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by Mad Mac
Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Since I quit washing my picture windows
I have had no bird strikes.
That's my excuse and I'm going to stick to it.
by Mad Mac
Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

That is the most amazing web I have ever seen.
by Mad Mac
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:48 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

The praying mantis is a European Mantis
The dragonfly is a Common Darter Meadowhawk.
The caterpillar will morph into an Old World Swallowtail.
by Mad Mac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:03 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Good luck with that.
Keep us posted.
by Mad Mac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

This caterpillar will become a pupa
and then a Polyphemus moth,
named for the Greek cyclops.
It is a species of giant silk moth
with up to a 6-inch wingspan.
by Mad Mac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:23 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

It's not easy to pet a hummingbird
but this is interesting.
Petting dogs can boost mood
and improve mental health.
by Mad Mac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:05 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbirds.
Only the males have red throats.
by Mad Mac
Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Condylostylus patibulatus
A species of long legged fly.
by Mad Mac
Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:08 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Knife For Boy Scouts
Replies: 37
Views: 9490

Re: Spyderco Knife For Boy Scouts

What about the ClipiTool Standard?
It has a bottle opener and can opener,
two screwdriver blades and a wire stripper.
Just add tribute etching on the blade for Trail Life.
And it is more affordable for scouts.

As for the toothpick, whittle a point on a twig.
That's what the blade is for.
by Mad Mac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Red Wasps, Umbrella Paper Wasps, have been swarming my back porch. At 10pm I go out with a bright flashlight and wasp spray and spray them where they roost in groups on the ceiling of the porch. I've killed a couple dozen that way already but there were still a dozen on my picture window today. This...
by Mad Mac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Southern Ground Yellowjacket
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
by Mad Mac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Yes it is! Outstanding.
by Mad Mac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:31 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Ruddy Darter, species of Meadowhawk dragonflies.
Is that dragonfly perched on a Spyderco Dragonfly?
by Mad Mac
Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Nice shot of a Hackberry Emperor.
by Mad Mac
Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Yes, Seek identified it as a Spotted Pink Ladybeetle.
by Mad Mac
Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Last Gun You Bought
Replies: 1502
Views: 299610

Re: The Last Gun You Bought

Right. I only need minute of coyote accuracy.
by Mad Mac
Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:46 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Never have seen a spiny lizard.
But I sure do miss horn toads.
Last one I saw was in the '70s.
Inside the Effort to Save the Beloved Texas Horned Lizard

Image
by Mad Mac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Last Gun You Bought
Replies: 1502
Views: 299610

Re: The Last Gun You Bought

You youngsters enjoy good eyesight while you can. Between the progressive pterygium from the left and cataract from the right in my aiming eyeball an expensive scope would be wasted on me. My ophthalmologist referred me to a specialist. He must be a good one. I could not get an appointment until Oct...
by Mad Mac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Show your Bugs and Critters
Replies: 1555
Views: 176502

Re: Show your Bugs and Critters

Texas Spiny Lizard
Way to go Sypdergirl88.
Good to hear from you.
by Mad Mac
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Last Gun You Bought
Replies: 1502
Views: 299610

Re: The Last Gun You Bought

That's the ticket.
That .45 group was nice, too.