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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 9:03:45 GMT -5
Here's a few of the creepy-crawlies in my yard. We'll start with the spiders. Silver Ariope (an orb weaver). This was around a few years ago, never saw one before or since.  Another orb weaver. This one captured the full moon.  These are cool to have around, but not so much when they put their webs in inappropriate places, face high. She is about an inch or so across when pulled up like that. Get these all the time, great insect control.  Brown widow  In profile  The warning  This is a lighter one, found a couple years ago. They are highly variable in color/pattern.  The works  And now for something nicer - Orange dragonfly. First three shots taken several years ago.    And these last ones taken yesterday. This one might have just emerged, had not seen it until yesterday.     Hope you liked my bugs! |
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Post by Pat on Sept 2, 2013 11:19:13 GMT -5
Nice collection! Dragon flies are so pretty. Spiders not much.
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Post by beefjello on Sept 2, 2013 11:56:45 GMT -5
I like your bugs Jean  The dragonfly shots are terrific. I always think of Evinrude from the Rescuers when I see them guys zipping by lol. Dig the orb weavers.. the widows not so much. Have you ever seen the peacock spider from down under? Pretty amazing.. www.youtube.com/user/Peacockspiderman |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 12:27:50 GMT -5
that is some really great photography!
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 14:04:02 GMT -5
Great photos jean. That is the most brilliant color on the mosquito hawk. I would like to know how many varieties there are. It is a female cause it is pink or it's light on it's feet(haha).
Do you have more colors? They are hard to get close to when sun is straight up. Mornings they are in a trance and i can get closer. The fish eat them when the sun is straight up to as i think
that must be their most active time of the day.
Arachnophobia stew. you got lots of them thangs. Mercy. They are freaky. And got poison that does weird stuff. I would rather be stung by any bug on earth than those rascals. (waves of chill bumps)
Looks like a full moon-skunks,Jean,spiders and wolf man all on the same night.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 14:49:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Pat and Brian. Brian,yes, I've seen the peacock spider before. They are cool! I think it was @shotgunner that posted a link to a video a while back. Thank you, Scott. Amazing what I can do with my old digital camera - when my subject is sitting still! jamesp, the orange bug is a dragon fly. I was just talking about the tarantula wasp, AKA, tarantula hawk. No pictures of them. When I see one, I go the other way! I have trouble picturing you with chill bumpx, James. I don't think you are afraid of anything... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 15:02:42 GMT -5
Jean, Jim is calling your bright orange dragonfly a "mosquito hawk". The name is apt if not perfectly descriptive.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 15:27:37 GMT -5
It is suthin for dragon fly. A slang. Mostly used by Flowridians.
I hired a kid that would reach into the root zone under creek bank overhangs and the idiot stick would grab (water) snakes.
Finally, one not afraid of snakes. The first water spider dashed by him and he was screaming like a child. Tatoos and all.
Me and him agree on spiders
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 15:34:07 GMT -5
Okay, now I get it. I was thinking you were calling it a tarantula hawk, not a mosquito hawk. Duh, need to learn how to pay attention! BUT, out here on the left coast, we call mayflies (or something that looks like a mayfly) a mosquito hawk. They eat mosquitos, too.
As for other colors, I can recall them also being brown. But I think they are mostly orange. Damselflies can be a pretty blue or green, but much smaller and more slender.
Edit - Looked it up, it's not a mayfly I was referring to, but a crane fly. That's what we call mosquito hawk. Too many different regional names referring to different critters!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 16:09:26 GMT -5
Thanks for showing Jean. Great photos. I can deal with spiders but I love dragon and damsel flies. They are the coolest bugs of all. I tied up a really bad fake damsel fly for fishing and as bad as it was the fish tore it up. I caught way over my limit that day.
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Post by Pat on Sept 2, 2013 18:14:19 GMT -5
We call your crane flies " gal nippers ". They fly around our shed after dark. Apparently drawn by the light. They don't bother me; they just sit and watch. ( metalsmithing).
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 20:59:36 GMT -5
A mosquito hawk usually refers to a bug that looks like a giant mosquito  |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 21:14:50 GMT -5
Meet "DRAGONHUNTER" the dragon fly eating dragon fly. Badest of the badest. From Images.Designed by Sikorsky.   |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 21:36:58 GMT -5
A mosquito hawk usually refers to a bug that looks like a giant mosquito James, yes, that's exactly it! That's what we call a mosquito hawk around these parts. We call dragonflies - dragonflies! Pat - gal-nippers, huh? They don't bother me, either. They were all over the barges plying the Tennessee River back in Alabama. Supposedly, they also eat mosquitos, but I have never personally observed it. They are cool in the house, help knock down the spider webs along the ceiling, LOL! James, a dragonfliy that eats dragonflies - the ultimate predator, dragonfly king! |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 21:42:03 GMT -5
I saw one fly by with a squirrel. Not just other dragonflies.
Gal-nippers??
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 21:44:20 GMT -5
Interestingly, adult crane flies are ephemeral and do not feed. Only the larvae feed, and in the soil at that. we only see the adults for a few days in March.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 21:46:28 GMT -5
I wondered about that. i wondered about damselflies that way too.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2013 21:54:30 GMT -5
This is the one i saw with a squirrel. This is a true to size prehistoric dragon fly.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 2, 2013 22:32:05 GMT -5
I saw one fly by with a squirrel. Not just other dragonflies. Gal-nippers?? With a squirrel, huh? You're too funny! Gal-nippers is what Pat called them. |
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Post by ash on Sept 3, 2013 1:53:18 GMT -5
Craneflys and mayflys both don't eat in the adult (imago) stage. I think cranefly larvae eat fungus. They are just flyin around looking for luvin. Dragonflys, however, do eat the crap out of mosquitoes.
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