All-around Naturalist Thread

[Alyssa-Bee]

I think a wolf spider, large dark brown and hairy, about an inch long. They like the basement, sometimes the get upstairs and my kitty dispatches them

Yeah, my cats are spider munchers too. Although they will not bother the mouse.

 

[Jeanw]

I'll get you some pics of the cat faced spider who layed her eggs outside our door. If they are fertile they should hatch in Spring... she did lay them pretty late, though.

Cool!

 

[Jeanw]

Yeah, my cats are spider munchers too. Although they will not bother the mouse.

Lol, one day I found the bottom half of a mouse, and a guilty looking kitty nearby.

 

[Jeanw]

This is her 3 gram self before laying eggs:
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And after:
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WOW!

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Lol, one day I found the bottom half of a mouse, and a guilty looking kitty nearby.

Wow. Poor mouse, but I wish my cats would help us out!

 

[Jeanw]

Wow. Poor mouse, but I wish my cats would help us out!

I hear you, mice are a huge problem here, I wish they weren’t so cute. I feel bad when we have to get rid of them.

 

[arwoon]

I hear you, mice are a huge problem here, I wish they weren’t so cute. I feel bad when we have to get rid of them.

Same here

 

[PioneerChicks]

Let me think, ill get back to u on the favorite experience! That's hard
This is the type of anole common to my area, the common green anole (can change Colors)
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That's not a very good pic, I took it in my yard ill find a better one

This one is not common to my area but still an anole
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Woah, they're awesome! Too bad they aren't in my area.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I've had some similar experiences to yours, PioneerChicks! I was trying to take pictures of the little juncos in a nearby neighbor's bush, then their dogs noticed me and started barking, so the neighbors came out. I pretended to just be walking by. I also once found a swallowtail butterfly who had frozen on the road during the night. It looked dead because its wings had been run over by a car and frozen... only its wings were messed up, though. I picked it up(I don't remember why) and when it started to warm up in my hand and start moving I took it home, and obviously named it. It ended up living a long life without being able to fly... much. One day I took it outside and got excited that it was flying. It ended up crashing in the neighbor's yard. I had to go tell the neighbors that a handicap butterfly had fallen in their yard... it took me like 20 mins to find it's upside down form in the grass. (It was okay, though)

Wow, it's amazing you were able to keep the swallowtail alive for so long! Your neighbors must have been so confused! I did the same thing when one of my broody's.week old chicks escaped! (Don't worry, we got him back!)

 

[PioneerChicks]

Birds are probably one of my favorite animals to do stuff with!

Here's a picture of a bushtit I took recently!
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Thank you! I took more from yesterday but they were taken through my window and downloaded with only two megapixels. I was just using them for sketching.

Awww, he's so cute! Great picture! I would love to see your sketches!