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05-23-12, 07:15 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Backyard Bugs
Okay, so it's not really herping, but it was the closest match.
Now that summer is upon NA, let's see what kind of crawlies you have in your yard. Here are some things found in Canada's Capital...
This chrysalis has been hanging under the hand rail of my deck since early summer 2011. This morning all that time spent hanging around paid-off...
This (whatever it is) is totally out of it during daylight hours. You couldn't budge this thing with C-4 until dark
This is Pat (Paterkillar). He took up residence in my Dill patch last year and over the course of about 2 weeks he quadrupled in size and ate *all* my Dill
This is just a random spider in the yard, but it wasn't until I magnified the image that I noticed it was snacking on a fly
Here's one from a Fun With Flies series I snapped just for fun. These guys are just about invisible to the naked eye, so it wasn't easy to capture
This big girl crossed the patio last year. First and last time I've seen one here
And last but not least, we've got tons of these things all over the place. A great variety of colours and sizes, but this is one of my favourite shots
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05-23-12, 07:21 AM
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Snake Ninja
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Some very cool looking critters!
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A few critters...
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05-23-12, 07:29 AM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: Backyard Bugs
This is the only critter i've seen so far this spring, hopefully i'll see some more 
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05-23-12, 09:18 AM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Wow, I really hope I never have to run into any of those in my backyard!  But they look great in photos  Nice!
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05-23-12, 10:38 AM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
i love caterpillars and pat is a stunning looking one
cant wait to see what he turns into 
your spider that is eating a fly looks like a little funnel web to me
i find dragonflies are very interesting
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05-23-12, 01:17 PM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Cool pictures. The one of the spider with the fly what kind of spider this that?
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05-23-12, 01:25 PM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Very cool photo's, I really like looking at bugs! I haven't seen anything cool this year, hoping to find a pumpkin spider though! Cool that you got to see the cacoon hatch out, that's not something you'll likely see again.
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05-23-12, 03:35 PM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
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Originally Posted by marvelfreak
Cool pictures. The one of the spider with the fly what kind of spider this that?
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looks like a spider that is commonly called a funnel web
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05-23-12, 04:18 PM
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Captain America
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Re: Backyard Bugs
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looks like a spider that is commonly called a funnel web
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Thanks! I seen them around here before and have always wonder what kind they were.
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05-23-12, 05:02 PM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Your welcome
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05-23-12, 09:32 PM
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Member of the family
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Re: Backyard Bugs
They are so cool! Beautiful! But those spiders are kind of creepy...yes i own spiders...but they are BIG and fluffy *lol*
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05-24-12, 06:21 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Backyard Bugs
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Originally Posted by Caylan
Very cool photo's, I really like looking at bugs! I haven't seen anything cool this year, hoping to find a pumpkin spider though! Cool that you got to see the cacoon hatch out, that's not something you'll likely see again.
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I like bugs too. Hell, most of my best friends are bugs, relatively speaking :P
It's really speaks to Nature that the chrysalis survived extended periods of both +40 C and -40 C. I mean, I couldn't do that hanging under some guy's handrail for over 8 months
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05-24-12, 07:11 AM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
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Originally Posted by alessia55
Wow, I really hope I never have to run into any of those in my backyard! But they look great in photos Nice! |
lol. I'm the opposite of most, I look forward to finding them in my backyard! I would be the one running around picking them all up.
P.S. the yellow spider with the huge abdomen is a female Banded Argiope Spider (Araneus trifasciata)
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05-24-12, 09:24 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Backyard Bugs
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Originally Posted by Pareeeee
...P.S. the yellow spider with the huge abdomen is a female Banded Argiope Spider (Araneus trifasciata)
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Oh cool, thanks
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05-25-12, 04:36 PM
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Re: Backyard Bugs
Okay Todd, I'm kinda cheating  because this photo was taken last summer but it's pretty cool nevertheless! Epic battle between a spider and a cicada...
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