Birds, what about insects?
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
cool, those are interesting critters, that around here usually get stepped on by scared people. I tend to let bugs alone unless they eat my cacti or are in my house and dangerous, but I still catch and release scorpions
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
part of a tarantula hawk. It moved sorry.
kinda blurry pic of a Male Black Widow
Green spider on an Opuntia. I think it might be called an Opuntia spider.
Tarantula hawk. (searching for prey)
spider hole. I think it's a turret spider, but I didnt dig it up.
not an insect but it eats them! Horny Toad!
Spider on my truck hahaha
Spider that has lived in my house for 2-3 years. It has molted twice.
much clearer picture of spider above.
Female black widow
another shot.
Opuntia bug..
That's it for now
kinda blurry pic of a Male Black Widow
Green spider on an Opuntia. I think it might be called an Opuntia spider.
Tarantula hawk. (searching for prey)
spider hole. I think it's a turret spider, but I didnt dig it up.
not an insect but it eats them! Horny Toad!
Spider on my truck hahaha
Spider that has lived in my house for 2-3 years. It has molted twice.
much clearer picture of spider above.
Female black widow
another shot.
Opuntia bug..
That's it for now
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: Birds, what about insects?
Great pics everyone
Peter I don't know if I would let that spider live in my house for 2+ years but I don't mind the jumpers hanging around.
Peter I don't know if I would let that spider live in my house for 2+ years but I don't mind the jumpers hanging around.
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
it's not a black widow. I am not sue what it is. It's shy and stays in it's nest MOST of the time. When I so see it out it's out a little bit.
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: Birds, what about insects?
Looks like it might be a wolf spider. Does its house have a funnel shape? We have some that make their home in our entry way and my son passes a good chunk of the summer feeding them. The green spiders on the opuntia and your car look like they might be lynx spiders.
- Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
DustBunny, not sure about the one inside, it has molted a few times, it's web and where it lives are in the picture. And the Opuntia spider is a type of lynx spider.
Mantis hanging around my plants.
Mantis hanging around my plants.
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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Caught these 2 having a fight on one of my columnars today, in the time it took me to go inside and get the camera the spider must of got a bite in as by the time I got back out again it was all over. Spider has since then dragged it's dinner back into the gaps between the cactus ribs
Managed to get an ugly sun reflection in the lens as it was shot against the sun, not even a combination of lenshood and trying to shade it with my hand was enough.
Caught these 2 having a fight on one of my columnars today, in the time it took me to go inside and get the camera the spider must of got a bite in as by the time I got back out again it was all over. Spider has since then dragged it's dinner back into the gaps between the cactus ribs
Managed to get an ugly sun reflection in the lens as it was shot against the sun, not even a combination of lenshood and trying to shade it with my hand was enough.
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- gemhunter178
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
Was too busy to post this back around 5/12/2013, so, here's a dragonfly!
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A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
- Buckethead
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
I shoot a lot of dragonflies. Here's a male Common Whitetail and two Black Saddlebags mating.
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- CactusBoss
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
I love the mantids! They're the only insect that actually has somewhat of a cute face
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Re: Birds, what about insects?
“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly.....DaveW wrote:What about a few insects...
Re: Birds, what about insects?
Found this little guy hanging onto a plant underneath the awning, managed to get a few shots in before the wife vetoed it's location right outside the sliding doors.
Think I managed to also find mysef some spidermites that I didn't know I had
Think I managed to also find mysef some spidermites that I didn't know I had