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:wave: Mantis religiosaThe praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. The larger group of these insects is more properly called the praying mantids. Mantis refers to the genus mantis, to which only some praying mantids belong.
By any name, these fascinating insects are formidable predators. They have triangular heads poised on a long "neck," or elongated thorax. Mantids can turn their heads 180 degrees to scan their surroundings with two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them.
Typically green or brown and well camouflaged on the plants among which they live, mantis lie in ambush or patiently stalk their quarry. They use their front legs to snare their prey with reflexes so quick that they are difficult to see with the naked eye. Their legs are further equipped with spikes for snaring prey and pinning it in place.
Moths, crickets, grasshoppers, flies, and other insects are usually the unfortunate recipients of unwanted mantid attention. However, the insects will also eat others of their own kind. The most famous example of this is the notorious mating behavior of the adult female, who sometimes eats her mate just after—or even during—mating. Yet this behavior seems not to deter males from reproduction.
Females regularly lay hundreds of eggs in a small case, and nymphs hatch looking much like tiny versions of their parents.
Average life span in the wild:
12 months
Size:
0.5 to 6 in (1.2 to 15 cm) long
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Japanese rhinoceros beetle..
The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Japanese horned beetle, or Kabutomushi (カブトムシ?), Trypoxylus dichotomus, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. It is sold as a pet in department stores in many countries of Asia. The kabutomushi will live most of its life underground, for it only lives about 4 months as an actual beetle. The earliest beetles will come out of the ground in late spring, they will usually die around middle September to early October. They usually will die after mating and laying eggs."...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."0 -
:wtf: A pet..... :shock:Boo Boo wrote:Japanese rhinoceros beetle..
The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Japanese horned beetle, or Kabutomushi (カブトムシ?), Trypoxylus dichotomus, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. It is sold as a pet in department stores in many countries of Asia. The kabutomushi will live most of its life underground, for it only lives about 4 months as an actual beetle. The earliest beetles will come out of the ground in late spring, they will usually die around middle September to early October. They usually will die after mating and laying eggs.0 -
81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276do i eat them?81 is now off the air
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle
These bugs are posing a major problem in our area...They bore holes through trees which in turn, kills the tree.
The Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB) is native to China and other areas of the Far East, where it causes widespread mortality of poplar, willow, elm and maple trees.
The beetle, known as the Starry Sky or Sky Beetle in China, is a large black insect, with white spots dashed irregularly on its elytra (wing covers). Adults are typically 1–1.5 inches (2.5–3.8 cm) long. The distinctive long antennae that give the beetle its common name are as long as the body in females and almost twice the body length in males.
The ALB is considered an invasive species in North America, where it is a serious threat to many species of deciduous hardwood trees. During the larval stage, the ALB bores deep into a tree's heartwood, where it feeds on the tree's nutrients. The tunneling damages and eventually kills the tree. Tree species considered ALB host species include all species of maple (Norway, sugar, silver, and red maple) as well as Horse chestnut, Poplar, Willow, Birch, London plane, Mountain ash, Mimosa (silk tree), Elm and Hackberry.[1]
While the Asian long~horned beetle can fly for distances of 400 yards (370 m) or more in search of a host tree, they tend to lay eggs in the same tree from which they emerged as adults, migrating only when population density becomes too high. During the summer months, a mated adult ALB female chews 35 to 90 individual depressions into the host tree's bark and lays an egg in each of the pits. The eggs hatch in 10–15 days and the white, caterpillar-like larvae tunnel into the tree's phloem and cambium layers beneath the tree bark. After several weeks, the larvae tunnel deeper in the tree's heartwood where they mature into pupae. The pupae hatch into adults inside the tree over the winter months. The full-grown adult ALBs chew their way out of the tree the next spring and summer, as early as May and as late as October or November, depending on climate. In the process, they leave perfectly round exit holes that are approximately 1 cm (3/8") in diameter.
Signs of Asian Long-horned Beetle infestation include: the perfectly round, 1 cm exit holes; frass, a sawdust-like material made up of tree shavings and insect waste; and oozing sap. Dead and dying tree limbs or branches and yellowing leaves when there has been no drought also signal ALB infestation. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) research indicates this beetle can survive and reproduce in most sections of the country where suitable host trees exist.Mansfield, MA - Jul 02, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 03, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 11, 2003; Boston, MA - Sep 29, 2004; Reading, PA - Oct 01, 2004; Hartford, CT - May 13, 2006; Boston, MA - May 24, 2006; Boston, MA - May 25, 2006; Hartford, CT - Jun 27, 2008; Mansfield, MA - Jun 28, 2008; Mansfield, MA - June 30, 2008; Hartford, CT - May 15, 2010; Boston, MA - May 17, 2010; [EV - Providence, RI - June 15, 2011; EV - Hartford, CT - June 18, 2011]; Worcester, MA - Oct. 15, 2013; Worcester, MA - Oct. 16, 2013; Hartford, CT - Oct. 25, 2013; Boston, MA - August 5, 2016; Boston, MA - August 7, 2016...0 -
Dragonflies have always been my favorite. Like this.
Not this.
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i like jumping spiders..........i know ,i know.....do not get technical.live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0
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ajedigecko wrote:i like jumping spiders..........i know ,i know.....do not get technical.
