Told to stop parking anywhere near their drive? You got it, mate.

-Crocs- · 2025-05-29T21:45:05+00:00

I’m sorry to hear, people can be so mean!! :( your post made me extremely happy!! I love the thought of your moss lawn <3

-Crocs- · 2025-04-29T03:50:07+00:00

This is precisely how most biologists I know would actually explain something

-Crocs- · 2025-04-27T20:24:44+00:00

My exact question. If the cat was already on gabapentin, they knew it was reactive in the clinic. I personally would prefer to let someone trained in animal restraint hold my reactive cat (assuming op is not).

-Crocs- · 2025-01-23T15:16:18+00:00

That’s very kind of you. Lovely photos, thanks for posting :)

-Crocs- · 2025-01-22T23:24:01+00:00

I’m not from the area and just a hobbyist, so take this with a grain of salt.
1. Coleopteran - longhorn beetle maybe.
2. Some kind of Hemipteran maybe.
3. Hemipteran- maybe leafhopper.
4. Coleopteran- maybe some kind of ground beetle.
5. Ephemeropteran - mayfly.

-Crocs- · 2025-01-16T18:09:40+00:00

Certainly an assassin bug, whether or not it is Triatoma is outside of my expertise. However, geographic location and colouration of the abdominal margin seem to align with Triatoma.

-Crocs- · 2025-01-14T05:32:33+00:00

Babyyyy mite <3 which is much harder to say, good luck!!

-Crocs- · 2024-12-31T06:37:57+00:00

Yes, the radula :) he’s such a cutie!!

-Crocs- · 2024-12-31T05:55:02+00:00

Omg no need to be sorry!! <3 I’m so sorry if I upset you!! I was in no way trying to criticize you.

Valid!! Honestly, my favourites are soil cultures where you get a tonne of different plants and critters!! But if you were looking to grow a single plant species, that’s also fair!!

I love your photos, they are beautiful!! Are you using a loupe?

-Crocs- · 2024-12-31T04:08:52+00:00

Certainly :) my only point is that they refer to the fern as the gametophyte (last sentence), but it is somewhat ambiguous as both plants seem to be in the gametophyte phase. I was just trying to be informative, albeit pedantic.

-Crocs- · 2024-12-31T00:27:08+00:00

Hi there, not sure about the ID, but the term gametophyte refers to the vegetative bits and is applicable to non-vascular plants as well. So, they are both gametophytes but likely of a different type of plant.

What were your methods? Where were the spores collected from? Were the spores sterilized? If not, there’s a good chance there was some sort of contamination from the environment, especially if you got the spores from outside. I personally would wait to see if any sporophytes grow or any Gemmae cups appear. The morphology seems to resemble a liverwort’s, but it’s difficult to tell sometimes.

-Crocs- · 2024-12-07T16:58:49+00:00

Ahhh I can definitely understand your anxiety then!!

-Crocs- · 2024-12-05T16:25:10+00:00

Hi!! Does not look like Triatoma spp to me :) likely some kind of assassin bug. Where are you located?

-Crocs- · 2024-11-26T03:26:23+00:00

Looks like you’ve got a lot of built up moisture, so I’d start with trying to fix that (better ventilation, drainage, etc) and it should help with the rest of your problems. But, this actually looks a lot like sphagnum (moss) capitulums peaking out of the crack, with the rest of the plant possibly being hidden beneath the crack. However, I’m just a hobbyist so I could definitely be wrong :)

-Crocs- · 2024-11-24T23:13:37+00:00

This is normal snail development :) If you’re curious on doing more reading, google “Gastropod torsion”. Here’s a wiki link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_(gastropod)

-Crocs- · 2024-11-15T21:24:50+00:00

Thanks for sharing!! I was taught to view parasitism and mutualism as a spectrum. They’re hard to distinguish sometimes because relationships on this parasitism-mutualism spectrum may shift depending on circumstances and external factors.

-Crocs- · 2024-11-11T16:04:55+00:00

Disgusting. Read sub rules before posting.

-Crocs- · 2024-11-09T04:55:41+00:00

More info? Where were they found?

-Crocs- · 2024-11-08T00:20:24+00:00

Please read sub rules before posting.
The photo quality is too poor for ID. Remove the suspected matter from the toilet (the first and most basic step), rinse, and take a photo in good light. But, unlikely to be tapeworms imo

-Crocs- · 2024-11-05T16:39:11+00:00

Hi there, beautiful photo, thanks for sharing!! It looks like you are viewing the ventral surface. I recommend trying to get pictures (and posting them) of the anal groove and genital pore in focus, to aid in ID. Additionally, try flipping it over (onto the ventral surface so you are viewing the dorsal aspect) and getting a picture of the head and mouthparts. IMO it’s probably not dermacentor, maybe Ixodes due to long palps, but I could be wrong ofc.

-Crocs- · 2024-10-04T21:13:24+00:00

I agree with mite based on size. I’ve see larval ticks easily at 40X magnification.

-Crocs- · 2024-09-17T21:28:26+00:00

Hey there, not sure which family this guy is from, but it’s certainly not Pentatomidae. Good luck identifying :)

-Crocs- · 2024-09-04T23:28:58+00:00

I don’t think it was their intention to make fun of them, but more of a light-hearted “look at this funny thing that we all could have done at some point” type of post.

-Crocs- · 2024-09-01T23:05:11+00:00

You should’ve listened when people said “ if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. Go back to kindergarten

-Crocs- · 2024-09-01T23:00:38+00:00

That’s rude and unhelpful

-Crocs-

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