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Hat Yai, Thailand
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Genus: Tagiades
Species: japetus atticus
Common Name: Common Snow Flat
Believe it or not, this is not a spider. It's called a Harvestman. They usually make their appearance in late summer or early fall, thus their name. They are differentiated from spiders inasmuch as they have a one-part body, only 2 eyes, do not spin webs, and are not venomous. Their primary mode of defense is to emit an extremely foul odor, which probably tastes terrible as well. They're beneficial critters to have around. They eat non-beneficial critters and poop.
I had to crop out most of the legs to make the body large enough to see clearly. It's amazing how tiny the body is when compared to the super long length of the legs. I like to have them crawl up my bare arm. It tickles, and it's fun to see how fast they can go :-)
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Don't really know ..... but you can find it and plenty of dragonfly type things all along the canal in Bridgwater.
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas
Arilus cristatus, a beneficial insect that eats harmful insects. The largest of the true bugs they are named for the spiny ridge or crest on the thorax. If present in the garden, the garden is considered to be in good health. However it should be noted they should not be handled. They are capable of a nasty sting when the jab a victim with their proboscis, said to be several times worse than a wasp sting. They also can produce a pungent offending odor.
This butterfly didn't budge for an hour... unlike many of his friends who made menacing divebombing runs at my head repeatedly...
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Conan: You shot the Easter Bunny!
Will Ferrell: He made a menacing gesture at me!
Conan: I think he was trying to give you an egg!
Will Ferrell: Why is the Easter Bunny even here, Conan? It's not Easter!
Conan O'Brien: I don't know, he just likes to hang around the studio sometimes...
--"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC)
Hiding in the mountain alpine environments of the Rocky Mountains lives a flightless grasshopper (Melanoplus dodgei). It lives no where else in the world. It is not pretty or of any identified economic value. It goes unnoticed by nearly all humans that visit the mountain peaks and cared about by even fewer. Many of the current climate models show that Earth’s climate is warming at an alarming rate. If these models prove correct then those animals and plants that have no dispersal corridor for movement are likely to disappear in the next few decades. Two environments that offer no escape corridors (and thus most at risk) are the polar environments and mountain alpine environments. When these are subjected to a warming climate there is just no where for their specialized plants and animals to go. I do not know how bad global warming will get – but I doubt that humans will ever allow the Polar Bear to go extinct even if their habitat disappears. Even two-hundred years from now they will continue to be a draw at zoos. But what about Melanoplus dodgei and the countless other insignificant (from a human perspective) plants and animals that occur in alpine and polar environments? Female Melanoplus dodgei at 12,000 ft, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
The Scaeva pyrastri is a distinctive hoverfly with three pairs of comma markings on the abdomen.
As in most other hoverflies, males can be easily identified by their holoptic eyes, ie, left and right compound eyes touching at the top of the head. This is a female as the eyes are not touching.
Taken with Nikon D3100 with 18-55mm kit lens
A Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea) on a Common Milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca) at Distant Hill Gardens in Walpole New Hampshire.
To see more insects found on Distant Hill, go to:
Lepidoptera
I was getting ready to watch the Obama State of the Union speech, when this moth started to fly around in the TV room in my house. I let it gently land on a piece of paper that I was holding and took this picture. This is so much more fun than politics!
This is the first USA insect picture for this year! Can't wait for the Spring!!!
Raleigh, NC USA
January 25, 2011