DownUnderDoper
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You'd think he could stick it in her thorax for the camera! But no.
Not easy getting good bug talent.
Show me your critters!
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Not easy getting good bug talent.
dannyboy602
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That's some bad ass looking poison ivy right there
Roger A. Shrubber
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grows everywhere around here, snakes are optional
Roger A. Shrubber
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this guy, or one of his descendants, has been building a web just outside my door for more than 3 weeks now. they build it fresh every night, around sundown, and when i go out in the "morning" it's gone....
thewanderer718
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Not sure what kind of spider it was, so I just let it Be !!!!!!
Roger A. Shrubber
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looks like one of the many species of jumping spiders to me.
Jumping Spider
Size up to 1/2"
Jumping Spiders, also known as?Naphys pulex, (North American Jumping Spider) may be the easiest to recognize.?The Jumping Spider is the largest family of spiders with around 13% of all species.?They have rectangular faces and a very distinctive, flat-faced, big-eyed appearance that is difficult to confuse with other kinds of spiders. They also have a unique, herky-jerky way of moving. Most are small and hairy. Like all spiders, jumping spiders have 8 legs, 2 body parts, and no antennae. Eight eyes are present on jumping spiders, although 1 pair is often so small that it appears as though there are only 6 eyes. One pair of eyes is always very large and directed forward, almost like human eyes. They are known to have some of the best vision and tend to make use of it in their hunting, navigation and courting. Typically, these spiders move slowly and silently, they are quite capable of sprightly jumps, particularly when hunting but also in response to unexpected danger.
Jumping Spiders are active hunters. This spider has a well-developed internal hydraulic system that assists in extending their limbs by adjusting the pressure of body fluid within them. That means the spiders can jump without buiding muscular legs like grasshoppers, which allows them to jump many times the length of their body.When they move from one location to another, and more so when they jump, it releases and fastens a thin strand of silk to the place they're standing to protect them should they fall or they can climb back up to safety. Their diet is primarly carnivorous but they also include nector in their diet.
Jumping spiders use their vision in complex visual courtship displays. Males use their differences from females--plumose hairs, colored or iridescent hairs and other, often bizarre, modifications. If the female is receptive, she will assume a passive, crouching position. Jumping Spiders hatch from eggs and look like tiny adults when they are born. They shed their skin as they grow. Many female jumping spiders construct a silk case for their eggs and guard them until they hatch. The egg case is often built off of the ground in leaves, on branches, or in crevices on the sides of buildings.
Jumping Spider
Size up to 1/2"
Jumping Spiders, also known as?Naphys pulex, (North American Jumping Spider) may be the easiest to recognize.?The Jumping Spider is the largest family of spiders with around 13% of all species.?They have rectangular faces and a very distinctive, flat-faced, big-eyed appearance that is difficult to confuse with other kinds of spiders. They also have a unique, herky-jerky way of moving. Most are small and hairy. Like all spiders, jumping spiders have 8 legs, 2 body parts, and no antennae. Eight eyes are present on jumping spiders, although 1 pair is often so small that it appears as though there are only 6 eyes. One pair of eyes is always very large and directed forward, almost like human eyes. They are known to have some of the best vision and tend to make use of it in their hunting, navigation and courting. Typically, these spiders move slowly and silently, they are quite capable of sprightly jumps, particularly when hunting but also in response to unexpected danger.
Jumping Spiders are active hunters. This spider has a well-developed internal hydraulic system that assists in extending their limbs by adjusting the pressure of body fluid within them. That means the spiders can jump without buiding muscular legs like grasshoppers, which allows them to jump many times the length of their body.When they move from one location to another, and more so when they jump, it releases and fastens a thin strand of silk to the place they're standing to protect them should they fall or they can climb back up to safety. Their diet is primarly carnivorous but they also include nector in their diet.
Jumping spiders use their vision in complex visual courtship displays. Males use their differences from females--plumose hairs, colored or iridescent hairs and other, often bizarre, modifications. If the female is receptive, she will assume a passive, crouching position. Jumping Spiders hatch from eggs and look like tiny adults when they are born. They shed their skin as they grow. Many female jumping spiders construct a silk case for their eggs and guard them until they hatch. The egg case is often built off of the ground in leaves, on branches, or in crevices on the sides of buildings.
alphapinene
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Red spotted salamander...cool lil guy !
too larry
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We have a Pocket Gopher down here in NW Florida that is called a salamander. They say it used to be sandy mounder, but has morphed. Anyway, the cats must have caught one. I saw in the driveway, all covered in ants. Was much pinker than this one {from Google}
alphapinene
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Well damn, Are they the ones with the big ass buck teeth? Looks like a real pain in the ass, gotta start playing wack a gopher lol..we have moles around my part..fuckin dig tunnels like there's no tomorrowWhy were they called Sandy Mounders you ask. I have this shit all over my farm. Hell on mower blades.
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too larry
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Yep, the two front teeth are always showing. We used to grow caster beans {as in castor oil} to kill them with. Put the bean down in the run. They will eat it and die. We have farm cats, and they catch a few around the house. When I was cutting hay, they were a pain in the ass.
You can see the mounds alongside any NW Florida road. At least in the sandy parts.
alphapinene
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Found this lil bugger guarding my sacred cacti today
Pretty sure it's an asian beetle ..supposedly just as beneficial as ladies
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..Looks like a scorpion 