Surprise Visitor! Share your bug and little critter pictures with me!

[trebor]

I was out back cutting my Apples down and I saw this guest in my bananas.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45150)

[oakshadows]

Doesn't look like it ate too much. We miss having frogs around the property. It is drier here than closer to the Gulf where there are plenty.

[trebor]

Doesn't look like it ate too much. We miss having frogs around the property. It is drier here than closer to the Gulf where there are plenty.
Actually In my Hydroponic garden's nutrient tank every summer I have tadpoles and I clean my filter every day but I also get to watch a few hundred baby frogs jumping around :) I dont know what my neighbors think about it because when it rains it can get kinda noisy here :08:
Lets see if I can find a video :ha:
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150270175633530

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110825010.jpg

Spiders are so cool! I think this is a baby wolf spider.

~JaNan

[trebor]

Another Frog :08: this one is living on my double
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45295&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45295&ppuser=7970)

[trebor]

Spiders are so cool! I think this is a baby wolf spider.

~JaNan
He look's awesome !:ha:
For some odd reason when I look at him " Box Car Willy " that name comes to my mind

[momoese]

These creepy little things have been eating holes in my strawberries. Any idea what they are and how to control them organically?

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/2011-08-26-082222.jpg

[trebor]

You might want to try Palmolive dish soap the original green one . Mix with water and use a Windex spray bottle to apply it . That will get rid of lots of little critters for me .. That centipede looks weird! Just be glad you don’t have to buy it shoes

[Jananas Bananas]

Looking for water I think!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828010.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828011.jpg

Poor flowers, they just opened yesterday and are already burning up.

~JaNan

[Jananas Bananas]

These are all on the back porch getting some water I have a plant sitting in. Even the birds are panting, poor little guys! I have Cardinals, Mockingbirds (which are trying to keep all the other birds away from the water), I think Wrens, Finches, Sparrows, Jays, and a little green bird I haven't identified yet. The cats sit at this back door just mesmerized! So cute!

Sorry for the picture quality, I am shooting through a glass door.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828043.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828044.jpg

This is the little green mystery bird. It might be a female Painted Bunting, it isn't any bigger than my thumb, a tiny little thing!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828047.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828050.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828057.jpg

I shouldn't have even included this picture, but it was the only one that you can really see any color in the young male Cardinal.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828078.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110828081.jpg

~JaNan

[trebor]

Jananas Bananas
Great photos :ha: Them little guys look happy

[Jananas Bananas]

Thanks Trebor!

They were happy they found a source of water! :ha:

~JaNan

[oakshadows]

Might be a good thought to offer them some water. I find that they often return the favor by ridding us of some of the not so welcome visitors. Bird bathes are a lot of fun to watch.

[Jananas Bananas]

Noah, I have a bird bath in the front and in the back yard and a huge water trough that always has water in it. But the large birds, Grackles and Crows, keep the tiny ones away from them. I always feed and water any critters that come around here! :) I think the water in the plant saucer is a lot cooler also so the smaller ones prefer to drink there. They are so precious!

[sandy0225]

here's a cool spider of a type I've never seen before.http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45445&size=1
he was on a rudbeckia cherry brandy I was watering this morning. He would have matched better on one of the gold ones!

[Jananas Bananas]

That is a beautiful spider, Sandy! I really like that bright color!!! Here are my vistors for this morning:


http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909015.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110909041.jpg

~JaNan

[sunfish]

First one I have ever seen in my yard. Banana snake ?

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45783&ppuser=2868><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45783&size=1 border=0></a>

[trebor]

Look's like a Pacific Gopher Snake ..
Cal has a lot of different Gopher snakes and they are different looking in different locals . But that would be my guess. Im about 97% sure .. BUT... I posted a picture to a friend of mine who is really up on west coast snakes, if he reply's we will know for sure . He's not into computer's by a long shot :) Email is a strain on his brain

[sunfish]

Look's like a Pacific Gopher Snake ..
Cal has a lot of different Gopher snakes and they are different looking in different locals . But that would be my guess. Im about 97% sure .. BUT... I posted a picture to a friend of mine who is really up on west coast snakes, if he reply's we will know for sure . He's not into computer's by a long shot :) Email is a strain on his brain

Thanks. It is a Gopher Snake.I'll let it go in the canyon

[trebor]

This just in from my snake pal!:ha:

Pituophis cantenifer annectens~San Diego Gopher. Nice example!

[oakshadows]

I think Banana Snake sounds better.

[sunfish]

I think Banana Snake sounds better.

Me too. Sounds harmless.

[Jananas Bananas]

Yeah, I like the name banana snake too. It does sound less threatening. They always have such beautiful markings for something so frightening (for me anyway).

