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Mad Mac wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:18 am

Carolina Stagmomantis Mantid
After you have sex one time
she has the decency to bite your head off immediately
instead of making you pay for it for decades.

An unidentified species of Tylobolus Spirobolid Millipede.

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:47 am

He/she never stopped looking at me

Here’s looking at you kid!

No biggies yet for me . I have not seen any Walking Sticks at all .

At one point we had 30 total caterpillars and chrysalis; but the very hungry caterpillars ate my 4 milkweed plants down to nothing and wandered off. Looks like we will only collect 4 chrysalis this season, unless I go buy more milkweed plants. They seem to come with caterpillars!

Brush Footed Tiger Milkweed Butterfly Caterpillars

Monarch Butterfly

American Toad

Squash Bug

The Joro Spiders have decreased in population since exploding in Georgia. But you can still find them everywhere. They are quite large. Females being the large ones and males being small in comparison. When you find a web you will see the large female in the middle. Look close and you will see several small males in the same web system. A few years ago they didn't exist in Georgia. They were imported from Asia. The first year they exploded, they covered every bush and tree. It was insane and made all the local news. Now they are still everywhere, but no where near dramatic. They come out in August and die off as it gets cold.

Young one .

In backyard this afternoon.

Spotted Orbweaver

Mad Mac wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 5:28 pm

Spotted Orbweaver

Thanks Mac ! When I saw it this afternoon the appearance really stumped me . Dan

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird.
(The males have the ruby throat.)

SG89 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:35 pm

We have had a big drop in Hummingbird numbers last few days . I believe the migration is starting . We will be reducing the feeders and boosting the sugar content . They are usually gone here around the end of first week in October. Dan

Cool snake my Dad found. I googled it and I think it’s a bull snake. What do you guys think? North Texas.

Definitely a species of gopher snake. I agree, it looks like its a Bull snake.

See says Eastern Hognose Snake.

Mac , this bug was on back door this morning . I think he may be. A predator type insect and may have been attracted to night light attracting other insects . Just a guess , could be waiting to scare my wife ! Dan