All-around Naturalist Thread

[arwoon]

Maybe U could come down to AL in April-November and they are EVERYWHERE!!

Woah, they're awesome! Too bad they aren't in my area.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I found an alive wood louse spider in the toilet, I took it out and decided to try getting pics for Crestcrazy... and it escaped in the house. Apparently they are VERY fast.

Did you feel it crawling around under your sheets every night for a week?

I'm always the one to say to pple, "don't step on him!! Its just a Grandaddy long legs, and though they are venomous their mouths are to small to bite you so please don't step on him!!" (saying this while safely moving the spider to a safer area then lecturing the spider not to get to close to those kinda pple)

I always love this fact, though if you want the spider to live, there are better times to mention it

Cool! I love this thread!! Nobodys saying to "kill it"!! For the first time I am among fellow spider/anyotheranimal pple!

This is her 3 gram self before laying eggs:
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And after:
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Wow. Just wow.
I hope the eggs hatch!

 

[arwoon]

I am just as excited to see if her eggs will hatch and see pics of the baby's as I would be with chicks (ok, almost as excited)

This is her 3 gram self before laying eggs:
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And after:
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[PioneerChicks]

Maybe U could come down to AL in April-November and they are EVERYWHERE!!

I'm already considering! I can just imagine the talk: "Our next trip will be planned to so and so for the lizards"!

 

[arwoon]

Hey everyone! This morning I found a cool red centepied on my trampoline. I
like how his/her feet move like a wave sorta.

Sorry! Does anyone know how to get a video on here? I cant attach it. The video was so cool b/c you could see the legs moving like a wave.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Hey everyone! This morning I found a cool red centepied on my trampoline. I
like how his/her feet move like a wave sorta.


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Sorry! Does anyone know how to get a video on here? I cant attach it. The video was so cool b/c you could see the legs moving like a wave.

That's cool! I don't know how videos work but I think there is a guide somewhere.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Sorry! Does anyone know how to get a video on here? I cant attach it. The video was so cool b/c you could see the legs moving like a wave.

To post it in a public thread, you must first upload the video to YouTube, and then link it here.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I talk to my birds. A lot.
I also talk to other creatures... a lot. Titmice at the feeder? I talk to them. Crows flying overhead? I'll say a "thank you" for harassing the hawks. Spider on my wall? Say a little "hello." Stinkbug on my desk? I will probably name it and talk a little bit to it before completely forgetting all about it for a week.
I also sometimes talk to plants. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to step on you," or, "Poor thing, you're all wilted."
This isn't that weird, considering that I talk to our woodstove, but yeah. I talk a lot to things that aren't human or even sentient.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I see those all the time in the grass, their neat!

Wolf spiders kill brown recluse and black widows. We occasionally see one in our basement, and our kids are under strict orders not to disturb them. We no longer see black widows or brown recluse spiders. Good wolfies!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Cool! I love this thread!! Nobodys saying to "kill it"!! For the first time I am among fellow spider/anyotheranimal pple!

Golden orb weavers are beautiful, too.