Why I Never Get Anywhere Fast
Distractions abound….
I think this is a white-striped longtail – which has lost its tail to a predator!
This ox beetle is what the giant grub turned into after 5 months.
Banded argiope
Male rainbow scarab beetle
White-striped longtail butterfly from above.
Even a tomato hornworm is gorgeous close-up.
For my money, the song of the Carolina wren is one of the prettiest around.
Coral bean
American crow
I found this grub in the compost pile back in December. I kept it in a jar of dirt until it metamorphosed into an ox beetle.
I think this white-tailed deer really wants to join the sheep.
Coral bean
Wolf spider with egg sac.
What gorgeous iridescence!
So many pictures to take, so many things to research….
Is that horn beetle/rhinoceros beetle the one you let hatch (or whatever it is that grubs do)? Or is that a dead beetle you found?
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The scarab beetle with the horn and iridescent colors was one I just found dead. The ox beetle has a little horn and is twice as big as a June bug (at least) and it hatched from the grub.
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Yes because of nature’s beauty there is always distraction. Be A Blessing because you’re Blessed. Mtetar
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I love your view of that! You are right!
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Thanks and you’re welcome. Be A Blessing because you’re Blessed. Mtetar
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I do appreciate your appreciation for such details of life, but I was a little squicked out, too. 😉 Wolf spiders are poisonous, yes? Do you have to worry about them getting in the house?
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Well, if they did, I’m sure the black widows and scorpions would get them! 🙂 Let’s just say I never walk around barefoot and I always looks where I am reaching.
Actually, the only poisonous spiders we have around here are black widows and brown recluse. I have been within inches of black widows and they never came after me!
I love your phrase “squicked out!”
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