tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post343867874198992286..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Freaky.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23126848999905846542010-01-12T12:40:44.510-05:002010-01-12T12:40:44.510-05:00We have a "house spider" which is a part...We have a "house spider" which is a particular black and yellow species of jumping spider that is common to our Texas locale. It grows to about 1/2" at most, and moves in jerky steps or surprisingly long jumps. It is our "house spider" because we don't mind them getting indoors.<br /><br />The wolf spiders, which around here get up to 3" diameter, get removed to outdoors asap, however, as they are scary fast. One once got under my bedcovers and ran up the entire length of my body, as I squealed like a five year old girl and went from horizontal asleep to vertical awake within 0.01 seconds. I no longer sleep naked.Mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85119317383333865742010-01-12T01:15:28.777-05:002010-01-12T01:15:28.777-05:00I think PJ O'Rourke put it best: "Nature ...I think PJ O'Rourke put it best: "Nature itches."DaveFlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417508768115934945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33799536223090507842010-01-11T18:45:28.045-05:002010-01-11T18:45:28.045-05:00Bug can be fun to photograph.
I found this guy l...Bug can be fun to photograph. <br /><br />I found <a href="http://9x19mm.com/photoalbum/albums/userpics/notaleaf.jpg" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> last summer. He kept <a href="http://9x19mm.com/photoalbum/albums/userpics/normal_uglymug.jpg" rel="nofollow">smiling</a> at me. He was just hanging out on my <a href="http://9x19mm.com/photoalbum/albums/userpics/twoleaves.jpg" rel="nofollow">windshield</a> trying not to get noticed.<br /><br />Then there was this young <a href="http://pistol-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ustc-day5-bw1.jpg" rel="nofollow">lady</a> at Blackwater a few months back. She was enjoying a little time in the sun with her <a href="http://pistol-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ustc-day5-bw2.jpg" rel="nofollow">kid</a>. Well ok, with a <a href="http://pistol-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ustc-day5-bw3.jpg" rel="nofollow">bunch of her kids</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28210018390416412632010-01-11T18:05:11.460-05:002010-01-11T18:05:11.460-05:00Awwwwww, they're all so damn cuuute!
...I'...Awwwwww, they're all so damn cuuute!<br /><br />...I'm serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69758696756601043502010-01-11T15:42:00.700-05:002010-01-11T15:42:00.700-05:00I have found the Brady's mascot!
Giant Water ...I have found the Brady's mascot!<br /><br />Giant Water Bug (Belostomatidae)<br /><br />Occasionally when encountered by a larger predator, such as a human, they have been known to "play dead" and emit a fluid from their anus to make them look less appetizing. <br /><br /><br />WV = ingefing<br /><br />Remember the Muppet's Swedish chef?Timmeehhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473249796933057572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23463613311539351672010-01-11T15:23:20.406-05:002010-01-11T15:23:20.406-05:00Bugs I can handle. But Eight legs, a stinger and...Bugs I can handle. But Eight legs, a stinger and two claws means I break out the flamethrower.PA State Cophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895072206073321100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33208991242127236132010-01-11T13:05:54.044-05:002010-01-11T13:05:54.044-05:00My oldest daughter is generally a "ewww bugs....My oldest daughter is generally a "ewww bugs..ick" type of girl, but when I caught a Praying Mantis in our front yard and put it in an insect observation kit some relative gave her as a gift, she got interested in watching it. For a while, it was her pet. Small insects, such as moths, crickets, etc became "food". Seriously, she started calling them food (because we fed them to the Mantis). <br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84368116017771694702010-01-11T11:20:48.888-05:002010-01-11T11:20:48.888-05:00Mantids are badass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...Mantids are badass<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxwN3HEU5oWeer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71072346413641112082010-01-11T10:41:52.216-05:002010-01-11T10:41:52.216-05:00mantids in general are disturbingly gorgeous littl...mantids in general are disturbingly gorgeous little aliens. i love them, but i'm almost afraid of them.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826932635166933072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88882651991243636442010-01-11T09:13:54.441-05:002010-01-11T09:13:54.441-05:00I think Heinlein got it right - nuke the bugs from...I think Heinlein got it right - nuke the bugs from Clandathu and tkae the fight to the hive-queen.<br /><br />;)<br /><br />Speaking of bugs, some of us in Illinois are trying to change things and stamp a few cockroaches in the process... <a href="http://www.mcsa56.org/SiteEntryView?id=a0N80000004QY41EAG" rel="nofollow">Could I beg you to give us a nod?</a>Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307950624038382829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84789833987118038722010-01-11T08:49:13.724-05:002010-01-11T08:49:13.724-05:00I'm on a small weight-loss program of my own, ...I'm on a small weight-loss program of my own, Tam. <br /><br />So if you could continue posting bug shots precisely at my breakfast time...<br /><br />:)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76551903726944219002010-01-11T08:41:33.057-05:002010-01-11T08:41:33.057-05:00I'm glad I live in a world of diazinon, permet...I'm glad I live in a world of diazinon, permethrin, and chlorpyrifos, m'self...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68920224113920305212010-01-11T08:31:09.295-05:002010-01-11T08:31:09.295-05:00The leopard moth is pretty cool, but for the rest ...The leopard moth is pretty cool, but for the rest there is the 16"/50 Mk. 7 naval rifle.<br /><br />To think I was contemplating a tarantula for a hobby, too. (What was I thinking?)<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com