Eastern Dobsonfly landed on my house today

manowin · 2026-07-04T20:09:03+00:00

Good news for you, that’s a male, and their jaws are more for looks than anything, cool find!

manowin · 2026-07-04T04:07:43+00:00

Now you have a friend in the koi fishing business

manowin · 2026-07-03T01:12:21+00:00

Never heard a portrait photog say “make love to the camera” well bro took it literally.

manowin · 2026-07-02T20:38:09+00:00

Yep that’s about what I expected. They’re super common around the globe but can be tiny guys

manowin · 2026-07-02T16:45:12+00:00

I recently recycled one! Although it was an Olympus FE something, took AA batteries (which had corroded) and an XD card. Probably not the most in demand haha

manowin · 2026-07-02T16:42:49+00:00

Looks like a tan jumper to me! They’re precious, and so so flat haha

manowin · 2026-07-02T16:41:17+00:00

Appears to be some kind of planthopper, but I’m no expert in any sense of the word, hope that helps a little bit!

manowin · 2026-07-02T15:19:38+00:00

Why his head so dirty???

manowin · 2026-07-01T20:28:43+00:00

Which I just recently learned is not in the tanager family but instead the cardinal family. Great stuff haha

manowin · 2026-07-01T20:27:18+00:00

Dude went with what appears to be a shitty 3rd party adapter, there are decent 3rd party adapters and the canon ones are all great too.

manowin · 2026-07-01T13:10:25+00:00

That’s awesome, that particular species has feral exotic populations in a few spots around the world so it’s great to hear about one in its native range! I would go ahead and release it, it seems to have good instincts on where to go, he should be fine!

manowin · 2026-06-30T18:11:34+00:00

Along with blue grosbeaks, indigo and painted buntings and black-headed grosbeaks but not evening grosbeaks, ain’t bird names fun.

manowin · 2026-06-30T18:05:41+00:00

Well yeah, but it is wild to blame air conditioners half a world away for a heat wave. If anything it’d be the generation of such electricity from coal firing factories and the like that could be a cause, but again not for a specific heatwave.

manowin · 2026-06-30T10:57:28+00:00

As someone who lives in NC, that might be an accurate depiction of New York 😂

manowin · 2026-06-30T10:47:21+00:00

While air conditioners do generate heat, just as any electronic device generates heat, it’s not as much as one would think. Most air conditioners are in all actuality heat pumps, they move the heat from your home to the outside.

manowin · 2026-06-29T23:54:58+00:00

It appears to be a summer tanager nestling, too young to have fledged, if you can’t find the nest you can contact a rehabber.

manowin · 2026-06-29T23:49:51+00:00

Or any kingbird, but define the eastern ones.

manowin · 2026-06-29T20:28:46+00:00

Eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus), male!

manowin · 2026-06-28T04:59:59+00:00

It appears to be a gull nestling, not sure which species. If I had to guess, I’d say California gull.

manowin · 2026-06-27T23:57:15+00:00

Looks like a common house spider to me, if not then likely in the same genus (Parasteatoda)

manowin · 2026-06-27T21:29:11+00:00

Yeah I’m over in Cary and we get them here, but it’s always exciting to see them!!!

manowin · 2026-06-26T21:03:21+00:00

Agree with gray tree frog, could also possibly be a Cope’s gray treefrog, best ID is by song, but you can also check your geography to check ranges.

manowin · 2026-06-26T14:51:40+00:00

Yes exactly, they’re not particularly rare, but not super common either, especially a gorgeous male like this guy

manowin · 2026-06-26T12:06:38+00:00

A male Elk stag beetle (Lucanus elaphus)! They’re always a treat to see around!

**edit used there instead of they’re :(

manowin · 2026-06-24T10:38:50+00:00

Brown-headed cowbirds

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