Here's something none of us like to see. After being gone for a week I came home to this. Wiped out one of the AeroGardens entirely and I am having to really battle with them on the ones close by, naturally!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110918001.jpg

~JaNan

[Jananas Bananas]

This is a Crested Caracara Falcon (pretty rare). It lives around here - I see it and it's mate often.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110921001.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110921002.jpg

~JaNan

[sunfish]

This is a Crested Caracara Falcon (pretty rare). It lives around here - I see it and it's mate often.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110921001.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110921002.jpg

~JaNan

That's a nice looking bird

Crested Caracara (http://www.peregrinefund.org/subsites/explore-raptors-2001/falcons/crstcara.html)

[Jananas Bananas]

That's a nice looking bird

Yes they are. It always takes my breath away when I see them flying by. Their wing span is 4 plus feet wide. They spend a lot of time on the ground though, unlike other falcons or birds, and they build their nest out of sticks. Fire ants often eat their babies so their successful reproduction rate is low. I think I read that they are on the US Endangered species list and are protected birds. ~J

[sunfish]

Yes they are. It always takes my breath away when I see them flying by. Their wing span is 4 plus feet wide. They spend a lot of time on the ground though, unlike other falcons or birds, and they build their nest out of sticks. Fire ants often eat their babies so their successful reproduction rate is low. I think I read that they are on the US Endangered species list and are protected birds. ~J

I think someday ants are going to take over

[oakshadows]

Agree with that, this year the ants are everywhere. Of course so are the caterpillars, squarels, rats and what not else.
Tony, did you capture the critter that was stealing your fruit?

[Jananas Bananas]

I was fortunate enough to get a shot of the pair of Crested CaraCara Falcons this morning. Am I lucky or what? See the point on the back of their heads kind of like a Cardinal? They are sooooo COOL! :)

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111010009.jpg

~JaNan

[Jananas Bananas]

Cute little guy!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111016042.jpg

~J

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027026.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027027.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20111027063.jpg

~J

[Jananas Bananas]

This guy wasn't at my house thank goodness, but out in front of a Bass Pro Shop and I snapped a picture with my cell.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/IMAG0116.jpg

~J

[Yug]

There is a pair of birds that watches me quite closely when I work in the garden. Sometimes I have to watch were I put my feet because when I use a rake or a hoe they are often between my feet looking for critters to snack on. I've even see the female (pictured here) eat a centipede!

When in a good mood, the male has quite a complex song. Otherwise, they both just use a clicking-like sound. They never seem afraid.

Female White-rumped Shama.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47070><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47070&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47071><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47071&size=1 border=0></a>

[Yug]

Found this guy guarding my garden

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47762><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47762&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47763><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47763&size=1 border=0></a>

[sunfish]

Found this guy guarding my garden

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47762><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47762&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47763><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47763&size=1 border=0></a>

Now that's pretty cool.

[Yug]

Kinda like having a mini-dinosaur. I read somewhere that the males are the ones with the horns (horny little guy?).

[fmu65]

I know katydids are a pest species, but I have an affection for them since I kept them as pets when I was a little kid. I watched this one grow up through her nymph stages into an adult over the summer last year. Really fascinating! I had plenty of plants around, so she never really damaged any one plant. Here she is on my favorite rose, Oranges n Lemons.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47909&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47909&ppuser=11001)

[Yug]

Don't know what these are, but there are about 7 eating my Kalamansi (Filipino Lime). The smaller ones look like bird crap, but as they get larger, they take on this green color. I guess the pattern is to mimic a snake?

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47936><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47936&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47935><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47935&size=1 border=0></a>

[Yug]

Mystery solved - it is a Chinese Yellow Swallowtail caterpillar. Smaller ones look like bird crap, larger form looks like snake head, and the chrysalis (which I'm trying to find) starts green, slowly turns dusty brown from which emerges a black and white swallowtail. I didn't see yellow in the photos so I down't know why the name has yellow in it.

[trebor]

Mystery solved - it is a Chinese Yellow Swallowtail caterpillar. Smaller ones look like bird crap, larger form looks like snake head, and the chrysalis (which I'm trying to find) starts green, slowly turns dusty brown from which emerges a black and white swallowtail. I didn't see yellow in the photos so I down't know why the name has yellow in it.

YUCK..... I dont like them things.. we have a lot of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail's here and they munch on my citrus trees . Plus they lay eggs in 15 different location on the trees :( under the leaves and hardly ever on a leaf where they been feeding .. Pretty to look at as adults but disgusting leaf eating critters as pupa or worms ...

[caliboy1994]

I actually saw some feral parrots when I was in Pasadena today. Four of them in a tree, eating some berries. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture, it was too cloudy outside.

[Yug]

White Rumped Shama - male. Before, I posted another photo of the female from this pair. When they are in the mood, their song is beautiful, long & complex sounding. Most of the time, they just emit 'clicks'.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48105><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48105&size=1 border=0></a>

[katgum]

I saw this green metallic beetle the other day. Does anyone know if this is the Pine bark Beetle? Or is it something else?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48640&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48640&ppuser=6056)

[Yug]

I actually saw some feral parrots when I was in Pasadena today. Four of them in a tree, eating some berries. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture, it was too cloudy outside.

Damn things are noisy as hell!!

[Jananas Bananas]

Great shots everyone!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/Aerogarden/20120414045.jpg

[caliboy1994]

Western fence lizard. Female I believe.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48650&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48649&size=1

Love the coloration on these guys.

[Dean W.]

