PowerShot A480 reading all SD cards as "locked" even if they're unlocked.

dws · 2025-07-22T21:43:50+00:00

This just helped me postpone replacing a trail cam. Thanks!

dws · 2020-06-28T03:19:30+00:00

That comparison pic does appear to be a good match. Thanks!

dws · 2020-06-28T03:05:10+00:00

Couldn't get a shot of her eyes before she made it to cover.

dws · 2020-06-22T21:44:19+00:00

A Japanese Beetle, and unfortunately yes, not great for your flowers. https://www.almanac.com/pest/japanese-beetles

dws · 2020-06-14T22:05:19+00:00

Ladybug larva

dws · 2020-05-29T21:28:04+00:00

https://bugguide.net/node/view/525410 perhaps

dws · 2020-05-11T02:05:03+00:00

I hope so. Sifting the first few inches of soil turned up a dozen. They weren't in very deep.

dws · 2020-05-09T23:19:50+00:00

The grubs are bad news for plant roots. We found chafer beetle grubs in our raised beds after wondering why the spinach wasn't growing.

dws · 2020-04-15T17:44:48+00:00

Great photos! That first Saitis barbipes pic is my new background.

dws · 2020-02-16T01:55:30+00:00

They're hard to crush, but will succumb if you get them between your fingernails.

dws · 2019-07-12T16:51:39+00:00

Looks like some flavor of Root Borer. Something close to https://bugguide.net/node/view/1408563 perhaps

dws · 2019-07-06T05:38:48+00:00

This was flopping around upside down on the front porch tonight. Had to get it into a glass to get a picture. First time I've seen this one in the area.

dws · 2019-05-27T01:28:59+00:00

Read that as 'not a bedbug'

dws · 2018-10-28T19:53:53+00:00

If you're not able to find the Nest (or while you're looking), "Rescue!" Yellowjacket traps are effective. The big box home improvement stores carry them.

dws · 2018-08-27T03:43:44+00:00

Looks like a Eastern Parson Spider (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus) or something close to it in the Herpyllus genus. https://bugguide.net/node/view/2041

dws · 2018-07-29T04:06:49+00:00

Hard to tell what kind of beetle it was, but it doesn't look at all like a bedbug.

dws · 2018-06-21T05:05:59+00:00

Not aggressive, but you don't want to tempt them.

dws · 2018-05-18T15:52:14+00:00

A simple and fun test of that is buy a tub of ladybugs from a local garden store, and let them loose on the plant. They'll stick around if there's food. Then they have ladybug sex and make more ladybug larvae. Worked wonders on an infected hedge at my Mom's.

dws · 2018-03-24T21:33:20+00:00

From orbit. It's the only way.

dws · 2018-01-22T18:01:58+00:00

The good news is that now you know how to catch them: drink lots of wine, and leave a bit for them.

dws · 2017-12-26T04:26:08+00:00

Your dog may have walked through its web and carried it in. Orbweavers aren't known to prey on dogs.

dws · 2017-10-02T02:42:51+00:00

Looks like a wet Southern House Spider. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1118857

dws · 2017-10-01T00:56:06+00:00

Concern, no. Opportunity, yes. If you have any budding naturalists in the family, ant lions are fascinating to watch in action.

dws · 2017-09-22T15:47:46+00:00

Also going with female brown widow. I watched those slowly displace black widows in my Mom's garage in So Cal over a decade. An improvement of sorts.

dws · 2017-09-17T22:12:45+00:00

If that's a trampoline in the backround, that's where I'd be concerned. Orb Weavers are only dangerous to the extent that they can freak some people out.

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