August 2011
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Man dies From 19 Widow Bites
It’s only fair that I share this story that my sister told me about… A 40 yr. old man died from 19 Black Widow bites on his foot! Now, it’s terrible.. awful for his family so by what I’m about to say I mean no disrespect or to take away from their loss.
Dying from widow bites is extremely rare.. usually ill or very young people are the most in danger. The fact that the...
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Sidenote
Every time I post pics of Kim, I lose a follower! Ha.. Maybe I should have a disclaimer “there will be spiders!”..
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vermilionsun asked: Thanks to your quite frankly amazing blog you have here i seem to notice a lot more weird insects around and im always questioning what they are and such, Like a couple of days ago i noticed the biggest shield bug i had ever seen. I was actually going to get a picture but i didn't hve my camera on me at the time. :(
this guy was in the front yard. anyone know what...
brizstuck:
Looks like a Brown Widow to me, Toby- whatdoyathink?
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Bad Beetle Busted at Indianapolis Airport →
karlaakins:
Who knew one tiny bug could cause so much terror, ya know?
Invasive species!! bugs you really SHOULD be scared of! :)
fallinginmylemonade-deactivated asked: I caught a very similar moth with a large body and wingspan like that, I thought it was a Hawk Moth though or Hummingbird Moth. I caught it by a river bank in southern Colorado.
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stickydoodle asked: The spider you blogged looks like a Micrathena sagittata
Great pics!
Great pics!
Watchinyourgenes:
Myrmecology; about ant wars etc.
one of the best organised animals?
This had me captivated for the whole 18 minutes.
somewhereonlyklaineknows:
Uhh, it was it’s foot! :O It’s using it to pick up waterdrops and put them into it’s mouth :O
It likes daisies :D
Let’s play name that Longhorn..
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Tumblrtards, assemble!
chaseaime:
Okay, so this terrifying insect has not been identified by us. It’s aquatic, doesn’t actually have wings, attacks like a scorpion by arching it’s abdomen to imbed the stinger over its own body and into the victim’s. Six legs. We live in North Carolina and this came out of the creek by our well’s source. We’d love to know, for curiosity’s sake, what the devil it is.
Dragonfly...
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