My little lizard friend that hangs around the patio.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee185/Dean_Wil/SDC11028.jpg

[orinoko]

Great pics,

A Lily Beetle on a Cocosmia

http://www.katecorner.com/flora/lily.jpg

Sorry its not bigger.

[trebor]

Ha Ha he was a little nervous about my phone :)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49173&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49173)

[trebor]

Technically these are my neighbors bees! But since I need to mow right next to them they become my problem... Or maybe ill just not mow :ha: ... Oh I like that idea.. But sooner or later someone needs to bee the bee guy and bee careful bee-cuze them things bee stinging ya....
They are attached to a black plastic bag she has over a stump to keep it from growing....

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49174&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49174)

[Scuba_Dave]

Just a pic off the web, one of these was chewing on everything in my garden
Thus he was marked for Termination....which was completed
But a red tail hawk decided a free lunch was a good thing & took off with him before I could take a pic

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fKRCt7VVBzs/TUnk647_ITI/AAAAAAAABjw/oEvVWfqphOM/s1600/Groundhog.jpg

[cincinnana]

Eastern Box Turtle being held and questioned for missing low hanging fruits and vegatables:)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50640&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50640)

[Dangermouse01]

Assassin bug (wheel bug) on my Cherry of the Rio Grande.
Nice predator bug for the garden. Some what resembles a Leaf footed stink bug (which is a unwanted pest), but Assassin's head is different shape and has the spiny crest on it's back.
Can inflict a painful bite (worse than a bee sting) if you pester them to much.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/bugs%20and%20critters/assassinbug1_zps1b94e08e.jpg

DM

[trebor]

There is 3 of them hiding in my Dwarf Cavendish :) under the flag leaf I lifted up!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50694&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50694)

[trebor]

Assassin bug (wheel bug) on my Cherry of the Rio Grande.
Nice predator bug for the garden. Some what resembles a Leaf footed stink bug (which is a unwanted pest), but Assassin's head is different shape and has the spiny crest on it's back.
Can inflict a painful bite (worse than a bee sting) if you pester them to much.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/bugs%20and%20critters/assassinbug1_zps1b94e08e.jpg

DM
That is one awesome looking bug !

[Abnshrek]

The night supervisor outside my garage.. lol :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50837)

[cincinnana]

The night supervisor outside my garage.. lol :^)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50837)

That spider is so big it casts its own shadow.

[Dangermouse01]

Not a surprise visitor to my garden, but a welcome returning fall/winter guest. Ruby-throated hummingbird,
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/bugs%20and%20critters/Hummingbird1.jpg
Cant ever seem to get a picture while they are buzzing around the flowers, so had to zoom in on it while it was perched at the very top of my tangerine tree.

DM

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51313&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51313&limit=recent)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51312&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51312&limit=recent)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51178&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51178)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50486&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50486&ppuser=12081)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50467&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50467)

[cincinnana]

Run turkey run.:)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52240&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52240&ppuser=13421)

[has a dream]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/11756_385217624861711_833390091_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/469703_385216264861847_1225565561_o.jpg

[Lord Snooty]

A newly hatched nest of spiders living on a Chilean Glory Vine. I don't know what species they are but they're quite cute.Photo taken on 2nd May, 2010.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52250&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52250)

[trebor]

I got 1 or two of these Brown Anoles per Papaya plant. Guess they are waiting for some fruit wasps ..


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52404&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52404)

[Dangermouse01]

Wish the ones in my yard would hang out on the papaya. Mine seem to like hanging out in the mango & lychee blooms to ambush the things pollinating the flowers, stuff I want to have around.

DM

[caliboy1994]

A hummingbird that fell out of its nest.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Miscellaneous/20130329_181134_zps8f83ac9e.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Miscellaneous/20130329_181126_zps47e22f24.jpg

[sunfish]

A hummingbird that fell out of its nest.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Miscellaneous/20130329_181134_zps8f83ac9e.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Miscellaneous/20130329_181126_zps47e22f24.jpg

You going to feed him/her ?

[Lord Snooty]

[QUOTE=caliboy1994;216711]A hummingbird that fell out of its nest.

How is the humming bird doing?

[LilRaverBoi]

OMG it's adorable!!

[sunfish]

Hand-feeding a hummingbird - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhypAzXEtKM)

[sunfish]

Better

Peter & Peeps -- Rescued Baby Hummingbird Fed in Hand by Mother - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7xBLvMIBZU)

[caliboy1994]

You going to feed him/her ?

Yes, we fed it and then put it back in the bushes. It flew over the fence.

[Abnshrek]

A neighbor chillin' out in the D. Namwah.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/TreeFrog080113_zpsb18fa42b.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/TreeFrog080113_zpsb18fa42b.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

Found This guy living rent free

http://i.imgur.com/oTqb4aO.jpg

[Kat2]

Found This guy living rent free.I had no idea they liked pineapples! I found 1 on my butternut squash and was "attacked" by one a couple of weeks ago when I was making sure my mystery plants had water--1/2" creature who sat happily on my hand so I could take a picture but was out of shots and it's just a blur so I won't post it. Sorry.

Jack (in my avatar) is about 2" long and used to only visit when a new leaf opened; 2 other tiny babies showed up sometimes when he wasn't around. Today all 3 were nestled down in the banana. Can someone tell me if they're hanging out for flies? I see lots of flies on the days they show up. Other days? Not so much.

