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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #120 on: July 04, 2011, 08:14:51 AM »
Quote from: ranunculus on July 04, 2011, 07:26:49 AM
Quote from: Anthony Darby on July 04, 2011, 03:10:36 AM
Like the burying beetle Angie. They excavate under small dead birds to bury them and lay their eggs on the corpse!

Good job you legged it Angie ...   :o :o :o

Cliff that's what I was thinking before I read your post, he might have seen that I had started down the road of decay ;D

Mark thanks for the identification, it's horrible to think of all those creepy crawlies that I can't see  :o

Angie :)
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #121 on: July 04, 2011, 01:07:32 PM »
I found this critter sitting on an iris leaf in the pond the other day, looks like it may be a grasshopper, but I'm not sure.  Was about 2 inches long.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #122 on: July 04, 2011, 03:15:11 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on July 04, 2011, 07:40:58 AM
Is that not a large skipper Tony?
Not being an expert myself - it is if you say so!   Just assumed it was a Small since it was ... well small. 
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #123 on: July 04, 2011, 04:42:07 PM »
Chris your photo is very small but I'd say it's a dragonfly or damselfly nymph that is about to change from an ugly duckling to something beautiful.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #124 on: July 04, 2011, 06:44:33 PM »
I agree - a dragonfly nymph, judging by the size.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #125 on: July 04, 2011, 07:29:25 PM »
Looks empty, so already hatched.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #126 on: July 04, 2011, 08:00:52 PM »
Here's a family I found while cutting back some ivy.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #127 on: July 04, 2011, 08:05:36 PM »
Maggi will love that one Arnold.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #128 on: July 04, 2011, 08:08:11 PM »
David:

Any ideas what it is!
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #129 on: July 04, 2011, 08:22:39 PM »
I think it's a spider Arnold, they all look the same to me ;D Anthony will know.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #130 on: July 04, 2011, 08:24:38 PM »
Quick look at the Insect book.

Pisaurina mira, Nursery web spider.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #131 on: July 04, 2011, 08:29:46 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on July 04, 2011, 04:42:07 PM
Chris your photo is very small but I'd say it's a dragonfly or damselfly nymph that is about to change from an ugly duckling to something beautiful.
I happened to see just that when I visited my daughter. Her pond is rather big and the dragonfly was on a leaf in the middle of it so I couldn't get a sharp photo.  It was really fascinating to watch.

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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #132 on: July 04, 2011, 09:44:50 PM »
Quote from: ArnoldT on July 04, 2011, 08:24:38 PM
Quick look at the Insect book.

Pisaurina mira, Nursery web spider.
Similar to one in the UK called Pisaura mirabilis.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #133 on: July 04, 2011, 10:30:15 PM »
Hey, I think you folks are right, and it all makes a lot more sense than a grasshopper.  It sat there for over a day.  What a joy to have a dragon/damsel fly in my pond.  First time I've noticed one.  Must be this warm weather.
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Re: Wildlife June 2011
« Reply #134 on: July 04, 2011, 10:38:32 PM »
Chris, that will be resident in your pond and would have spent a couple of years feeding on invertebrates at the bottom. When it has completed its growth it crawls out, dries off and the adult emerges from the nymphal skin like the one Gunilla posted.
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