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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2014 - 12:02pm PT
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 16, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
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Beautiful, John. I think that's a White-lined Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca albolineata.
Pretty sure WTF's is the closely related Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone.
Locations would help, but the taxonomy on these is a bit of a mess anyway.
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john hansen
climber
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Oct 16, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
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Madera Canyon SE AZ.
He rode on the hood for a quarter mile to the next stop,
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Oct 16, 2014 - 10:33pm PT
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I understandstand bugs have their place in nature and the food chain, but I f*#king do NOT like them, especially ticks and spiders. Creep me out.
My f*#king garage is crawling with black widows. It is a perfect nest for them though, almost always closed and cluttered with stuff.
Every time I grab something from there I have to shake it out, sometimes getting a small male, but usually a huge female with the obvious red hourglass on her underside.
I kill them onsight, but tend to spare other outdoor spiders. Except Recluses.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Oct 20, 2014 - 09:15am PT
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What's this? Found on the west shore of Tahoe.
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Tvash
climber
Seattle
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Oct 20, 2014 - 09:47am PT
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That looks like a pine sawyer beetle
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 20, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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Holy crap!!! check out the size of this spider eating a lizard!!!
If you hate spiders and want to sleep tonight I suggest not viewing this. :)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d7_1413832559
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Oct 20, 2014 - 05:26pm PT
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How about some insect poetry?
(Okay, it's doggerel.)
The Blackfly
(Simulium horribilis)
I look upon these tiny gnats with absolute revulsion,
Their vicious bite is not a sting, it’s more like an avulsion.
It’s also lubricated with saliva that’s so venomous
I fear its consequences more than root canals or enemas.
It leaves you with a week of welts and bleeding scabs and itches.
I’d love to spray some genocide on all those sonsavitches!
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MH2
climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 10:36am PT
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Yes, but the blackfly stream-dwelling larvae are averse to pollution, so having blackflies around is a sign of a healthy ecosystem. And why I am in favor of pollution.
Here is a beetle I have often seen before out in the woods. I just found out that it is not a vegetarian.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 31, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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Brandon, Tvash is right, Pine Sawyer, aka Trichocnemis (Ergates) spiculatus.
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Plan B
Ice climber
SoCal
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Oct 31, 2014 - 12:35pm PT
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The bitter end, after a long hard fought battle for this Monarch.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 17, 2015 - 08:02pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 17, 2015 - 08:11pm PT
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2015 - 09:13am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 27, 2015 - 09:17am PT
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Hahahaha! For some reason wasps persist in nesting under the eaves near our
front door. The wife just hands me the Raid. You can't negotiate with
those phukkers.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Virtually most instecks have mad climbing skills, I realize.
But this one has flying skills, too.
Gently bump him off the glass and he drops,
but then catches himself in mid-air and wings right back to the pane.
He's looking good and stylish in the long corner here.
Did he say mouse sperm?
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