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edie
03-26-2007, 02:32 AM
just posting some pictures of some of the insects i've found in my backyard..

Centruroides exilicauda

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC02262.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC02254-1.jpg

Hyles lineata
(it used to be in my backyard at least! my cat killed it)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC02187.jpg

2 unknown caterpillars
the first one might be from type of sphynx moth, but i'm not sure

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/catter2.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/catter.jpg

unknown huntsman

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/P1010589.jpg

southern house spider? if anyone knows for sure i would like to know, they're all over our barn

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00716.jpg

a beetle i found on a dead bird i couldn't help but take a picture of

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00713.jpg

Phidippus johnsoni

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC01361.jpg

wolf spider

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC01403.jpg

its starting to get warm so i'm sure i'll find a lot more soon
skinheaddave
03-26-2007, 06:13 AM
By far the most colourful insect pins I've ever seen. ;)

Cheers,
Dave
edie
03-26-2007, 10:41 AM
By far the most colourful insect pins I've ever seen. ;)

Cheers,
Dave

haha, i had to work with what i could find! i went though every box in my house just to find the styrofoam
gunslinger
03-26-2007, 02:39 PM
Very kewl pics, especially the huntsmen. I wish my backyard got such nice stuff.
Crazyspidergirl
03-26-2007, 02:42 PM
thats so unfair! all i get here in england is woodlice, garden spiders, ants, earwigs, brown slugs and brown snails!
Gigas
03-26-2007, 02:43 PM
House spider= genus Kuculcania
edie
03-26-2007, 10:25 PM
Very kewl pics, especially the huntsmen. I wish my backyard got such nice stuff.

thanks, mostly its just widows and bark scorpions. its always a nice surprise when i find a huntsman though! i caught this one in my back yard about 6 months ago, shes an O. giganteus.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/charlottesample/insects/DSC00737.jpg
edie
03-26-2007, 10:27 PM
thats so unfair! all i get here in england is woodlice, garden spiders, ants, earwigs, brown slugs and brown snails!

we have some nice stuff here but i always wanted to live somewhere a little more green. i love when i go out of state and i get to see slugs and sails! they're never here
SnakeManJohn
04-04-2007, 04:19 PM
Oh man, I wish I lived near a place where I can find tarantulas. I'm not sure if there's T's nearby down here in Tennessee..I know there's Brown Recluse, but screw that, one bit, you're whole foot is black and flesh rotted. That huntsman is AWESOME!
Dorcus
04-16-2007, 12:32 AM
Hey, I hope you didn't put the pin through the specimen itself... You see, that pin will eventually rust, and the specimen will be ruined. For insect specimens you need to use special stainless steel pins... Otherwise, it looks pretty good :)
edie
04-16-2007, 01:36 AM
Hey, I hope you didn't put the pin through the specimen itself... You see, that pin will eventually rust, and the specimen will be ruined. For insect specimens you need to use special stainless steel pins... Otherwise, it looks pretty good :)

it was for practice, the cat took a good chunk of its belly off and i've never pinned before so i figured it would be good to do it on something i could mess up
thank you
froggyman
04-22-2007, 03:37 PM
such a nice wolf spider! its the same color as caramel