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Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:36 pm
by 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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 4:05 pm
by Manixguy@1994
RyanY wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:36 pm
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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:15 pm
by 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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:30 pm
by 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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:06 pm
by Mushroom
vivi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:30 pm
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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 5:53 am
by 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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 8:33 am
by Mad Mac
iNaturalist Seek app instantly identified genus
as North American Rat Snake
but could not identify the species.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:01 pm
by Manixguy@1994
One of two Turkeys having a party at Granddaughter’s house . Dan
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:52 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
RyanY wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:36 pm
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 
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:53 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
vivi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:30 pm
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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:54 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:01 pm
One of two Turkeys having a party at Granddaughter’s house . Dan
That’s a bold turkey
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:59 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
So I decided to plant a little mix of wheat rye oaks and clover to save some $$$ on the thousands I spend to feed these critters and despite the rocky terrain it’s coming up nicely
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:09 am
by Manixguy@1994
SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:59 am
So I decided to plant a little mix of wheat rye oaks and clover to save some $$$ 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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 5:25 am
by SaltyCaribbeanDfly
Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:09 am
SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:59 am
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!
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 5:10 pm
by Manixguy@1994
I think this is a large Wolf Spider . Dan
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:57 pm
by 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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:14 pm
by Manixguy@1994
Mad Mac wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:57 pm
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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:04 pm
by 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.
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 4:34 am
by Manixguy@1994
Skywalker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:04 pm
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
Re: Show your Bugs and Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 6:24 pm
by vivi
girls been really into trying to catch critters lately.
green anole
little brown skink I think
the rat snake from earlier
Dan