Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Did anyone see two men in Tuxes. Nvrmnd u wouldn't remember
I would make a Harry Potter reference but i'm not a nerd...
This has got to be the biggest spider i have ever seen. Well outside of science centers and zoos. You can even see its face. Maybe i should be a arachnologist.
Crazy guy. He just kind of stayed up there. Florescent bulbs dont get that hot so he didnt fry he just couldn't understand to fly over the edge.
When i first noticed him he was flying in the room with a big strand of grass 3 times his length. He was just flying around like he was lost and i couldn't believe that he could carry it.
Night Birds
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Garden Spiders from Stuart Charbonneau on Vimeo.
Not my best video but i havn't uploaded my others yet.
This is one nasty looking fly. My grandma said its a Deer Fly. I would hate to have one of these bite me.
This thing ruined the entire walk for Kaylee. The entire rest of the walk she was complaining. The entire time i have been here i have been telling myself i have to get a picture of a live snake. Its freaking South Dakota for Pete's sake. Finally I found one. It was on La Fromboise Island. I believe it is a Bull Snake.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wolf Spiders
Walking Stick
This Walking Stick was on the outside of my door. I havn’t seen very many of them in fact this is this is the only one that I have seen in SD. There really are only three types of bugs. Grasshoppers, Flies, and Spiders. These are cool though. If you have any info on them let me know.
Toad
A garden variety Toad that I found outside my great aunt’s apartment building. I think one of these got into my room because I have been hearing some weird sounds. I don’t mind as long as he eats the flies and grasshoppers that get into the house. I have no idea as far as identification goes if you know just tell me. I know that it isnt a Cain Toad though.
Garden Spiders
My grandfather has always called these Grden Spiders and I don’t lnow if that is what they are actually called or not.They have really pretty webs with a zig zag line down the middle as long as the web is still in shape. The two were huge. The grasseppers here are about an unch and a half themselves.
I just looked it up and used the following website http://www.badspiderbites.com/garden-spider/ . According to this it is called a Argiope garden spider. I think they are so cool and probably my favorite spider and i have memories of feeding them from when i was still really little