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Posted: Oct 2, 2008 - 12:06pm
onlylynne wrote: Wikipedia calls it an Angel Wing Katydid. I hadn't heard that before. I've never had one nibble on me either. Just love bites, surely.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2008 - 12:05pm
phineas wrote: That's so beautiful! Wikipedia calls it an Angel Wing Katydid. I hadn't heard that before. I've never had one nibble on me either.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2008 - 12:03pm
onlylynne wrote: This Katydid landed on my hand earlier and proceeded to smell, lick, and nibble on me before I sent it away. It felt pretty strange! Katydid larger That's so beautiful!

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Posted: Oct 2, 2008 - 12:02pm
This Katydid landed on my hand earlier and proceeded to smell, lick, and nibble on me before I sent it away. It felt pretty strange! Katydid larger

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Posted: Sep 30, 2008 - 8:22am
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Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 7:40am

MonkeyPod wrote:

If you stare at this picture long enough
you should be able to see a giraffe.
This is weird. Give it a try.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 3:44pm

MonkeyPod wrote:

If you stare at this picture long enough
you should be able to see a giraffe.
This is weird. Give it a try.

I CAN"T SEE IT!

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Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 2:48pm

If you stare at this picture long enough
you should be able to see a giraffe.
This is weird. Give it a try.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 2:47pm
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Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 1:08pm
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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:49am

OCDHG wrote:

Saw this lovely one on the Virginia Creeper Trail last Monday. He/She had some kind of injury,... you can see the scuff mark pretty well. Probably got hit by a bike. I don't think he/she was poisonous... had circular pupils instead of slits. Thought it was a copperhead first, but after looking at the eyes, I don't think so. I guess it's some kind of water snake. These guys are regulars on the bridges of the Creeper Trail, especially when the sun is shining.

I'm not smart enough to figure out how to change the background color... red was fine with me

It's a bit hard to tell the real shape of the head, but otherwise that looks like a copperhead to me. Or maybe a cottonmouth. I think they must be related: we printed out a bunch of pictures of both off the web, and the variations in coloration were very similar. Copperheads are usually pretty small, fairly thin, cottonmouths are thicker and grow larger. Both tend to stay near water.

Great pic, regardless!

c.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:43am
glassbuteo wrote: the colors on the caterpillar are outstanding. Do you think they got "blown in" by a storm? or migrating? that is so wild! where are they common to? (I'm guessing southern states?) WOW No, they don't seem to migrate far but do occur in every U.S. state except Arizona and Nevada and in every Canadian province except Newfoundland and PEI.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:41am

phineas wrote:

Great thread, Only! The kids love it.

==

On a ride on Hornby Island a couple of weeks ago, I spent 10 minutes watching a huge pileated woodpecker feed in the woods, about 15 metres away. Didn't have the cam with me, though, unfortunately.

Imagine that, a kid-friendly RP thread!

Walter Lanz's cartoon critter, Woody Woodpecker, was supposedly modeled on the Pileated Woodpecker.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:35am
glassbuteo wrote: Hey Phineas - I know where Hornby island is.. (just north of me) those pileated w-peckers are awesome- and LOUD. Makes sense why someone designed a cartoon series about them. don't tell anyone...

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:29am
Great thread, Only! The kids love it. == On a ride on Hornby Island a couple of weeks ago, I spent 10 minutes watching a huge pileated woodpecker feed in the woods, about 15 metres away. Didn't have the cam with me, though, unfortunately.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:21am
glassbuteo wrote: WOW- that is incredibly amazing. I can't believe the colors. Are these normal where you are? No, they're not common. I don't recall ever seeing one of the moths and the caterpillar on my lawn was the first I've seen. With such a short adult life, the moths aren't around long to see, though.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 9:13am
Isabeau wrote: Must be a very large moth! Great shots! Thanks. I've learned that the Cecropia Moth has a wingspan of nearly six inches (150mm). The adult moth has no mouth parts and lives 7-10 days, just long enough to mate and lay eggs.

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Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 6:44am
Inamorato wrote: While mowing my lawn this afternoon, I encountered this Cecropia Moth caterpillar. Must be a very large moth! Great shots!

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Posted: Sep 10, 2008 - 9:06pm
kickin it in the back yard

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Posted: Sep 10, 2008 - 8:57pm
Inamorato wrote: While mowing my lawn this afternoon, I encountered this Cecropia Moth caterpillar. Oh, I like these.. Great close ups!

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