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Post by vegasjames on Aug 31, 2024 22:05:23 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 31, 2024 22:18:28 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Sept 1, 2024 8:20:43 GMT -5
You are correct James, hornworm it is. The moth feeds on aquatic canna flowers at late dusk in late summer. There would be many and their wings made a creepy alien humming sound. The sound was discovered at near dark one evening and I could not figure where the sound was coming from. It was actually a frightening experience. Apparently their daily feeding cycle is short but intense. This particular(banded) hornworm favors a particular fleshy annual aquatic plant that grows in water here during the summer. It also feeds on ludwigia, another aquatic plant. Apparently it finds a haven from non-aquatic predators by living over water on aquatic emergent plants. from images, banded sphinx moth We get the green tomato hornworms here in Las Vegas. Find some that look a lot like your more yellow hornworms in the deserts around here and Southern California. I will have to look around and see if I can find the pics of them. Rockpickerforever Jean's plants were constantly being attacked by hornworms in San Diego. I don't find them often in Georgia.
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 1, 2024 8:21:17 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 1, 2024 8:23:13 GMT -5
Odd fungus?
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Post by jamesp on Sept 1, 2024 8:26:18 GMT -5
Most wasp species drink from the shore. This one drinks while floating.
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Post by RickB on Sept 1, 2024 8:53:44 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 1, 2024 9:01:25 GMT -5
Odd fungus? "Marchantia, genus of liverworts (creeping ribbonlike plants) in the order Marchantiales, commonly found on moist clay or silty soils, especially on recently burned land throughout the Northern Hemisphere." Thank you. Long wondered what is was. Never seen anything like it before.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 1, 2024 9:05:41 GMT -5
Butterfly on native Joe-Pye weed(aka Butterfly weed). Often planted to attract pollinators. 5-8 feet tall.
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Post by miket on Sept 1, 2024 14:12:31 GMT -5
Lazy Sunday...for some of us
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Post by wpotterw on Sept 1, 2024 14:37:42 GMT -5
Odd fungus? Ooks more like a terrestrial Bryophyte, odd member of the fern family or something in between.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2024 7:04:45 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2024 7:27:40 GMT -5
This is Morgan. She just turned 10 months. loves to run.
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Post by HankRocks on Sept 2, 2024 8:45:14 GMT -5
Grasshoppa's jump out of the way of mowers and ATV's. When mowing around the ponds the fish are waiting for them. Our Grandpa had two ponds on his farm north of Waco. While fishing during our summer visits my brother and I would scour the weeds around the ponds looking to capture grasshoppers for bait. Catching a grasshopper took some stealth and quick hands. Our dad would bait the hooks on our cane poles with the grasshoppers in a manner that left the grasshoppers alive and usually moving on the top of the water. It wouldn't be a couple minutes until one of the bigger perch took the bait and we would pull him in. It was really catch and release except for maybe 5 or 6 that we would keep for supper. Those fresh catch perch cooked up were the best. Sorry but the Internet experience can't top that!!! Henry
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Post by jamesp on Sept 2, 2024 17:38:08 GMT -5
Grasshoppa's jump out of the way of mowers and ATV's. When mowing around the ponds the fish are waiting for them. Our Grandpa had two ponds on his farm north of Waco. While fishing during our summer visits my brother and I would scour the weeds around the ponds looking to capture grasshoppers for bait. Catching a grasshopper took some stealth and quick hands. Our dad would bait the hooks on our cane poles with the grasshoppers in a manner that left the grasshoppers alive and usually moving on the top of the water. It wouldn't be a couple minutes until one of the bigger perch took the bait and we would pull him in. It was really catch and release except for maybe 5 or 6 that we would keep for supper. Those fresh catch perch cooked up were the best. Sorry but the Internet experience can't top that!!! Henry Nothing like old school bait catch fishing Henry. Great memories. Shame kids don't enjoy those activities much anymore. Not to mention the value of basic survival skills. A small farm pond can supply a lot of fish. It was hot and the grasshoppers were at high metabolism, would take fast reflexes to catch.
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 3, 2024 7:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Sept 3, 2024 12:04:30 GMT -5
vegasjames, I got dizzy trying to get this buzzard circling over me in frame. I think he sensed I was nearing death, impatient rascal.
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Post by RickB on Sept 3, 2024 14:48:44 GMT -5
vegasjames, I got dizzy trying to get this buzzard circling over me in frame. I think he sensed I was nearing death, impatient rascal. Time to take a shower Here's an osprey that hovered near me at the lake a few years ago.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2024 7:44:08 GMT -5
vegasjames, I got dizzy trying to get this buzzard circling over me in frame. I think he sensed I was nearing death, impatient rascal. Time to take a shower Here's an osprey that hovered near me at the lake a few years ago.
The osprey on the St John's river would catch mullet and the bald eagles would steal them from them on the wing. So much for the integrity of the bald eagle !
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Post by jamesp on Sept 4, 2024 11:16:52 GMT -5
Denise the dearest just sent this one, complaining about a stalker. Giant mantis from the heavens in Sci Fi attack comes to mind.
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