doesn't exist?
Yeah, when I googled I just got some Harry Potter fanfic. Might have to take this over to the Plant Identification Thread.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I'm guessing if someone were to discover a plant that could exude fear inducing inhalants and then named it after Harry Potter, there would be considerable amount of information out there. Like, just between the Harry Potter, Plant and Science threads on these forums...
Yes, sorry, I thought that was apparent enough to not include a more obvious wink, but I guess nature is pretty crazy at times.
Just not mind-bees-crazy.
Well, until YOU gave them the idea, I'm sure they'll have it down in a few more months, thanks for giving nature ideas Arb!
I'm trying to find a source for that fact? And that species doesn't exist?
Yeah, when I googled I just got some Harry Potter fanfic. Might have to take this over to the Plant Identification Thread.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I'm guessing if someone were to discover a plant that could exude fear inducing inhalants and then named it after Harry Potter, there would be considerable amount of information out there. Like, just between the Harry Potter, Plant and Science threads on these forums...
Yes, sorry, I thought that was apparent enough to not include a more obvious wink, but I guess nature is pretty crazy at times.
Just not mind-bees-crazy.
nature is just crazy enough that would be believable
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Hanging out in the butterfly garden again, but it's now a moth garden? One of them (the 3rd and 4th picture) appeared to have a set of wings inside a set of wings.
The first one is probably the Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) in the family Nymphalidae.
The second is actually a moth, probably in the family Noctuidae (but I'm bad at moths), and maybe a Corn Earworm (Helicopvera zea) but don't quote me on that. I'm pretty sure of the Family, though
The last two pictures are of a Skipper, in the family Hesperiidae, which are technically also butterflies. I am horrible at skippers, but they are really easy to get to Family level, since their antenna have little "hooks" on the edges. You can see this in the third picture you uploaded!
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Fun to catch, but bitey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjSP2xYZm8
Bitey? Huh, did not realize that.
The one that I caught inside seemed pretty chill while I was carrying it outside.
It's been a while since I've sufficiently offended either, but, anectdotally, I'd put the intensity and proclivity a little higher than a preying mantis getting pinchy? They're not aggressive*, but they're capable of letting you know when they're done being manhandled by some kind of ambulatory flesh mountain.
*Unless you are in Madagascar?
https://www.newsweek.com/new-species-katydids-are-aggressive-and-have-big-biceps-702115
Hanging out in the butterfly garden again, but it's now a moth garden? One of them (the 3rd and 4th picture) appeared to have a set of wings inside a set of wings.
https://imgur.com/gallery/DkzIByE
"Nah, I want one of really juicy ones look like bark" *keeps flying*
Well, specifically he asked me if YOU ALL could help, because let's be real he knows
[EDIT] Wow that image is too big. hopefully i fixed it
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Hopefully this uploaded right from my phone. My dog saw this thing just walking in the entryway. It was like 1-2 inches long. Black head mostly orange everything else. Im in oklahoma. Just curious what it is. There are lots of weird bugs around my house, but this was the only one that cooperated with pictures/i remembered to take a pic.
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Happily, while you often find them in your flower beds, they are not harmful to plants. The adults are inefficient yet enthusiastic pollinators, and the larvae feed on decaying wood without attacking healthy trees.
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I don't think it's a flower longhorn beetle. The flower longhorn beetles have a narrow pronotum (neck-shield) and usually elytra that are widest at the front and then narrowing towards the back (giving it an elongated heartshape).
This longhorn has a pronotum nearly as wide as its thorax and a straight body that doesn't narrow but instead comes to a blunt end.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I've never picked up a preying mantis, but I've held katydids many times and never had one bite me. I wonder if its limited to some species?
Could be, but I was at most 8 years old the last time, so it may have been more to with my excited little hands than it's natural temperment.
For example, being pinched by a mantis probably requires one to repeatedly poke one's fingers into their pincers; as one does when one finds a wild animal with pincers.
Yeah, while out on a Cub Scout hike we came across one ~6 inches long that was pretty happy to just hang out on someone's hiking stick while everyone got a great look at the cool monster bug.
Mantises rock.
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Note that american and european mantises won't attack you unless severely provoked, but some asian mantises are big enough that they think they can scare you off if they're aggressive enough and will be more easily antagonized.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I found a handful of them hanging out in a gnarly looking blue bin out in a garage - some kind of roach maybe? It was only things that looked like this - some might have been fuzzy. They were small and my eyes suck.
Uh-oh I accidentally deleted my signature. Uh-oh!!
This tree/bush/whatever is always loaded with bees every time I see it.
I'd have gotten closer but frankly, bees terrify me ever since I was swarmed by them. They just constantly fly around and on its leaves.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I don't see any bees in that picture, but, judging by its discolored leaves, that Ilex boggart may be in survival mode.
They're in the holly family, but rather than producing toxic berries like their cousins, they ward off potential predators by emitting a psychoactive chemical that, when inhaled, causes fear in most mammals.
Yeah, when I googled I just got some Harry Potter fanfic. Might have to take this over to the Plant Identification Thread.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke.
I'm guessing if someone were to discover a plant that could exude fear inducing inhalants and then named it after Harry Potter, there would be considerable amount of information out there. Like, just between the Harry Potter, Plant and Science threads on these forums...
Yes, sorry, I thought that was apparent enough to not include a more obvious wink, but I guess nature is pretty crazy at times.
Just not mind-bees-crazy.
Well, until YOU gave them the idea, I'm sure they'll have it down in a few more months, thanks for giving nature ideas Arb!
nature is just crazy enough that would be believable
@38thDoe No, it's much less frequently requested. You can make a separate thread for your question though.
Okay so good news- two of those are butterflies!
The first one is probably the Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) in the family Nymphalidae.
The second is actually a moth, probably in the family Noctuidae (but I'm bad at moths), and maybe a Corn Earworm (Helicopvera zea) but don't quote me on that. I'm pretty sure of the Family, though
The last two pictures are of a Skipper, in the family Hesperiidae, which are technically also butterflies. I am horrible at skippers, but they are really easy to get to Family level, since their antenna have little "hooks" on the edges. You can see this in the third picture you uploaded!