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Post by Coolkat on Dec 24, 2015 4:53:47 GMT -8
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 24, 2015 4:55:56 GMT -8
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 24, 2015 4:59:19 GMT -8
Can anyone tell me what this is? [/url]
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Dec 24, 2015 6:00:13 GMT -8
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 24, 2015 6:08:15 GMT -8
Well that sure appears to be it. I wonder if it has a "common" name. Well after reading the wiki I'm glad I didn't pick it up.
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Post by foxalo on Apr 2, 2016 11:44:34 GMT -8
This beautiful creature seems a little out of place on this thread, but it is an insect, and I had to share. My daughter loves bugs!
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 2, 2016 12:04:23 GMT -8
Ah! Now that I see this thread, I'll have to make some additions
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Post by bp2go on Apr 2, 2016 12:49:51 GMT -8
What you have there seems to be an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ( Papilio glaucus), and FYI, a bug is an insect with mouthparts designed for biting and sucking. Personally, I hope more butterfly photos will get added. Butterflies are great fun to watch, photograph and identify. It's tricky to get good shots because they are very aware of your movements, and casting a shadow on one is certain to make it fly off. But stand still while it circles a bit and chances are good it will return to the same flower to continue nectaring. Another tip: wait for one to fold its wings and try for a good shot of the underwing pattern. Most butterflies are hard to ID from spreadwing shots, but underwing patterns are the way to go. If you want to keep up your daughter's interest in butterflies, make sure you have the right types of flowers in your garden. Check on "butterfly gardening" for plants to look for. It's easy and fun to start learning what's flying around your yard. PS: The very reason I started a Nature Forum several years ago was to ID wildflowers and butterflies! Millipedes are cool too, but wildflowers and butterflies were and are my particular thing.
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Post by foxalo on Apr 2, 2016 13:10:52 GMT -8
We have the swallowtails everywhere around here. I could have gotten the underside. It did close it's wings, but I love the spread-wing view. She managed to capture it and let it eat some of a strawberry before letting it fly off. I don't mind letting my kids catch any sort of critter, but they must let it go after admiring it.
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Post by foxalo on Apr 9, 2016 16:07:12 GMT -8
It's not the best quality, but I came across this picture in my collection. I love Luna moths!
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Post by desert dweller on Apr 11, 2016 7:46:58 GMT -8
Here a Luna moth of some kind. This is from the Galiuro Mountains of southern Arizona
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Post by foxalo on Apr 11, 2016 8:18:34 GMT -8
That looks like a type of Imperial Moth. They are big too!
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Post by foxalo on Apr 14, 2016 12:27:44 GMT -8
Based on what I could find, this is some sort of assassin bug. I'm guessing a juvenile. This isn't the greatest picture, since it was taken with my phone. They are freaky looking bugs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 18:04:50 GMT -8
Well that sure appears to be it. I wonder if it has a "common" name. Well after reading the wiki I'm glad I didn't pick it up I see that is an old message that nobody responded to. But it's just a type of Millipede. The scientific names are to help further define it, but I doubt if any of the various species and subspecies of Millipedes have a common name that is used anywhere. Common names are commonly misused and inaccurate anyway and varies from one area to the next. I could give countless examples with reptiles, which I know a lot more about than invertebrates. Such as: Horned Toad (not a toad) Worm Lizard (Neither a worm nor a lizard) Milk Snake (named for milking cows which never has happened). Glass Snake (It's a lizard). Other examples would be Waterdog Lake in Belmont, CA (many newts, but no waterdogs in or near the lake). Waterdogs don't even exist in CA in the wild. Easy to see why Latin names are so commonly used. -Don- Reno, NV
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Post by cloudwalker on Apr 23, 2016 21:46:56 GMT -8
Cecropia Moth (2011)
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