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Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:21 pm
by Chankgeez
Jero wrote:...and I too have black widow flights
Yeah, I've still got 'em from when I was in high school. They've held up. I haven't really been shooting darts lately, but've been thinking it may be a good summertime activity when it's too hot to be outside. (Bars with dart boards tend to be well air conditioned.) ILF Interstate Dart Leauge, anyone?

Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:29 pm
by htsamurai
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THREAD
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:31 pm
by Chankgeez
htsamurai wrote:WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THREAD
You go ask Tom. He started it and last I checked he can do anything he wants. Anything.
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:32 am
by FuzzHugger
Jero wrote:Chankgeez wrote:Definitely not a mayfly. Looks like a Luna Moth to me.
That's what I thought as well. Those things get huge.
...and I too have black widow flights

Yeah, Luna Moth.
And I've never see one in person, but have you ever seen an orchid mantis?
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:08 am
by Jero
Tom Dalton wrote:Jero wrote:Chankgeez wrote:Definitely not a mayfly. Looks like a Luna Moth to me.
That's what I thought as well. Those things get huge.
...and I too have black widow flights

Yeah, Luna Moth.
And I've never see one in person, but have you ever seen an orchid mantis?
Unfortunately not...they are quite beautiful

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Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:08 pm
by Chankgeez
Wow, that bug is cray cray.
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:30 am
by Noise...
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:25 pm
by RR Bigman
No clue what this is...some sort of scorpion/cricket hybrid. it was dead when I found it along a river after they had let the dam outa few hours prior to this photo...there were dozens of them on the rocks. Pardon the low resolution
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:19 pm
by Jero
^Looks a bit like a mole cricket^
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:52 pm
by RR Bigman
could be

The fore legs don't really look suited for digging, but I'm no entomologist. I figured it was some kind of water dwelling beast that got washed down river in the torrent.
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:04 pm
by Officer Bukowski

This badass has been lurking out in front of my door for a while. I can't really get my iPhone camera to focus on the spider but it's pretty crazy looking.
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:59 pm
by Jero
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:40 am
by Gearmond
RR Bigman wrote:No clue what this is...some sort of scorpion/cricket hybrid. it was dead when I found it along a river after they had let the dam outa few hours prior to this photo...there were dozens of them on the rocks. Pardon the low resolution
Stonefly larvae.
my buddy is super good at identifying bugs and he could get that catepillar and moth right off the bat. but i'd have to look stuff up
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:46 pm
by Jero
Found this Elateridae (clicker beetle) today in my yard. I see small ones pretty often (1/2"), but I haven't seen one this size in years. When I was a kid we'd put the big ones on their backs and they would pop above our heads. This one played dead when I was holding it.
Re: Tom's Wondrous Found Creaturepalooza
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:54 pm
by bigchiefbc
Oh yeah, I've been meaning to post this one. I was outside playing with my son about a week ago, and he found this guy clinging to his beach ball. He was about 3" long including legs.
Looks similar to one of Tom's spiders on the first page.
