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Also fyi, this thread is very good at identification, so feel free to post your questions here anytime!
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When I lived in Gainesville, FL, I knew a lady from Scotland, and she couldn't get over 1) how loving big the bugs in Florida get, and 2) the fact lizards are everywhere.
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Feb 2, 2017 20:49
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whiteyfats posted:When I lived in Gainesville, FL, I knew a lady from Scotland, and she couldn't get over 1) how loving big the bugs in Florida get, and 2) the fact lizards are everywhere. First time I went birding in Florida I was instantly driven nuts by the fact that their flying bugs were bigger than hummingbirds. I also spent several days trying to figure out what these drat noisy birds in the trees that I could never see were (Cicadas).
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Feb 3, 2017 02:25
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whiteyfats posted:When I lived in Gainesville, FL, I knew a lady from Scotland, and she couldn't get over 1) how loving big the bugs in Florida get, and 2) the fact lizards are everywhere. Summer 2015 I spent doing fieldwork in a peatbog in Alberta, and one of the field assistants had recently moved to Canada from Trinidad. She was very surprised that there were no lizards around. Also yeah, Florida insects get enormous.
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Feb 3, 2017 03:21
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To be fair, most of the lizards you see in Florida are going to be invasive brown anoles or non-native house geckos. If Florida were more ecologically pure, you'd usually only see lizards if you were walking in more wild areas. When I go looking for reptiles and amphibians in Florida in the state and national forests, I see lizards but they aren't everywhere.
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Feb 3, 2017 04:27
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OneTwentySix posted:To be fair, most of the lizards you see in Florida are going to be invasive brown anoles or non-native house geckos. If Florida were more ecologically pure, you'd usually only see lizards if you were walking in more wild areas. When I go looking for reptiles and amphibians in Florida in the state and national forests, I see lizards but they aren't everywhere. A green anole came to visit me while I was playing BF1 the other day. He hung out on the windowsill for about ten minutes, caught an ant, and then mosey'd on. 
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Feb 3, 2017 22:48
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OneTwentySix posted:To be fair, most of the lizards you see in Florida are going to be invasive brown anoles or non-native house geckos. If Florida were more ecologically pure, you'd usually only see lizards if you were walking in more wild areas. When I go looking for reptiles and amphibians in Florida in the state and national forests, I see lizards but they aren't everywhere. There's a five lined skink who lives under my steps who's pretty cool.
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Feb 3, 2017 23:14
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I haven't been outside in a while but here's a picture of a jellyfish that lives in Monterey
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Feb 7, 2017 10:24
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I found a worm(?) I've never seen before. It's been raining, so I guess that drove it out like other worms? (Central Arkansas)  https://youtu.be/dUiuDSytooE (Sorry it's in portrait mode I am dumb and don't know how to rotate it.)
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Feb 7, 2017 14:31
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Ewww that looks like a parasite kind of thing!
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Feb 7, 2017 14:59
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that absolutely is one of the types of worms that are parasites to certain insects
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Feb 7, 2017 15:02
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Definitely looks like a horsehair worm, but I have no idea what an adult would be doing on land. Good news: quote:Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebrates, because they can't parasitize people, livestock, pets, or birds. They also don't infect plants. If humans ingest the worms, they may encounter some mild discomfort of the intestinal tract, but infection never occurs.  e: goddamnit, nemetomorpha are now a distinct phylum from nematoda. Stop changing, taxonomy! 
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Feb 7, 2017 16:01
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Burrowing owls, watching the sunset. A (very) slightly better picture. 
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Feb 13, 2017 00:25
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MrYenko posted:Burrowing owls, watching the sunset. Dad, get me a burrow owl for Christmas. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live.
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Feb 14, 2017 00:34
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Psycho Society posted:I was trying to find some photos of wild turkeys I thought I saved, but can only find ducks. Regy Rusty posted:Possibly leucism, the other less well known type of condition involving loss of pigment Yeah it's leucism. I took some photos of a leucistic hooded crow in Finland August 2015:    
Hogge Wild fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 21:40
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Gopher tortoise having a chill day, taken on my phone because I'm an idiot and only remember to bring a camera when I'm diving. Plus the baby snake that nipped me last year. Still not 100% sure what kind it was, couple people said water mocassin but to me it looks like a brown water snake, which is supported by the fact that I still have a leg. 
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Feb 15, 2017 20:47
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There are these birds that come chill on my balcony sometimes but I can never get a picture of them. I don't have a nice camera, but I do have some nice binoculars and I can hook my phone up to them to get pretty decent pics, it's just that in the time it takes to do that the birds have always flown away. 