[I_GROWER]

^never seen that before, new to pineapples so i will keep a eye out future squatters .

[Pallen]

This guy showed for a couple days but did not stick around. It would have been cool if he stuck around, but I guess it is good he did not find enough pests on my plant to make it worthwhile. If you watch close in the animation, he did have one meal wondering around to dispatch before he ate and ran.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oaTwBUqv2gpNDNu0DPZPNDZXczajGzMHQFmLnk3gu-g=w305-h228-p-nohttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0jvFD-zyp_vAUgmZIzLitVPDv9dD4FHcNKqBIpb7Gyc=w306-h228-p-no
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jN273TzCifo/UiFcMuUzZQI/AAAAAAAANKU/yRGcBpr5XqE/w358-h851-no/DSCN1379-1381-8-30-2013-Pauls+Banana+Plantation.jpg

[Kat2]

This guy showed for a couple days but did not stick around. It would have been cool if he stuck around, but I guess it is good he did not find enough pests on my plant to make it worthwhile. If you watch close in the animation, he did have one meal wondering around to dispatch before he ate and ran.He or she is still there--trust me on this--you are blessed. I would kill to have a few "wasp nests" of them here in FL. When I first started gardening I noticed "crystal orbs" on my jasmine in the fall; they looked bad so I pruned them off and tossed them. Stupid. Found out what they were and never sprayed for another pest again. Of course, I never saw a lady bug again but holy cow I loved my PMs.

[ez]

I found this snake prowling through my back yard today, it's about 2 feet long.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54711 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54711&ppuser=7682)

[ez]

This 12 to 14 inch long anole (http://www.bananas.org/f2/theres-cuban-my-manzano-18971.html#post228747) is eating a small brown lizard. By the time I got the camera It was too late, you can only see the tail.

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/IMG_a_zps6902a96f.jpg

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/IMG_b_zps7d017a3e.jpg

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/IMG_c_zps78d29940.jpg

[Kat2]

A frog of a different color.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54883&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54883&ppuser=17055)

Jack is chartreuse as are the other 2 or 3 babies who visit. Or are tree frogs like chameleons?

[Kat2]

Apparently tree frogs do change color!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54884&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54884&ppuser=17055)

And pretty quickly.

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/012-18.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/012-18.jpg.html)

[sal]

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55080&ppuser=16687><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55080&size=1 border=0></a>

[Kat2]

Camouflaging yourself on a Pink Lemon wouldn't be easy I wouldn't think.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55160&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55160&ppuser=17055)

[Kat2]

So I brought some plants in Wednesday; it got down to 36 here Thursday morning. Everything was potted in "sterile" soil because I was trying to avoid bringing bugs. (My soil here is dismal.) I hadn't seen any tree frogs on the banana or other plants since my post on 11/12 so figured they were hibernating. (Do they do that?) Forgive the mess on my counter...it was worse before I edited...never said I was a housekeeper...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55321&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55321&ppuser=17055)

He/she has been caught (those babies can JUMP FAST!) and released outside; I haven't a clue what to feed it and was afraid I'd accidentally step on it. Supposed to be 80 by Sunday and nothing less than 47 until then so the hitchhiker should be fine.

Word to the wise: inspect inside bound plants carefully.

[Kat2]

Apparently Jack is back. Or should that be Jack is black? (Okay, not black but very dark.)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55547&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55547&ppuser=17055)

[Pallen]

He or she is still there--trust me on this--you are blessed. I would kill to have a few "wasp nests" of them here in FL. When I first started gardening I noticed "crystal orbs" on my jasmine in the fall; they looked bad so I pruned them off and tossed them. Stupid. Found out what they were and never sprayed for another pest again. Of course, I never saw a lady bug again but holy cow I loved my PMs.
No, he left but I am very tempted to actually buy some eggs coming spring just to have around. The one in my photo's must have come from a neighbor as they do not survive the winter here.

[Kat2]

No, he left but I am very tempted to actually buy some eggs coming spring just to have around. The one in my photo's must have come from a neighbor as they do not survive the winter here.I'm not sure they survive winter anywhere. Come fall they mate, the female, if she's hungry, bites the head off the male (obviously he's a goner) then builds her nest. In spring they hatch! They're really cute at about 1" long (when I saw them). I was in MD--supposedly zone 6b/7a--are you colder?

[I_GROWER]

Sleepy Snake in the grass
http://i.imgur.com/0plHsTl.jpg

[ez]

My old friend Mr. Anderson the Knight Anole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Anole) :08:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/12330146795_44fc065afb_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12330146795/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/12330149755_d369d5743a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12330149755/)

[ez]

I found this frog sleeping in my Grand Nain mat its 3" and I believe it's a Cuban Treefrog - Osteopilus septentrionalis (http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/amphibians/cuban-treefrog/).

Frog Identification Audio Clip - mp3 (http://www.hillsborough.wateratlas.usf.edu/fln/data/audio/cuban_tree_frog.mp3) :waving:

https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7452/12865467753_e02aa367fc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12865467753/)

[merce3]

do you leave them be?