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pandora wrote:ajedigecko wrote:i like jumping spiders..........i know ,i know.....do not get technical.
found a kind of cute one I think he's smiling
aww...i like him
wish all spiders looked like that
all fuzzy and smilingMansfield, MA - Jul 02, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 03, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 11, 2003; Boston, MA - Sep 29, 2004; Reading, PA - Oct 01, 2004; Hartford, CT - May 13, 2006; Boston, MA - May 24, 2006; Boston, MA - May 25, 2006; Hartford, CT - Jun 27, 2008; Mansfield, MA - Jun 28, 2008; Mansfield, MA - June 30, 2008; Hartford, CT - May 15, 2010; Boston, MA - May 17, 2010; [EV - Providence, RI - June 15, 2011; EV - Hartford, CT - June 18, 2011]; Worcester, MA - Oct. 15, 2013; Worcester, MA - Oct. 16, 2013; Hartford, CT - Oct. 25, 2013; Boston, MA - August 5, 2016; Boston, MA - August 7, 2016...0 -
i can not see the picture........but i can imagine the smile and the way their head tilts.live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0
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The Tick!0 -
Im not sure what any of these are...but im liking the close up shotsMansfield, MA - Jul 02, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 03, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 11, 2003; Boston, MA - Sep 29, 2004; Reading, PA - Oct 01, 2004; Hartford, CT - May 13, 2006; Boston, MA - May 24, 2006; Boston, MA - May 25, 2006; Hartford, CT - Jun 27, 2008; Mansfield, MA - Jun 28, 2008; Mansfield, MA - June 30, 2008; Hartford, CT - May 15, 2010; Boston, MA - May 17, 2010; [EV - Providence, RI - June 15, 2011; EV - Hartford, CT - June 18, 2011]; Worcester, MA - Oct. 15, 2013; Worcester, MA - Oct. 16, 2013; Hartford, CT - Oct. 25, 2013; Boston, MA - August 5, 2016; Boston, MA - August 7, 2016...0
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Mothra (モスラ, Mosura?) is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the serialized novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta. Since her film début in the 1961 film Mothra, she has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films.
Generally regarded as female by English-speaking audiences, she is a giant lepidopteran with characteristics both of butterflies and of moths. She closely resembles an Inachis io, or a European Peacock Butterfly. The name "Mothra" is the suffixation of "-ra" (a common last syllable in kaiju names, viz. Hedo-ra, Ghido-ra, Ebi-ra, Goji-ra(Godzilla)) to "moth"; since the Japanese language does not have dental fricatives, it is approximated "Mosura" in Japanese. In the American dubbing of Mothra vs. Godzilla, Mothra is also referred to as: "The Thing". She is occasionally an ally to Godzilla but more often than not engaged in conflict due to his anger toward the human race. Mothra holds the most victories against the "King of Monsters0 -
Man, I don't care how cute he looks, I would stomp his fuzzy little smiling head without a second thoughttwisted thoughts wrote:pandora wrote:ajedigecko wrote:i like jumping spiders..........i know ,i know.....do not get technical.
found a kind of cute one I think he's smiling
aww...i like him
wish all spiders looked like that
all fuzzy and smiling
Don't like me no part of a spider!!!!
Get this Pandi...so we head to the house for lunch the other day. I put the food in the nuker. I get up to retrieve it when its ready and she goes to the bathroom. As I enter the kitchen I see a funny looking black thing on the floor in the dimly lit area and bend over to check it out with my awful eyes. A HUGE NASTY UGLY SPIDER!!! I think I yelped like a frightened little school girl and she yells out what's wrong!! I'm kinda freaked, but was wearing flip-flops so I wasn't about to stomp it. She puts her shoes on and kicks it. It's dead. She sort of stomps it. BABY SPIDERS RUN EVERYWHERE!!!! It looked like we were tap dancing in there!!!
That wasn't good for my heart. SCREW A SPIDER!!!!All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all0 -
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it is a good time.......take a black light out into the desert and see just how many scorpions are around.BinauralJam wrote:
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aww...i like him
wish all spiders looked like that
all fuzzy and smiling[/quote]
Man, I don't care how cute he looks, I would stomp his fuzzy little smiling head without a second thought
Don't like me no part of a spider!!!!
Get this Pandi...so we head to the house for lunch the other day. I put the food in the nuker. I get up to retrieve it when its ready and she goes to the bathroom. As I enter the kitchen I see a funny looking black thing on the floor in the dimly lit area and bend over to check it out with my awful eyes. A HUGE NASTY UGLY SPIDER!!! I think I yelped like a frightened little school girl and she yells out what's wrong!! I'm kinda freaked, but was wearing flip-flops so I wasn't about to stomp it. She puts her shoes on and kicks it. It's dead. She sort of stomps it. BABY SPIDERS RUN EVERYWHERE!!!! It looked like we were tap dancing in there!!!
That wasn't good for my heart. SCREW A SPIDER!!!![/quote]i would suspect it to have been a wolf spider.live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0 -
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perfect............one of the greastest times in my life, teaching my daughter how to catch them and let them go.BinauralJam wrote:live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0
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