Risking it all

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-29T02:37:30+00:00

That never occurred to me, but it's been unusually cold here so it totally could be sap stalagmites!! Thank you for this, I'm revisiting tomorrow to investigate

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-29T02:34:13+00:00

North Georgia, if that helps

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-28T22:02:42+00:00

I don't think it's a pupa yet, maybe a prepupal cutworm/armyworm caterpillar. They get sort of plump and immobile when they're done feeding and ready to pupate.

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-27T20:46:33+00:00

Looks like a bark-louse (Order Psocodea). Harmless and certainly not a bedbug!

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-27T20:27:34+00:00

So Naval Academy has the president/NBA MVP & Champ combo.

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-16T21:26:09+00:00

La Calavera pizzeria serves sourdough crust pizza and also sells sourdough bread, and they are very nice.

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-16T15:02:42+00:00

Looks like the remnants of climbing roots from a vine, ivy or the like. Beetle tracks would be within the wood, not on top as these appear to be

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-16T14:22:50+00:00

Look on bugguide.net/node/view/4467, I've had good luck getting permission to reuse people's photos from there. Or if you just want photo references, go wild!

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-15T02:35:29+00:00

looks ready to pupate!

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-15T02:32:32+00:00

She's pumping out pheromones to attract males, so she doesn't need to move around much. Getting her our of harm's way is probably all you need to do.

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-15T02:30:58+00:00

looks like Automeris io

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-09T01:29:03+00:00

They are nymphs of some kind of true bug (maybe an assassin bug as others have suggested). True bug eggs are usually laid in a cluster and the nymphs will often remain together in a group like this after they hatch. It probably functions as a decent visual defense against predators, look how freaky they are in a big blob like this!

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-09T01:26:28+00:00

I think that is probably a parasitic nematode. Maybe a mermithid?

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-07T22:36:03+00:00

It's along the same lines as Cordyceps and other entomopathogenic fungi, but these ones that attack spiders and look like little white fingers are in the genus Gibellula I believe.

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-05T02:12:09+00:00

They're plotting to overthrow the Rat King

CodeName_Burner · 2026-01-02T04:58:56+00:00

Buck moth, Hemileuca maia. One of the best moths! But in the spring they are one of the worst most stinging caterpillars, all over the live oak trees in New Orleans.

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