Show your Bugs and Critters

[RyanY]

Dan recommended me to come post here. We have been following caterpillars as they turn into monarchs at my house lately. Amazingly we were able to find this caterpillar right after it exited the chrysalis while it was still drying its wings getting ready to fly.

[Manixguy@1994]

Dan recommended me to come post here. We have been following caterpillars as they turn into monarchs at my house lately. Amazingly we were able to find this caterpillar right after it exited the chrysalis while it was still drying its wings getting ready to fly.
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Job well done Ryan really cool and showed pictures to my wife . Looks like you have an assistant too ! Very sweet . Dan

[RyanY]

Yes I do haha, that’s my youngest. He sure thought it was cool. And he did a good job being gentle and careful with the butterfly.

[vivi]

anyone got an idea?

normally I'm good with ID'ing snakes but I wasn't sure about this one.

plant and animal ID app said the following:

eastern rat snake
western rat snake
california king snake
Eastern massasauga
many banded krait

out of those rat snake and eastern massasauga look the closest to me.






the pattern on its head makes me lean heavily towards some form of rat snake. massasauga's have a much different pattern on top of their head.

[Mushroom]

anyone got an idea?

normally I'm good with ID'ing snakes but I wasn't sure about this one.

plant and animal ID app said the following:

eastern rat snake
western rat snake
california king snake
Eastern massasauga
many banded krait

out of those rat snake and eastern massasauga look the closest to me.






the pattern on its head makes me lean heavily towards some form of rat snake. massasauga's have a much different pattern on top of their head.

I initially thought it might be a corn snake but it's a bit more grey and less red than I would expect.

I think your I.D is correct - Looks like a young Eastern Rat Snake.

[Manixguy@1994]

I think Nick is correct . We had a large Garter Snake in big island landscaping bed this week which totally surprised mymwfe cutting back Hibiscus. Quite the panic attack ! Didn’t have time for a shot but caught him and released it to farther back part of yard . Dan

[Mad Mac]

iNaturalist Seek app instantly identified genus
as North American Rat Snake
but could not identify the species.

[Manixguy@1994]

One of two Turkeys having a party at Granddaughter’s house . Dan

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Dan recommended me to come post here. We have been following caterpillars as they turn into monarchs at my house lately. Amazingly we were able to find this caterpillar right after it exited the chrysalis while it was still drying its wings getting ready to fly.
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So cool @RyanY

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

anyone got an idea?

normally I'm good with ID'ing snakes but I wasn't sure about this one.

plant and animal ID app said the following:

eastern rat snake
western rat snake
california king snake
Eastern massasauga
many banded krait

out of those rat snake and eastern massasauga look the closest to me.






the pattern on its head makes me lean heavily towards some form of rat snake. massasauga's have a much different pattern on top of their head.

Beautiful snake

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

One of two Turkeys having a party at Granddaughter’s house . Dan

That’s a bold turkey

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

So I decided to plant a little mix of wheat rye oaks and clover to save some $$$ on the thousands I spend to feed these critters and despite the rocky terrain it’s coming up nicely

[Manixguy@1994]

So I decided to plant a little mix of wheat rye oaks and clover to save some $$$ on the thousands I spend to feed these critters and despite the rocky terrain it’s coming up nicely

Great idea and since they are in habit going to feeders they don’t have to wander to snack . Dan

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

So I decided to plant a little mix of wheat rye oaks and clover to save some $$$ on the thousands I spend to feed these critters and despite the rocky terrain it’s coming up nicely

Great idea and since they are in habit going to feeders they don’t have to wander to snack . Dan

Exactly, now I can buy more knives!

[Manixguy@1994]

I think this is a large Wolf Spider . Dan

[Mad Mac]

This little gal was perched on top of a T-post.
Possibly a Raspy cricket in the genus Pareremus, wingless, burrow-living insects. This raspy cricket female has a long and stiff ovipositor (egg-laying structure).
It may have crawled up the T-post because when it jumped it just dived to the ground. First one I've ever seen.

[Manixguy@1994]

This little gal was perched on top of a T-post.
Possibly a Raspy cricket in the genus Pareremus, wingless, burrow-living insects. This raspy cricket female has a long and stiff ovipositor (egg-laying structure).
It may have crawled up the T-post because when it jumped it just dived to the ground. First one I've ever seen.

Fascinating Grasshopper ! We had a few this year in yard which is rare . Pesticides have devastated the population in farm areas . Dan

[Skywalker]

Here's a differential grasshopper checking out my poblano plants... Not seeing a ton of them around, but there have been a handful. Big bugs.

[Manixguy@1994]

Here's a differential grasshopper checking out my poblano plants... Not seeing a ton of them around, but there have been a handful. Big bugs.

Love this shot ! I haven’t seen one that big forever . Dan

[vivi]

girls been really into trying to catch critters lately.



green anole





little brown skink I think



the rat snake from earlier