[ez]

do you leave them be?

yes

[Pallen]

I consider our little visitors one of the joys of growing plants and look forward to seeing them.
As long as they are eating pests on my plants, and not eating the plants themselves they are welcome.

[Kat2]

I'm old enough to remember that SNL skit about finding the Pope in the pizza; I raised a kid who loved locating Waldo. For you young folk---find the frog on the tarp headed to Cocoa.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55754&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55754&ppuser=17055)
Jack again tried to hitch a ride. He posed for many pictures during this last year and entertained me very much. But Jack belongs in Jacksonville I think. I'm going to miss that guy and his little friends.

[I_GROWER]

Found this nest last Saturday
http://i.imgur.com/0EstZFP.jpg

Found this today
http://i.imgur.com/r6YzWJc.jpg


The house they crashed
http://i.imgur.com/TvyfIoX.jpg

[I_GROWER]

When you see it
http://i.imgur.com/nrQlfnA.jpg

Papayas will be shat.

[ez]

Behind my storage shed where I keep gardening materials inside an old 10 gallon white plant pot I discovered a small colony of honey bees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee). I carefully tilted it over prop it open and left the area, came back after they settle down.

I think they're going to outgrow their home and eventually move out so I let them bee. http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/beea_zpsf139b5b5.gif


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/13276723803_43556b82ff_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276723803/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/13276583945_9f3231440d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276583945/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/13276724363_bca41e2bfe_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276724363/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/13276915254_0e10c3c3f8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276915254/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/13276913134_fbdfb58cc8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276913134/)

[Samantha]

Behind my storage shed where I keep gardening materials inside an old 10 gallon white plant pot I discovered a small colony of honey bees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee). I carefully tilted it over prop it open and left the area, came back after they settle down.

I think they're going to outgrow their home and eventually move out so I let them bee. http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/1tvg/beea_zpsf139b5b5.gif


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/13276723803_43556b82ff_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276723803/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/13276583945_9f3231440d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276583945/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/13276724363_bca41e2bfe_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276724363/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/13276915254_0e10c3c3f8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276915254/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/13276913134_fbdfb58cc8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13276913134/)





:goteam::goteam::goteam::goteam:Amazing Pictures!:goteam::goteam::goteam::goteam:

[Kat2]

Sorry no picture to post--this isn't my computer and it's on my phone which is only talk/text

but...

I finally found the culprit who's been eating the tomato blooms. I'd looked as had Mr. Cocoa but only in the evening. Rain last night and being out early this morning led to capturing a 4" horn worm. Yes, captured. I'm saving it until the little girl next door comes home from school; she loves creepy things. But also so she can see a garden pest up close. She's expressed an interest in gardening so I've set up 3 tomatoes, 3 zukes and a compost watermelon plant for her. (Having been forced to weed my mother's garden as a child, I know that you can't force a love for plants; I was in my 20s before I ever wanted to dig in the dirt again.) She's been watching it grow (watering when reminded) and mine besides asking a bazillion questions so we have a Saturday date to add a few more things to her bed. I have spare mulch/compost from the County, some marigolds, a few more tomatoes and spare seeds in my stash.

[cincinnana]

Found this fella in a bird house on the deck waiting for a snack....
In fact there were two others actively hunting nearby.
The Black Rat snake is the largest in the region about 4.5 feet in length


<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14408435922" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14408435922_3951b43a08_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Untitled"></a>

[Kat2]

No pictures but I unexpectedly encountered a harmless FL black snake when I went to put away the cast net in order to set out the recycling bin. We'd seen a 3 footer slithering across the yard just minutes before so my girly girl "EEEEEK, there's a snake" was met with scoffing disbelief by the little girl next door and Mr. Cocoa. There I was calmly pulling the net up to place on its hook out of the way (where it should have been days ago) and the black "leash" was spitting at me. Turned out to be a 2 footer that had entangled itself.

Much as I hate snakes, I did help, albeit gingerly, to free it for the next 20 minutes but, in the end it, everything came down to destroying an $80 net or the snake which was impossibly snared. So I got my trusty clippers and Mr. Cocoa cut off its head to stop its suffering. (Shoot me but I once spent 2 hours with my father trying to free a black snake from deer netting that was cheap and we did cut it but it died anyway--too much time--too much trauma.)

Not much of a story, is it?

[cincinnana]

GO Pro Black Edition mounted on head of White tailed deer in my back yard...... yeh RIGHT:ha:
Sometimes I get the shot ....
And sometimes the shot gets me..


<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14404919175" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14404919175_04cddbb0f0_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[merce3]

yes

I consider our little visitors one of the joys of growing plants and look forward to seeing them.
As long as they are eating pests on my plants, and not eating the plants themselves they are welcome.

just an fyi: cuban tree frogs are invasive and eat native fl frogs. i try to catch them and throw them in the freezer to kill them humanely (please don't let the wife know).

[Kat2]

Only in Central FL have I encountered those Cuban guys; My friend, who has lived here for over 30 yeas, says you absolutely don't want to touch them. (I'm not sure why but they're not very pretty IMO) I am not a frog person but have come to like the green ones which I haven't seen here; I miss them. Do Cubans eat those sweet gentle guys/gals? If so, I won't be humane at all...

