Mantis and Butterfly

The other day, I walked by my window and noticed a large praying mantis caught in a spider’s web.  The web was full of various species and sizes of spiders, yet the smallest of them was the one attempting to feed on the mantis.  Before I could grab my camera, my boyfriend decided to rescue the mantis, and place it in a bush outside of our home.

When I was able to get my camera, I took various shots of the mantis, and was quite intrigued to watch it’s head pivot as I moved around it.  The mantis appeared to be contemplating me and my camera.

During the shoot, a butterfly happened to land by the bush, and I had just enough space left to get one photo.  Pretty little thing!  I love bugs 🙂

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Updates and new bugs

After a trip on Thursday to GBU Enterprises, I came home with some new bugs, a creature I have never kept on the Desktop before, and a critter that was happily released right after I snapped it’s photo.

A turtle, obviously. Something I have NEVER kept before.

3 Madagascar hissing beetles! Yep, I am bringing them back to the zoo!!

A Black Widow and her brood. After photos, they were kindly released away from my home and back into the wild!

She had a few hundred in there, I think. Now, they will be ‘enjoyed’ by the folks of Stockton, CA.

A Pink Toed spiderling 1″ whom I am still trying to name. Sid IV, if you will.

A cool shot of the spiderlings backside, and as one of the forum members pointed out, the spiderling resembles a Green Bottle Blue, though I doubt GBU made that big of a mistake. I am quite certain this is an avic.

 

I had a great time interviewing one of the co-owners of GBU. and may even be volunteering there if I can get out of some engagements that will take up most of my time over the next month or so.  In the meantime I will be enjoying these new additions, and hopefully will acquire more to begin doing private bug-shows and maybe getting back into selling again.  Who knows!

IT’S A BOY!!!

Mitzy, my fuzzy Lasiodora parahybana (also acquired from GBU back in February) has turned out to be a boy.  I’m toying with renaming him, but may keep it the same just to throw people off.  Even though he will not (most likely) have the opportunity to reproduce, I will still enjoy watching him grow, and will  be keeping him as a personal pet, along with Serj, my A. chalcodes female.  Serj, who can live for up to 25ish years, will hopefully become a companion for my son when he goes to college.  He’s 1 now, so just 17 years to go!

 

 

 

 

 

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Prepare to ‘Bug Out’ at California Bug Club’s next meeting

Prepare to ‘Bug Out’ at California Bug Club’s next meeting.

Visit the  California Bug Club for more information.

To my followers

Dear fine people of WordPress and beyond,

Thank you for the time you have taken to stop by, like, and comment on my blog.  I appreciate it very much.  If you are new, please bare with the shameless promotion of my Examiner articles, as I am a new contributor to the site, and have not yet gotten my legs.

Also, in case you have noticed, a lot of my older posts here are missing their photos and have expired links.  This is due to the hosting website, which is no longer available.  I apologize for this, and have been working (slowly) to get the photos back up.  The computer that had the originals is also down, so I have to comb through my multiple social media sites to see if back-ups were saved. Please bare with me during this painstaking process, and thank you, in advance, for your patience.  If you are looking for something in particular, or have any questions, please feel free to contact me using the form in the sidebar.

To piggyback on the photos issue, I also must warn that I have incredibly bad luck with cameras.  If I have not posted in a while, it is probably to do a broken piece of equipment.

I am happy to have you aboard, and would love to hear from you!

Thanks again, and I look forward to helping you along your journey into the world of invertebrate hunting and keeping.  See you around!

Sidnata

(Photos!!) My little slug hunt

Temporary pets: Slugs

Yeah, I had a little too much fun with this!

See the article at http://www.examiner.com/list/temporary-pets-slugs?cid=db_articles

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Invertebrates, as temporary pets, offer companionship and more for your child

Invertebrates, as temporary pets, offer companionship and more for your child.

 

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A Quickie Before Bed

I love quickies….

So, here is mine for the night…

Tomorrow, Dan and I are headed to Fish Lake by Klammath Falls to test run our new car!  YAY!!  Being that this is a buggy blog though, you might be wondering why I am posting about this here.

Well, not only are we taking the car for a trip…but I will also be filming with my webcam out there!  If all goes well, it appears there may even be a wifi connection to stream from..so look for videos-’cause if I can post them, I WILL!!

I am bringing my bug catching gear, and Dan’s 35mm…his seems to work, so we will give it try!  Keep your fingers crossed!!!!

I have a few jars, and a nifty film container, so hopefully I will be bringing home some new critters for the desktop!  You never know!!

Pictures will probably be uploaded to Insect Geeks first, so be on the lookout….

See you all tomorrow! 😀