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cliffhanger

Trad climber
California
Sep 25, 2014 - 09:09am PT

Portias - amazing hunters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28genus%29
dirt claud

Social climber
san diego,ca
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2014 - 12:02pm PT
john hansen

climber
Oct 16, 2014 - 08:31pm PT
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Oct 16, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
Beautiful, John. I think that's a White-lined Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca albolineata.

Pretty sure WTF's is the closely related Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone.

Locations would help, but the taxonomy on these is a bit of a mess anyway.
john hansen

climber
Oct 16, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
Madera Canyon SE AZ.

He rode on the hood for a quarter mile to the next stop,
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Oct 16, 2014 - 10:33pm PT
I understandstand bugs have their place in nature and the food chain, but I f*#king do NOT like them, especially ticks and spiders. Creep me out.

My f*#king garage is crawling with black widows. It is a perfect nest for them though, almost always closed and cluttered with stuff.

Every time I grab something from there I have to shake it out, sometimes getting a small male, but usually a huge female with the obvious red hourglass on her underside.

I kill them onsight, but tend to spare other outdoor spiders. Except Recluses.
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Oct 16, 2014 - 11:01pm PT
There are NO populations of Brown Recluse in California. Around a half-dozen have been collected in the state, always associated from a recent move of furniture and belongings from its natural range.

Desert Recluse are around, but aren't likely to give you too much trouble (not that the Brown are necessarily all that bad either).

Read these:

http://spiders.ucr.edu/myth.html

http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/commentary/the-persistent-myth-of-the-california-brown-recluse.html
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Oct 20, 2014 - 09:15am PT
What's this? Found on the west shore of Tahoe.

Tvash

climber
Seattle
Oct 20, 2014 - 09:47am PT
That looks like a pine sawyer beetle
dirt claud

Social climber
san diego,ca
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 20, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
Holy crap!!! check out the size of this spider eating a lizard!!!
If you hate spiders and want to sleep tonight I suggest not viewing this. :)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d7_1413832559
Fossil climber

Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
Oct 20, 2014 - 05:26pm PT
How about some insect poetry?

(Okay, it's doggerel.)



The Blackfly
(Simulium horribilis)


I look upon these tiny gnats with absolute revulsion,
Their vicious bite is not a sting, it’s more like an avulsion.
It’s also lubricated with saliva that’s so venomous
I fear its consequences more than root canals or enemas.
It leaves you with a week of welts and bleeding scabs and itches.
I’d love to spray some genocide on all those sonsavitches!


MH2

climber
Oct 31, 2014 - 10:36am PT
Yes, but the blackfly stream-dwelling larvae are averse to pollution, so having blackflies around is a sign of a healthy ecosystem. And why I am in favor of pollution.


Here is a beetle I have often seen before out in the woods. I just found out that it is not a vegetarian.



Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Oct 31, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
Brandon, Tvash is right, Pine Sawyer, aka Trichocnemis (Ergates) spiculatus.
Plan B

Ice climber
SoCal
Oct 31, 2014 - 12:35pm PT
The bitter end, after a long hard fought battle for this Monarch.


Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
Nov 21, 2014 - 01:20pm PT
this is prolly a good thread to share my latest educational edit...

The Metamorphosis of a Monarch Butterfly


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23NNjqhn7E&list=UUN_xIr0E7H7dYop4ph3ziBg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23NNjqhn7E&list=UUN_xIr0E7H7dYop4ph3ziBg

edit: how come I can't embed?? I'm an idiot.
directions are easier than a topo??

[youtube=i23NNjqhn7E&list=UUN_xIr0E7H7dYop4ph3ziBg]




mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jan 17, 2015 - 08:02pm PT
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jan 17, 2015 - 08:11pm PT
dirt claud

Social climber
san diego,ca
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2015 - 09:13am PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 27, 2015 - 09:17am PT
Hahahaha! For some reason wasps persist in nesting under the eaves near our
front door. The wife just hands me the Raid. You can't negotiate with
those phukkers.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 8, 2015 - 12:06pm PT
Virtually most instecks have mad climbing skills, I realize.

But this one has flying skills, too.

Gently bump him off the glass and he drops,
but then catches himself in mid-air and wings right back to the pane.

He's looking good and stylish in the long corner here.
Did he say mouse sperm?
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