Arachnocon 2007 Photos - Animals

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San Antonio, Texas Habitat


Alien Plant Growth


Big Ol Katydid


Neobarettia spinosa - Red-Eyed Spiny Katydid


Centruroides vittatus


Argiope aurantia

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Neoscona sp.?


Peucetia viridans - Green Lynx Spider


Araneus bicentarius


Another Neobarretia spinosa - Red-Eyed Spiny Katydid - I love these little devils

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Wolf Spider


Junonia coenia - Common Buckeye


Caterpillar


Kangaroo rat flushed out of a suspected tarantula burrow




Walking Stick

[syndicate]

great pictures!

[Texas Blonde]

That baby rat was sooooo cute! I couldnt believe my eyes when it came out of the burrow. It was totally unafraid of us, and could care less that we were all oohing and aahing over it..

That walking stick was neat too, Ive never seen one just walking across a parking lot before. And thanks for not posting the pic of my eye, lol.

[GQ.]

Thanks Sky and Syndicate. I wish I would have taken another 100 photos of the Red-eyed katydid. They are an amazing insect. They look like a toy, an evil toy.

That baby rat was sooooo cute! I couldnt believe my eyes when it came out of the burrow. It was totally unafraid of us, and could care less that we were all oohing and aahing over it..

I can imagine all the ahhhhs when people see the photo. It is just too damn cute.

And thanks for not posting the pic of my eye, lol.

Heheh. I deleted the eye photo just for you.

[What]

I am not sure that the walking stick is actually a walking stick. It looks more like a water scorpion...

[Schlyne]

That's a really neat looking caterpillar, any idea what species or genus it belongs to?

[GQ.]

I am not sure that the walking stick is actually a walking stick. It looks more like a water scorpion...

Thanks for pointing that out. I don't recall ever seeing a water scorpion/needle bug. I'll have to read up on them some time.

[GQ.]

That's a really neat looking caterpillar, any idea what species or genus it belongs to?

Maybe skypainter will see this post and answer that question. I showed a photo to him at Arachnocon and he said he knew what it was named. I can't remember though. I thought it was really interesting too. It really stood out against the grass.

[What]

Ill put up some pictures of the walking sticks I encountered in Texas later. I am still too tired from traveling to even bother with pictures now...

[GQ.]

I did see several real walking sticks on a couple of the field trips. I only managed to take a few cheesy washed out photos of the walking sticks. I won't be sharing any of those photos.

[Brian S]

I am not sure that the walking stick is actually a walking stick. It looks more like a water scorpion...

That is a Water Scorpion for sure. It must have been attracted to some lights perhaps

[Crotalus]

Great pictures Gil!
Looks like a great time there

[beetleman]

nice nice nice!! love those picks, yeah that water scorpion is ranutra sp.(spelling) thanks for sharing.