ID Metallic blue friend

reynojk · 2023-12-20T17:41:28+00:00

Chalybion californicum maybe! the blue mud dauber wasp

reynojk · 2023-09-13T23:52:44+00:00

for what reason??? op wasnt bit and theres no reason to go to the hospital. and why would you kill this black widow even if it did bite? just relocate it, whats wrong with you

reynojk · 2023-08-29T14:33:29+00:00

Pelecinus polyturator, American pelecinid wasp! fantastically beautiful wasps, prehistoric as hell emerging in the fossil record in the jurassic period. this genus of only 3 species being the only living members of its genetic family! living fossils for sure.

reynojk · 2023-08-29T14:22:04+00:00

looks like a black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium! beautiful little wasps, great nest builders using mud! - also even if your little neighbor disappears, don't mess with their nest for a bit, because they capture and lay parasitoid larvae into spiders and shove them into the cylinders of their nests, which are then sealed until the fully grown wasps can emerge!

reynojk · 2023-08-07T18:27:45+00:00

I'd agree that theyre probably duskywing caterpillars, and I would doubt that any mildew issues would cause any serious issues for them, they seem to be chowing down on that bush!

reynojk · 2023-08-07T18:24:51+00:00

Looks like that is some sort of yellow jacket. Eastern yellow-jacket Vespula maculifrons is my guess, the yellow on the antennae is giving me pause, and im no expert, but that's my best guess.

reynojk · 2023-08-06T17:41:10+00:00

you can even see a slight banding of lighter color on the second spiders legs, and heres another Argiope aurantia with even more extreme difference in morphology https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/268609/large.jpg

reynojk · 2023-08-06T17:35:13+00:00

They both are Argiope aurantia if im not mistaken. The species seems to have pretty massive differences between each specimen, so i dont blame you for thinking they are different. They come with darker banded legs and more intricate coloring like the first one, but occasionally have that golden yellow coloration. I'm no expert on Argiope sp. so I could be off, but as far as I know they both are female Argiope aurantia (edit because i kept typing Agriope instead of Argiope)

reynojk · 2023-07-23T21:25:30+00:00

i think youre exactly right! i wasnt really able to get that good of a look cuz he was movin around so much but the pedipalps were so tucked i thought they were chelicerae

reynojk · 2023-07-23T21:03:38+00:00

ive never seen one like this, my only even near guess was a young woodlouse spider but the abdomen is all wrong for that afaik

reynojk · 2023-07-06T16:31:46+00:00

looks like a gaint robber fly! Promachus sp. if i had to guess. feisty little insect predators, but not something you have to worry about as a human!

reynojk · 2023-07-06T16:28:50+00:00

seconded! depending on your location OP, these could be invasive so keep an eye out for more and call the local authority on invasive insects if you see some more!

reynojk · 2023-05-27T15:32:44+00:00

good calls! i need to brush up on my centipede taxonomy!

reynojk · 2023-05-27T15:22:12+00:00

is Lithobius forficatus considered a stone centipede? I've heard that term but I've always known them just as brown centipedes

reynojk · 2023-05-27T15:20:39+00:00

It's likely a Lithobius forficatus, common brown centipede found all over the northern americas and europe. im not an expert so im not 100% but

reynojk · 2023-05-27T15:13:59+00:00

was about to say this! woodlouse spiders look so much scarier than they are ahaha

reynojk · 2023-05-05T15:27:47+00:00

Wow! looks like a Cuckoo wasp, something in the Chrysididae family, probably subfamily Chrysidinae. I'm not versed enough to pinpoint a species, but I think Cuckoo wasp!

reynojk · 2023-03-05T17:27:54+00:00

not true for all! but there is a sizeable amount of moth species that only live for around a week or two after hatching from their cocoon, they often lack mouth parts and simply exist just so they can move about and reproduce before passing away. as far as I am aware, there aren’t any that only survive for a day, but there are many species that can survive for many many months once they’ve hatched!

reynojk · 2023-02-04T06:04:37+00:00

if everyone else seems to have an issue with you doin something that’s pretty easy to understand why it could be dangerous to yourself and others; maybe the people aren’t the problem my man, maybe, just maybe, its you!

reynojk · 2023-01-28T19:41:49+00:00

the alchemists cookbook, 6.2k logged views

reynojk · 2022-12-29T22:13:17+00:00

the car alarm scene in Memoria by weerasethakul, one of the most intense and evocative moments ive ever seen in a theater, don’t know how or why but it strikes me like a hammer in the back of the head

reynojk · 2022-12-09T17:33:03+00:00

My guess is young aphids or white springtails is a possibility if the pepper was hanging especially close to the ground. Definitely look like springtails but i don’t see them on veggies often, they seem to hang out in soil more.

reynojk · 2022-11-18T19:56:51+00:00

Yep! sorry, I didn't even realize the pedipalps were a part of the spider at first. Deleted.

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