Posts for: newtoyou
Nov 9, 2018 09:42:36 #
BUGSOUT wrote:
Good DAY, br br I am here to listen, learn and g... (show quote)
You like dogs, that's a good sign.😀
Bill
Nov 9, 2018 09:35:12 #
Sergo wrote:
There was frost on my kayak this morning so I guess I'll put it away for the season. I was very lucky to have photographed more than a dozen bird spices within a very small stretch of Lake Washington this year and, all within a 15 minute ride from my house. Now, it's time to gear up for winter.
"Gulp of cormorants" leads me to think you have a copy of 'An Exaltation of Larks'.
Bill
Nov 9, 2018 09:18:38 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Believe the fungus is Nidula candida. Most bird nest fungi have peridioles(eggs) attached by a thread. This is the only one to have them imbedded in a sticky gel.
To find them you must look close. They are small and nondiscript, blending into background. Again, nice. I am making slow progress with the MPE lens. OK on a tripod, but not freehand. Old age shake. Working to get flash co-ordinated.
I just noticed I am answering Nikonian, I meant to to reply to Tinusbum. Duh!!
Have a good day all.
Bill
Nov 8, 2018 15:31:22 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
👍 I can find cup shaped fungi like these, but they are not birds' nest fungi, as far as I know.
These may be Nidula candida. I think I can see a gel around the peridioles.
All others in this family have 'eggs'attached by a cord, no gel.
Bill
Nov 8, 2018 09:42:29 #
These growing in a newly landscaped to prevent runoff area.
Nov 8, 2018 09:16:01 #
Beautiful close up of fungus. They are also called splash cups because of spore dispersal method. To avoid risk of hijacking your post, see mine of a colony of them.
Nov 3, 2018 23:42:20 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
The first picture is of a large green lacewing, po... (show quote)
Due to the politically correct nature( 😀) of this group I am forced to point out that that is four insects and an aracnid. And, nicely shot!!
Bill
Nov 3, 2018 10:39:33 #
How is the frittalary pupa doing?
Bill
Bill
Nov 1, 2018 20:06:04 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
WRONG! Coins are exempt from the specific federal... (show quote)
Always heard that about coins from my elders, as a child. Never knew it applied to bills. You want to burn a bunch of twenty's??? Go right ahead, but you can be fined, too? Be interesting to see that done to a clad coin. Thanks for the info. Makes one think twice before burning money.😀
Bill
Nov 1, 2018 17:13:03 #
When you look at three in download, you see where some of the creatures in Hollywood come from. Nicely done.
Nov 1, 2018 17:10:06 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Those are on my never found list. Have looked at a lot of wasps, caged some. Still no go.Even better! This wasp has a couple twisted wing parasites! Note the protrusions between a couple abdominal segments.
Oct 30, 2018 22:32:58 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Shame but we don't have any recycling facilities in this county. I do recycle my batteries as Interstate Battery takes them. As for other things, I do reuse a lot of things (much to my wifes chagrin)
I have never had a used urine jar given back to me,so no chance to recycle. BUT if you get them used, rinse well. Bill
Oct 30, 2018 22:03:38 #
tinusbum wrote:
a lot prettier than my buckeye pupa's,i had 2 last week both enclosed when i wasnt looking 
i got another yesterday,maybe i'll be there for this one
i got another yesterday,maybe i'll be there for this one
Enclosure, for butterflies, is a couple hours before daylight. I know that is not written in stone, but they are ready to get early sun and fly. With nocturnal moths, the males tend to eclose late in day. Female often stays in one place till a male comes,but by two to three hours after dark, if no male, will then take wing. I may have ideas as to the why's, but it is complicated.
Bill
Oct 30, 2018 21:54:54 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
I've got some of those, plus unused specimen bottles from the Urologists office & also larger Tic-Tac containers that I take along with me when walking the dog to capture whatever I may find...
WHAT, YOU DON'T RECYCLE???😀😀
Oct 29, 2018 22:15:00 #
I have been bitten by jumpers and crab spiders, a Reduviidae, the wheel bug. Stung by baldfaced hornets and smaller wasps. The wheelbug was worst. Palm of left hand. Was necrotic for at least three weeks. The spiders least painful, or long lasting. Still, we all differ. My scorpions and turantulas were shown, thus handled(by me. No kids) a lot. I learned how to not upset them. First was to overcome fear. Then easy. Have seen results of a pissaurid bite on the back of the hand on a ten year old boy. Nasty blister silver dollar size. Ice and antibiotics were the MD's call. And Benadryl for swelling. Heard a firsthand experience with a black widow. Knocked a healthy man on his posterior for two months. Try not to be bitten. Night, all
Bill
Bill