TioTeo Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 A few weeks back, but I got to enjoy the wonderful Missouri Botanical Garden. I am so excited for their continued courses on different plant species in the area. They also bring art to life through their origami in the garden series. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Dwarf water lilies 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Yesterday's encounters :) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I found this really cool drone video: The footage is just spectacular! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 There was about a half dozen others but they scattered when I walked up on them 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara C Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Raccoon at Dunk Donuts chowing down on the stray cats pile of food. Oh and new a butterfly in my yard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) On 8/20/2021 at 2:09 PM, Kara C said: Oh and new a butterfly in my yard. Oooh, Mexican Silverspot! One of my favorites! You must be in the south. Edited August 20, 2021 by Odd Duck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara C Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 @Odd Duck Florida 😁 Thank you for the i.d. Now I can google it and find out which of the weeds I call flowers they are attracted too. Quite a few of these have picked that spot on the house to emerge the last couple of years so am curious as to what makes it so special. It's not sheltered and is right next to the water spigot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 2:25 PM, Kara C said: @Odd Duck Florida 😁 Thank you for the i.d. Now I can google it and find out which of the weeds I call flowers they are attracted too. Quite a few of these have picked that spot on the house to emerge the last couple of years so am curious as to what makes it so special. It's not sheltered and is right next to the water spigot. I’m certain mine are laying eggs on my passionflower vine. I see the females doing that dip, dip, dip, where they only land very briefly and not on the flowers. I find pupae all over the passionflower vine and around it. The adults also collect nectar from a variety of flowers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 To continue the butterfly topic...here are two butterflies-to-be I have encountered yesterday in a city park. Never seen these before, so had to google them. Identified the first one as an elephant hawk-moth caterpillar. ~3.5" long, almost ~3/5" in diameter. Not the prettiest of caterpillars, but adult moth are very pretty in their bright pink and yellow colors. The second one is a stinging nettle slug caterpillar, colorful as a clown, capable of stinging, and supposed to grow to a very unremarkable small brown moth. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexa Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Torrey Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Last night I went out and filmed the sunset. Earlier this week I filmed the moonrise. Currently, we are watching the storm tracker, so I can go film lightning. I was **supposed** to be editing film today, but the internet was glitchy and I kept having massive technological issues with everything I attempted, so getting out seemed to be the best idea.... after I finished tank maintenance 😅 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 8:18 AM, Streetwise said: I found this really cool drone video: The footage is just spectacular! Many moons ago I flew up to the falls in a Cessna 150, and the mist from the waterfalls gave such a whipping to the little airplane it was quite scary... Well worth it, though! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 6:22 PM, Alexa said: Oh my goodness!!!! This makes me homesick💜💜💜💜💜💜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) This little guy is living on my back gate. Never seen one this color, usually we get the black fuzzy ones. Edited September 30, 2021 by Griznatch punctuation 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 @Streetwise "The footage is just spectacular!" It is but it gave me vertigo and I couldn't watch it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I found this guy in my apartment last night 😲. How on Earth did it get here is a mystery, as my place is not exactly in a tropical paradise where house geckos are common...and I have not seem them sold as pets here. I hope the little fella finds its way to survive and be around and chirp its chirpy calls from time to time. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 8:41 PM, Fonske said: I found this guy in my apartment last night 😲. How on Earth did it get here is a mystery, as my place is not exactly in a tropical paradise where house geckos are common...and I have not seem them sold as pets here. I hope the little fella finds its way to survive and be around and chirp its chirpy calls from time to time. Looks like you have a new roommate on pest patrol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 10:57 AM, Torrey said: Looks like you have a new roommate on pest patrol! I really hope so, I find these little lizards adorable and very welcome roommates! Not sure it is going to work long-term though, the air getting cold and very dry here... and not too many bugs to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 9:06 PM, Fonske said: I really hope so, I find these little lizards adorable and very welcome roommates! Not sure it is going to work long-term though, the air getting cold and very dry here... and not too many bugs to eat. I may or may not have been known to buy crickets for similar roommates in the past. I may, or may not have also set up a heat pad under a shoebox that was suspiciously made to look like a house, complete with door. It may, or may not have had a water bowl, and leaves and moss. Since it was a heat mat, it would have been plugged into a temp control system for reptiles. This may or may not have happened where keeping geckos as pets was illegal....so I didn't have a gecko, I had a roommate who ate bugs🤷♂️ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 12:04 PM, Torrey said: shoebox that was suspiciously made to look like a house, complete with door. Oh no... my MTS is pretty bad already, the last thing I need is to catch Multiple Enclosures Syndrome as well... 😱 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 10:18 PM, Fonske said: Oh no... my MTS is pretty bad already, the last thing I need is to catch Multiple Enclosures Syndrome as well... 😱 😆 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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