shadowrider Posted April 15, 2023 Report Posted April 15, 2023 A place for all your cute, fun, or odd discoveries.
shadowrider Posted April 15, 2023 Author Report Posted April 15, 2023 Went to the strawberry festival today and had to get a pic of this. 1 2
shadowrider Posted April 28, 2023 Author Report Posted April 28, 2023 Its cicada time and this little fellow was hanging out at the shed. 2
Kittyara207 Posted April 28, 2023 Report Posted April 28, 2023 I've never seen one.. That is neat! Thank you for sharing. 1
shadowrider Posted April 28, 2023 Author Report Posted April 28, 2023 You are most welcome. I'm trying to remember to take pics when I see things instead of just looking at them and later thinking ummm you shoulda snapped a pic. 2
Kittyara207 Posted April 28, 2023 Report Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) If you see bunnies, alligators or stick bugs that'd be awesomeness. Edited April 28, 2023 by Kittyara207 1
shadowrider Posted April 28, 2023 Author Report Posted April 28, 2023 Stick bugs should be pretty easy I think. If I go fishing I'll look for a gator. I have bunnies but they aren't big fans of letting me get too close. 1
Kittyara207 Posted April 28, 2023 Report Posted April 28, 2023 That's kay. Just be careful around alligators. They are not overly friendly. Kinda mean I saw them in captivity in FL. There were warnings from the game warden/rangers about approaching the alligators. Loved it. 1
shadowrider Posted April 28, 2023 Author Report Posted April 28, 2023 I have a colony? of stick bugs I came across the other day so I just ran and took a couple pics. I usually give gators and myself a little room and try not to disturb them too much. But they will usually let you get close enough for a photo op. 1
Kittyara207 Posted April 28, 2023 Report Posted April 28, 2023 Those are awesome. They don't live up here. Do they really move slow like praying mantis? I guess I've asked nough questions. 1
shadowrider Posted April 29, 2023 Author Report Posted April 29, 2023 I haven't messed with them but they are pretty slow. I've been seeing more of them lately. 1 1
shadowrider Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Posted July 4, 2023 Went fishing and snapped a few shots . Gator.mp4
DaddysMonkey Posted July 4, 2023 Report Posted July 4, 2023 6 hours ago, shadowrider said: Went fishing and snapped a few shots . Gator.mp4 17.51 MB · 0 downloads What a beautiful video ! Then I see the gator and I think hmm.. what a glorious animal to ride into battle.
Kittyara207 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Posted July 4, 2023 All of them are awesome but the grasshopper. Ewwww. Creepy little sucker.. Can never trust them. Will they hop, fly or walk? Next thing we know the creepy untrustworthy evil spawn might learn to swim then there's no safe place
shadowrider Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Posted July 4, 2023 4 hours ago, DaddysMonkey said: What a beautiful video ! Then I see the gator and I think hmm.. what a glorious animal to ride into battle. He was being oddly shy. The closer I tried to get the farther he would swim so I finally gave up and gave him his space. Now I'm seeing a battle gear clad monkey riding a gator, that's a sight . 1
shadowrider Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Posted July 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Kittyara207 said: All of them are awesome but the grasshopper. Ewwww. Creepy little sucker.. Can never trust them. Will they hop, fly or walk? Next thing we know the creepy untrustworthy evil spawn might learn to swim then there's no safe place That was one of the smaller ones, it was about 3 and a half inches long. And I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they actually swim pretty well. No where as fast as they fly of course, which is good. But I watched one swim about 30 feet and not even a gar bothered it, maybe they taste bad?!
Kittyara207 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Posted July 4, 2023 Thanks. Never moving too far south. Those things ewww. Rather deal with spiders and snakes. You know the way they are. Give then space they give you space. However we don't have any of the bad ones here.
shadowrider Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Posted July 4, 2023 As long as I see the critter first I'm not really stressed by any of them. I will say walking through a spider web in the dark will turn you into a martial arts master in a heartbeat though lol. We have plenty of those big orb weaver types that we call banana spiders. Those webs are tough and stick to everything and you never know where the spider is, not cool. 1
Andriel_Isilien Posted July 6, 2023 Report Posted July 6, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 1:29 PM, shadowrider said: As long as I see the critter first I'm not really stressed by any of them. I will say walking through a spider web in the dark will turn you into a martial arts master in a heartbeat though lol. We have plenty of those big orb weaver types that we call banana spiders. Those webs are tough and stick to everything and you never know where the spider is, not cool. Sounds like you need a special wand for those webs.
shadowrider Posted July 7, 2023 Author Report Posted July 7, 2023 7 hours ago, Andriel_Isilien said: Sounds like you need a special wand for those webs. When they get bad I do grab a stick and wave it in front of me like a crazy person as I walk lol Now I think I need to go scavenging in the woods for a wand. 1
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