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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 25, 2017 17:27:46 GMT -5
Turning the tables on you. Who can guess what these are?
Found these up at my dad's (San Diego) last week on a boysenberry vine. Knew they were bug eggs, but had to look online to find out what they would hatch into (or not!).
About the size, color, shape and texture as cantaloupe seeds. 
Standard red brick for size comparison.
This one appeared out of nowhere on my tailings pile while prospecting on Saturday, Banner Grade east of Julian.
It is maybe 5/8" wide, including legs. Wish I had gotten a better picture of it.
Any guesses?? Jean
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 25, 2017 17:52:16 GMT -5
Katydid eggs and one of the flower crab spiders....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 25, 2017 18:27:09 GMT -5
Ding ding ding! Mel, I knew you would get them in a flash. You are the Cali bug czar!!
FYI, they eggs were Katy-didn't eggs. I thought they were grasshopper eggs at first, but katydids just as bad for eating the greenery. I done squished them, which was no mean feat!
I also did not know that the crab spiders are something of a chameleon. They can change colors to match their background.
Well, anybody else have something interesting they would like to share, test our wits?
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 25, 2017 19:13:52 GMT -5
Crab spiders are incredible, so variable in color and even shape. I've got to get out my macro lens and take some pics of the insects and spiders in our yard. Texas is a bug zoo! We actually have the Greater Arid Lands Katydid ( Red Eyed Devil) Can be close to six inches with the ovipositor and they are hunters of other grasshoppers. As Crocodile Dundee would say, "Now that's a Katydid!" They jump on other grasshoppers, hold them with their leg spines and literally tear them to shreds. This is a little one, only four inches or so. By the way, they bite hard enough to draw blood....Mel  Not my pic but this is how they look when they get pissed off and display to try to scare you off. That's where they got the Red Eyed Devil nickname.  |
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 25, 2017 19:21:27 GMT -5
Ive been bit by local grasshoppers when they took offense at being put on a fishing hook. That guy would eat the fish, not the other way around.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 25, 2017 23:27:25 GMT -5
Crab spiders are incredible, so variable in color and even shape. I've got to get out my macro lens and take some pics of the insects and spiders in our yard. Texas is a bug zoo! Please do! Would love to see some Texas bug-a-boos. |
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Post by beefjello on Apr 28, 2017 13:20:24 GMT -5
Spotted this thing out at Alamo Lake last month. Anyone know what it is?  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 28, 2017 14:19:33 GMT -5
Iron Cross Blister Beetle - Tegrodera aloga
I wouldn't want a group of these in my yard! 
Note: All Blister Beetles should be handled with care as they are able to secrete a compound known as cantharidin that can cause skin to blister.
Thanks for posting that, Brian! So how was Alamo this time around?
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Post by beefjello on Apr 29, 2017 13:48:11 GMT -5
Iron Cross Blister Beetle - Tegrodera aloga
I wouldn't want a group of these in my yard!
Note: All Blister Beetles should be handled with care as they are able to secrete a compound known as cantharidin that can cause skin to blister.
Thanks for posting that, Brian! So how was Alamo this time around?
Awesome thanks for the ID Jean! It definitely was wearing 'don't touch me' colors. Alamo was a mix of good and bad.. gonna post some pix  |
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 8, 2017 11:32:45 GMT -5
Hanging out under the deck.
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Post by fantastic5 on May 8, 2017 12:13:41 GMT -5
Hanging out under the deck.
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Post by Garage Rocker on May 24, 2017 10:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 24, 2017 11:47:12 GMT -5
Garage Rocker - You are correct, sir! I went looking for an ID for you. Came across this guy: 
Looks like a dead ringer to me. It was identified as a katydid nymph, just as you said. Unfortunately, it was unidentified as to species. Unless you are another katydid, that's probably a close enough ID.
Thanks for posting your bug, Randy.
Jean
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Post by coloradocliff on May 24, 2017 12:25:06 GMT -5
Dust em George.. Takes care of your aphids and slows down the mites. Wont damage like a wet spray with its petroleum solvent in a emulsible spray. Prolly speaking to the choir.. Looks like a fairy shrimp in appearance. Never would have guessed katydid juvenile form.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 15:00:12 GMT -5
Bug's are creepy, they make my skin crawl. Sea Louse.  Saw a ton of those at Pt Mugu last week. Didn't know what they were. Thanks for the ID. |
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Post by Sabre52 on May 24, 2017 15:22:06 GMT -5
Sea lice are very closely associated with sowbugs and pillbugs too I seem to remember those gross whale lice you get on whales and and gill lice you find on marine fish are in that same Isopod group too....Mel
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Post by coloradocliff on May 24, 2017 16:39:06 GMT -5
Turning the tables on you. Who can guess what these are?
Found these up at my dad's (San Diego) last week on a boysenberry vine. Knew they were bug eggs, but had to look online to find out what they would hatch into (or not!).
About the size, color, shape and texture as cantaloupe seeds.
Standard red brick for size comparison.
This one appeared out of nowhere on my tailings pile while prospecting on Saturday, Banner Grade east of Julian.
It is maybe 5/8" wide, including legs. Wish I had gotten a better picture of it.
Any guesses?? Jean
Aphids.. Alien eggs are bigger and are colored like labradorite. |
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Post by wpotterw on May 24, 2017 16:44:57 GMT -5
Turning the tables on you. Who can guess what these are?
Found these up at my dad's (San Diego) last week on a boysenberry vine. Knew they were bug eggs, but had to look online to find out what they would hatch into (or not!).
About the size, color, shape and texture as cantaloupe seeds.
Standard red brick for size comparison.
This one appeared out of nowhere on my tailings pile while prospecting on Saturday, Banner Grade east of Julian.
It is maybe 5/8" wide, including legs. Wish I had gotten a better picture of it.
Any guesses?? Jean
Aphids.. Alien eggs are bigger and are colored like labradorite. |
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Post by Pat on May 24, 2017 17:19:17 GMT -5
Jean, I thought your first one was scale. We only have brown scale, but figured they come in colors.
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 24, 2017 17:24:07 GMT -5
Pat - Nope, not scale. Mel Sabre52 guessed it correctly in the post immediately following mine.
They are katydid eggs! To refresh your memory. (Each time it gets quoted, the pic gets smaller)
coloradocliff - They certainly do look alien!
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