[merce3]

yes they do.. i had one that loved my soursop tree. then one day it was replaced by the ugly cuban. i find them everywhere now. especially in unfurling banana leaves

[Pallen]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2tjWoJoSl5w/U7Lei2wNVzI/AAAAAAAAakI/2BBReHHP_Zo/w1133-h850-no/DSCN2175.JPG
I may be small, but I cast a large shadow over those that would dare to invade my domain.

[cincinnana]

Found...
Lost cat.. missing hair on tail, smells bad, hisses, and is a messy eater.
Sleeps all day and awake all night.
Does not like to take baths and bites.
Free to good home.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14651669594" title="Lost cat by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3869/14651669594_1cb770b8d0_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Lost cat"></a>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14651671774" title="Lost cat by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3920/14651671774_2b9af1c81c_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Lost cat"></a>

[Pallen]

Found...
Lost cat.. missing hair on tail, smells bad, hisses, and is a messy eater.
Does not like baths and bites.
Free to good home.

Would love to have such a cute kitty but our cat does not get along well with other cats in the home. Sorry, But I do hope someone on the forum will be able to give it a good home for you.

[cincinnana]

Ok.......another white tail deer photo
This year there are triplets with a full set of parents.....which is somewhat unusual, but then again I never know who's kids get dropped off at the yard each day.

.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14223146040" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14223146040_ebdf2172f0_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[cincinnana]

These 4 Eastern Box Turtles were found within 25 feet of each other.
I have never seen that many at once.....hmmmmm.
Occasionally they will eat some strawberries and tomatoes from the garden
What are they doing?


<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14781511693" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/14781511693_d8152d0281_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[hanabananaman]

These 4 Eastern Box Turtles were found within 25 feet of each other.
I have never seen that many at once.....hmmmmm.
Occasionally they will eat some strawberries and tomatoes from the garden
What are they doing?


<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14781511693" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/14781511693_d8152d0281_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

They may be in mating mode or are sharing the location of your best eats. A few weeks ago I was digging in my front yard to repair a sprinkler head and found about 10 turtle eggs very freshly laid. They were about 10 inches deep and there was no clue above ground that they were there. I am about 500 ft away from a man made lake. The local herpetological people told me these are an invasive species and I should dispose of them.

[cincinnana]

They may be in mating mode or are sharing the location of your best eats. A few weeks ago I was digging in my front yard to repair a sprinkler head and found about 10 turtle eggs very freshly laid. They were about 10 inches deep and there was no clue above ground that they were there. I am about 500 ft away from a man made lake. The local herpetological people told me these are an invasive species and I should dispose of them.
You are right !!
I salt the yard with slices of watermelon and these endangered turtles cannot resist ..

Brown chikin brown cow..
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14738643306" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14738643306_5367d33b42_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/0c58e1f9-ffa1-4879-b122-07b067093839.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/0c58e1f9-ffa1-4879-b122-07b067093839.jpg.html)

[Abnshrek]

Went to remove a couple old leaves and almost got attacked.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Photo1809_zps422f65ef.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Photo1809_zps422f65ef.jpg.html)

[Pallen]

Went to remove a couple old leaves and almost got attacked.. :^)

Ouch! Better leaf them alone. They own it now.

[Kat2]

Went to remove a couple old leaves and almost got attacked.. :^)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Photo1809_zps422f65ef.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Photo1809_zps422f65ef.jpg.html)Okay, I'm clueless. What is it? I'm getting used to lizards and frogs along with no seeums but that looks awful. (OT: Joy, joy! I have a little tree frog visiting me in Cocoa. He's not as green as Jack was; he's got more brown on him and he's bigger so I suspect he's older. But he sits on the railing at night in front of the apartment and seems to wait for me to notice him then he hops away. (Jack never did that; he posed for pictures happily!) I'm looking at a house by the side of the woods in the AM; if it works out, I will plant bananas in the yard and keep my fingers crossed Jack's buds come a courtin'.)

[Abnshrek]

Okay, I'm clueless. What is it? I'm getting used to lizards and frogs along with no seeums but that looks awful. (OT: Joy, joy! I have a little tree frog visiting me in Cocoa. He's not as green as Jack was; he's got more brown on him and he's bigger so I suspect he's older. But he sits on the railing at night in front of the apartment and seems to wait for me to notice him then he hops away. (Jack never did that; he posed for pictures happily!) I'm looking at a house by the side of the woods in the AM; if it works out, I will plant bananas in the yard and keep my fingers crossed Jack's buds come a courtin'.)

They Dirt Dobbers.. :^)

[Kat2]

They Dirt Dobbers.. :^)Phooey. They don't sting according to what I saw. We had things like that that built weird nests in our buildings in MD; they hurt nothing other than spiders. I realize my experience was up north but do I need to fear them now when living where it's hot?

[Abnshrek]

Phooey. They don't sting according to what I saw. We had things like that that built weird nests in our buildings in MD; they hurt nothing other than spiders. I realize my experience was up north but do I need to fear them now when living where it's hot?

