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On a wild journey to rehab my yard and document what I observe. Follow me on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/staggolee
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Not very Big of them, though I suspect they were just trying to make a Splash. Their loss - his talent will not be Cast Away so easily, and they’re just alienating future Volunteers.
🚨🚨OOTHECA SPOTTED🚨🚨

Very excited to have praying mantis nymphs to watch next year! 😁

#prayingmantis #ootheca #eggs #insects
Lots of praying mantis activity these last several days - a minimum of 12 hours mating between two, an increasingly large abdomen on the female, and then a significantly flatter abdomen today. Time to look for an ootheca!

#prayingmantis #mating #mantids #stagmomantis
Took a long break to grieve - I lost my beloved older dog to cancer, and it broke my heart. Abby was somehow both the sweetest and spiciest dog I’ve ever met.

Enjoy every moment - there aren’t enough of them. 💙
When did they learned synchronized flying?! Don’t act like you’re not impressed!

#bluedashers #dragonflies #insync
This stink bug nymph, casually doing pushups while making eye contact: “Do you even lift, bro?”

#stinkbugs #nymph #doyouevenlift
I’d rather not admit how long it took me to see her in this spot. 😅

#prayingmantis #camouflage
Love blue dashers, but this is nightmare fuel.

#bluedasher #dragonflies #donteatme
I don’t recall there being a chapter about caterpillars in Everybody Poops, but they do. A lot. And they’ll release a lot of it with some force as a defense mechanism.

#caterpillar #frass #everybodypoops
The friend with the freakishly long tail reappeared while I was clearing debris next to the patio. I’m pretty sure his tail is longer than him. 😅

#Texasspinylizard
All this time on spider-centric communities, I’ve adored the pictures of mama wolfies with their babies in tow. Finally, I saw one for myself! Look at this hard-working mom!

#spiders #wolfspider #hardworkingmom #mama #wolfie
Yes, definitely! Lucky to have spotted it, on top of right place and right time. Thank you!
Wings up becomes wings down in a millisecond. Antlions fold their wings down to rest.

#antlion
TFW your midnight snack becomes aware of your intent to eat him and leaves. 😔

#crabspiders #armywormmoth #midnightsnack
Trimming the rose bushes, I found that some of the thicker branches had been hollowed out in the middle. I’ve seen small carpenter bees and pallid twig ants, but they’ve mostly been in thinner stems or branches. Kind of impressive, interesting… but also, STAHP. 😅

#roses #hollowbranches
Camouflage so good, I jumped out of my skin once I finally saw it. 😅

#prayingmantis #camouflage #sneaky
Some blooms and fresh growth. Happy weekend!

#roses #bloomscrolling
The butterfly party continues! Managed to (just barely) capture some video of a red admiral and a western giant swallowtail today.

#butterfly #redadmiral #giantswallowtail #swallowtail
End state? Maybe. For now, it’s about surveillance and control.
This hackberry emperor hung out for a few hours in my backyard today. Truly mesmerizing, the markings and colors.

#butterfly #hackberryemperor
WOOHOO! The last to molt has molted! It’s kinda weird, though - looks like he has the beginning of wings but not actually wings?

#prayingmantis #molt
It’s not about taking the internet away from us. It’s about monitoring what we do online and potentially criminalizing it.
This is the first brown one I’ve seen! 😀 Heavy rain today may have brought him/her down from higher up in the crepe myrtle.

#prayingmantis #insect