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Feb 15, 2017 21:04
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A little while ago my dogs freaked the gently caress out outside and it turned out my possum friend was out there cleaning up around the birdfeeder he just sat up on the rail in the open for a couple of minutes beholding the two excited hounds going nuts inches away from him before slowly shuffling a few feet over to hide behind this little bit of branch, which i guess he deemed to be adequate camouflage because he sat right there pretending to be a branch until I'd rounded up the dogs and the coast was clear
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Feb 16, 2017 05:59
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Look how fat that opossum is! No wonder it has given up on trying.
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Feb 16, 2017 06:09
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Abyssal Squid posted:Definitely looks like a horsehair worm, but I have no idea what an adult would be doing on land. Haven't they been a separate phylum for a while now? Pretty sure Colin Tudge had them separate phylum in the Variety of Life, and that book is over ten years old. (Still a great book, Tudge is a wonderful writer, even if it's a bit out of late now.)
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Feb 16, 2017 09:59
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That's silly, possum. You're silly. 
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Feb 16, 2017 10:00
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whiteyfats posted:Haven't they been a separate phylum for a while now? Pretty sure Colin Tudge had them separate phylum in the Variety of Life, and that book is over ten years old. (Still a great book, Tudge is a wonderful writer, even if it's a bit out of late now.) They were distinct when I took invertebrate zoology back in 2007 and our textbook (Pechenik 5th edition) was published in May 2005. So yeah the distinction is at least that old. E: looks like it was done in 1919 Mak0rz fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 16, 2017 15:50
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I'm old, okay >:|
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Feb 16, 2017 16:42
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More Hawaii pics! This time it's non-gecko lizards (I have more than enough of geckos to justify an individual post). Inquisitive anole.  This anole found its way through our mosquito net but couldn't get out. I provided some much unappreciated assistance.  Spot the skink!  A better view.  Napping near a warm vent.  I'm trying to sleep here!   Man, anoles always look so suspicious.
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Feb 16, 2017 17:18
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solid opossum is back!!
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Feb 18, 2017 02:57
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Remember when they said that depraved inter-species love was the next thing coming after gay marriage? Well, it's happening! I saw my first collared dove a couple of years ago and they've since infiltrated the usual mourning dove/pigeon social gatherings. Now there's an inter-species pair hanging about, no doubt intent on filling the world with ungodly hybrids: Maybe I'll have some  hybrid babbies this spring
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Feb 22, 2017 20:31
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Here's a crow(?) in Budapest: It looked like a crow, but wasn't all black.
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Feb 26, 2017 02:22
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its all nice on rice posted:Here's a crow(?) in Budapest: Looks like a Hooded Crow possibly. Corvids in Eurasia can be very different than America.
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Feb 26, 2017 02:35
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North American crows are all black, but the rest of the world has multi-coloured / multi-toned corvids galore. This thread sees a regular trickle of Yanquis / Canucks visiting Europe and posting pictures of "looks like a crow but it's not all black". Don't feel bad, I (  ) did a big double-take the first time I went to Europe. Also, the alarm call of Euro Blackbirds is extremely similar to the "oh poo poo a cat" call of American Robins - they're in the same genus and if you ignore the colour differences they're basically the same bird.Biogeographic tourism is the best tourism.
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Feb 27, 2017 04:31
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Caterpillar showed up in the garbage today, munching on cilantro stems, looks like some kind of yellow underwing? Those are awful pests but it's cute.    ExecuDork posted:Biogeographic tourism is the best tourism. 
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Feb 27, 2017 05:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO-OpFjHRbE
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Feb 27, 2017 07:46
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Haha that last panel was me when I visited Australia last year. It didn't last long though because they are just that terrible.
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Feb 27, 2017 13:18
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Yay, new Critterquest thread  I'm an entomologist and decent at ballpark identifications for insects and other land inverebrates. If you want a critter identified, you need to provide a location. Doesn't need to be detailed, just something like "I found this weird bug in Pleasant Hill, MO last July, anyone know what is is?" bugguide.net is a great resource for all kinds of US/Canada insects. Happy Critterquesting, everyone!
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Feb 27, 2017 14:17
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ExecuDork posted:North American crows are all black, but the rest of the world has multi-coloured / multi-toned corvids galore. West and south of the former GDR and Scandinavia you will only find black crows though.  They coexist where their ranges border, a few months ago I visited Saxony, where I saw both kind of crows, that was really cool.
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my cat is norris posted:Also fyi, this thread is very good at identification, so feel free to post your questions here anytime! Oh yeah?! <  >
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Mar 1, 2017 16:58
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Pick posted:Oh yeah?! < It's a pubepillar.
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Mar 1, 2017 17:08
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Pick posted:Oh yeah?! < Nobody wants to ID your cat's turds Pick!
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Mar 1, 2017 17:55
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Pick posted:Oh yeah?! < You should get that checked.
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Sad Doot should really be this thread's mascot.
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