The black one's sting, but the red one's are pretty passive unless your pissing in their wheaties.. :^)

[cincinnana]

She's the one eye, one eye, one eye....
She's the one eye, one eye Love.....

Note: This female turtle, more than likely has been injured by a lawnmower.
The shell has been split and has grown together nicely....
Special friend..
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14843187412" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5578/14843187412_b4abcfa7da_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[Abnshrek]

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/IMG_0292_zps45774f4a.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/IMG_0292_zps45774f4a.jpg.html)

[cincinnana]

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/14815863487" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/14815863487_a0da9d9868_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Untitled"></a>

[Abnshrek]

Found this on a pindo. Chased one off that was by the plumeria last week..

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps01819599.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps01819599.jpg.html)

[Pallen]

Found this on a pindo. Chased one off that was by the plumeria last week..
Must be a reason you chased it off. Is it a moth as it looks? and is it a type harful to your plants?

[Abnshrek]

Must be a reason you chased it off. Is it a moth as it looks? and is it a type harful to your plants?

Don't need no larve growing on my plumeria is all..

[jbyrd88888]

I think I will wait to trim this leaf.
http://i61.tinypic.com/20p9g5v.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/op3am8.jpg
Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx Spider) (http://www.spiders.us/species/peucetia-viridans/) maybe?
◕Redish coloration indicate this is female.
◕Eye arrangement is fairly recognizable and hard to mistake.
◕They are covered in conspicuous black spines, and the femurs have many small black dots. In both genders, the legs are usually a translucent green color, with yellowish-orange rings at some of the joints.
◕This species has the ability to change colors based on habitat, so the legs may be translucent reddish-pink in some specimens.
◕This spider does not spin a web for prey capture. Instead, it sits and waits for prey to come nearby and then pounces on it with lightning speed and agility. It may also actively stalk its prey, running and jumping from branch to branch with ease, which is how it earned the nickname “lynx spider.” Though they do not use silk for webs, they do use it for drag lines and for creating their silken egg sacs.




http://i59.tinypic.com/2ef18nl.jpg

[Abnshrek]

My new Banana Guard Dog.. :v)

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps6005b87b.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps6005b87b.jpg.html)

[merce3]

^neat critters

[jbyrd88888]

All bees in my area seem half-sized, half-as-smart and half as many as usual.
I'm sure y'all have seen and heard stories why...
http://i61.tinypic.com/14kh4r6.jpg

[crazy banana]

Weekend visitor on our patio:

This rattlesnake got relocated to an unpopulated wetland area....

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56723&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56723&ppuser=13376)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56724&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56724&ppuser=13376)

[bananimal]

Weekend visitor on our patio:

This rattlesnake got relocated to an unpopulated wetland area....

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56723&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56723&ppuser=13376)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56724&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56724&ppuser=13376)

How did you grab it? No poisonous snakes yet at my place but expect one someday. Last deadly snake I handled was a bamboo viper. Killed him quick.

[jbyrd88888]

Caught the Culprit RED-HANDED!↓↓↓↓↓! Fed him to my pond!
http://i60.tinypic.com/esrlfa.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/2yn2dm8.jpg

Lynx Spider protecting her sack!↓↓↓↓↓! I hope I don't regret her survival!
http://i57.tinypic.com/snkoix.jpg

[crazy banana]

How did you grab it? No poisonous snakes yet at my place but expect one someday. Last deadly snake I handled was a bamboo viper. Killed him quick.

We used a broom/rake to get him in a deep sterlite box. Did not want to take any chances. Usually there is a rattlesnake in our yard every year, but even though the dogs have been trained in a rattlesnake avoidance class ( I highly recommend that if you have rattlesnakes around), they get relocated to an unpopulated area. People are too quick with killing snakes, but snakes do take care of the rodent population.
Over the years we have seen many different snakes here, usually king snakes, gopher snakes and garter snakes, usually we keep them around or relocate them before the neighbor puts them on his BBQ...

[bananimal]

I've had BBQ rattler a couple of times at a restaurant. It was pretty good.

[crazy banana]

I've had BBQ rattler a couple of times at a restaurant. It was pretty good.

Eww....

[bananimal]

Eww....

You have to try it. In the boondocks of central NJ they serve it along with buffalo steak. "Lily Langtree's --- Law West of the Pecos".

[Nicolas Naranja]

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141127_155249_zpsnbivjnb5.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141127_155249_zpsnbivjnb5.jpg.html)

[cincinnana]

Turtles and ice...

[Kat2]

I really need to find my phone to computer cord. Last night I didn't bother recording a Cuban frog hanging on my needs to be replaced and not air tight sliding glass door. I saw him when I flipped on the kitchen light; I swear he was silently yelling "Elaine, Elaine" which is not my name but because I'm old the Graduate came to mind immediately. I think I imagined the glass rattling--perhaps not--he was pretty beefy and didn't flinch when I rapped on the glass.

I have very shamefully mistreated pups that came to me in a roundabout way from our Worm Farmer 2 years ago; 2 are now in the ground and the last survivor (a plantain) will be soon. (I lost 1 or 2 for several reasons beyond my control; shame on me...)

But I digress...

