I’m no entomologist, but this one looks juvenile to me. (Is that even the right word?) It doesn’t quite look full-grown, but it’s also much larger than baby ones I’ve seen.
Aren’t they just neat as heck?
How about you folks - stumble on any cool creatures that caught your eye?
Since the company I work with does mostly exterior painting, I come across some crazy looking bugs quite frequently as well. Also I usually think the same thing LOL! I’ll definitely take some pics to post here next time I come across any now that you started this thread!
This little guy was hanging out on the porch all night. I spooked him a little and he took a few hops in a direction vaguely away from me, but didn’t get very far as he was hopping straight into that corrugated wall. Don’t worry, little dude, I just think you look neat - not tasty.
Little fellow was chilling on my car’s side window. Spent a while researching what’s this critter with my SO and it seems to be a Grass Crab Spider (Oxytate), although it seems like a pair of extended limbs are missing
This big one landed on me while I was watching a parade over the weekend. I expected it to be heavier, but I almost couldn’t feel it on my hand.
I’d never looked closely at one of these before; a little googling revealed it to be a “Leaf-legged Bug” - I wasn’t even close to the first person to search “long stink bug looking bug” - ha!
A friend said it looked like a “kissing bug” - which it kind of does - those guys are more flat, and are a slightly more roach-like. Those buggos, also called assassin or vampire bugs, are ones to avoid: they have the capacity to transmit Chagas disease.
Leaf-boi here is harmless, though - unless a whole bunch of them settle in your garden…
Edit: another neat-o life form is that fellow in the blue hat - that’s my grandpa, and he’s 101 years old! He’s also remarkably wholesome, thoughtful, and just an all-around solid dude.
We apparently live on a avian migration highway. Been seeing 12+ hummers at a time between our three feeders. Went to refill and didn’t even get the feeder back on the wall before this happened.
Ha, yeah! The buggo calmly stood on my hand for a good minute or so, appearing to look in my general direction. I don’t know if they normally stand in that posture, or if it was just trying to avoid the hairs on my hand.
I found this spider in the middle of it’s nest. It arranged all it’s prey in a vertical line. It was fascinating. And kinda creepy too. As if it wanted to warn its potential food.
Don’t worry, little dude, I just think you look neat - not tasty.