Today I notice a frog nestled in the new leaf of the Namwah that has perked up; sadly it's a Cuban which means, I believe, that I'm really glad I didn't bring Jack along from Jacksonville despite his great efforts to accompany me. Shame. I like the green guys very much...the gray guys are boring...

[Lau]

Spider eating a bee.http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57605&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57605)

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57634&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57634)

I am not the biggest fan of ground squirrels. Fighting with them over my vegetable garden and they usually win.
This baby one was very cute though, but a crow got it right in front of my eyes.
I guess I hate the crows even more.... :(

[cincinnana]

Small dove....<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/17284364979" title="Untitled by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7742/17284364979_e828aab5c1_z.jpg" width="640" height="478" alt="Untitled"></a>

[Kat2]

Even if I could find my cord it wouldn't help; according to the friend who was watching while I ran to get my phone a mockingbird chased him/her off. (If you've never been attacked by a MB or catbird, you have no idea just how viscous those fairly small birds are.)

What him/her you may ask? A barred owl! Sitting on the power lines in my backyard! 20 feet from me in the waning daylight. We locked eyes! I was captivated; I'm not sure he/she was also but nobody flinched for at least 5 minutes. I was raised in the country and have lived on/visited several farms in my long life and have heard owls but never ever seen one before. Maybe I did but not that close. Majestically huge and beautiful!

I truly live on the edge of an Enchanted Forest.

[amantedelenguaje]

This is a fly I found on my asimina triloba. I've never seen this before. It's definitely got a large badonkadonk. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UOI86XEXtgQ/VVk_2WTQ1HI/AAAAAAAAD-E/VDh4bHb-aTM/s400/P4140004.JPG

[Kat2]

How did you know it's a girl?

[amantedelenguaje]

How did you know it's a girl?
If you are referring to the big-butt fly in the above post, I never said it was a girl. I referred to the creature as "it"

[Kat2]

Yes I know but generally that term refers to females, doesn't it? (I had to look it up.)

[cincinnana]

Lepidopteris Quadricoptus.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/560/19027252981_be8fe85130_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uZnDpT)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/),
on Flickr

[crazy banana]

This was a real surprise visitor and "he/she" bit me while I was gardening this past weekend. Beautiful Gopher Snake - glad it was not a rattle snake....
Gopher Snake
://http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58266&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58266&ppuser=13376)


He/she bit me
://http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58267&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58267&ppuser=13376)

[Lau]

I'm glad you are okay. I never want to find anything like that in my yard.:nanadrink:

[crazy banana]

I'm glad you are okay. I never want to find anything like that in my yard.:nanadrink:

Thank you. We get at least one or two snakes in our yard every year (we know of) because we have a canyon behind the house. I actually do not mind having them around unless it is a rattlesnake. They all take care of rodents, but we usually relocate them to an unpopulated wetland area.
We mostly get rattlesnakes, Gopher snakes, Garter Snakes and King Snakes.

[robguz24]

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3048_zpswfv02hp0.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3048_zpswfv02hp0.jpg.html)

[robguz24]

It's a Ti plant and yep, a monarch. They're quite common here, much more so than our native Kamehameha butterfly, which I've never actually seen.

[robguz24]

Planet Earth, Downstairs Edition. Green Anole vs. Madagascar Gold Dust Day Gecko. It ended well for the gecko, which broke free eventually.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3070_zpsx2uqx7pq.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3070_zpsx2uqx7pq.jpg.html)

[cincinnana]

Locally we have a heavy population of deer.
About ten go foraging through the yard a day.

These fellas will decimate your landscape in no time.
If it tastes good it is gone.
Note the tree in the center of the photo, the English ivy is stripped to a height of 6 feet.

Also note the temperature/date at the bottom of the photo....not prime for growing banana plants:)

.https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4360/35792519464_ce84ddbab0_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WwS23y)
White tail deer (https://flic.kr/p/WwS23y)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[cincinnana]

Humans and their dogs.
.Looks like a Silverback?

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/14066581192_4d0ddfbe0a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nr1UvW)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/nr1UvW)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[cincinnana]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48750417971_6a1f6dd3c8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hgUCPM)
Jaba (https://flic.kr/p/2hgUCPM)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[cincinnana]

Snake...https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48843540113_c83a489a49_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hq8UMX)
Snake
(https://flic.kr/p/2hq8UMX) by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

Just kidding....This is an Amorphophallas Konjac stem.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48844093052_1a1bfb308b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hqbKao)
Stem

/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/]

Hostafarian
(https://flic.kr/p/2hqbKao),
on Flickr

[luisport]

Like a snake skin... :ha:

[cincinnana]

Things box turtles can't do going uphill.:)

This mating pair of Eastern Box turtles got themselves in a real pickle

The male has fallen backward and his girlfriend is dragging him through the leaf litter.....Probably to go shopping.

.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49909617157_c469c9dc16_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j3kQmD)
Turtle knot (https://flic.kr/p/2j3kQmD)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

[cincinnana]

Social distancing........


.
https://live.staticflickr.com/3892/14781511693_53669ac102_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/owc7rT)
Social distancing (https://flic.kr/p/owc7rT)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr