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 Aug 24 2013, 12:33 PM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
 Bunnies are a bit big for them, but they love the kangaroo rats!Not sure what it is, but this little flower sure has thorns!! Just another thing for the snakes to avoid.
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Sep 3 2013, 08:09 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Ran into this guy when we were out cutting firewood. Not sure what it is but it also has wings.
 Almost looks like a long porcupine quill in it's behind. Any ideas what this thing is? ![confused0082[1].gif](style_emoticons/default/confused0082[1].gif)
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Sep 4 2013, 02:03 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
What!......
 No one even has a guess as to what that quill looking thing is for?..... Not even the bug man (Swizz).   Stinger? Snorkel? Larva injector?  -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Sep 4 2013, 03:46 PM
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 Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
If that's what I think it is.... I believe the quill is an ovipositor.
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Sep 6 2013, 10:33 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Ewwww! That's what I was afraid you would say..... Dan looked it up and thinks it may be a "Crown of Thorns Wasp". Horror movie bug, my favorite!!
 Yesterday I saw some really aggressive ones but they had red wings and a shorter and thicker ovipositor. As soon as I started to take a picture of one, it would start to come after me..... ....So no picture of those.  I wonder if it was the sound the camera was making that was making it mad.
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Sep 7 2013, 06:54 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 31-March 12 From: Sopchoppy Fl Member No.: 42,369 |
Awhile back but interesting
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Sep 7 2013, 06:57 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 31-March 12 From: Sopchoppy Fl Member No.: 42,369 |
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Sep 7 2013, 06:59 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 31-March 12 From: Sopchoppy Fl Member No.: 42,369 |
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Sep 7 2013, 08:05 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
hungery critter isnt it!
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Sep 7 2013, 09:23 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
 Great pics Burrell! Just missing the last picture of the large lump in it when it was finished.  QUOTE (russau @ Sep 7 2013, 08:05 AM)  hungery critter isnt it! Not after that meal Russ!  -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Sep 7 2013, 10:58 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Hey Mrs. CP,
I took this picture at the end of July at my brothers house over on the Western Slope. I had never seen a wasp with a tail this long. It kept trying to insert the tip of the tail into each and every square of the screen door, as if it were laying eggs or something. Interesting!
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Sep 8 2013, 09:29 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
That's a strange looking bug Woody! Almost looks like some sore of Crane Fly.
 I didn't see any eggs in the sreen by it, but it could have reached in and put them on the door. Here is a picture of a recent washout. To give you an idea of how much was washed out........just look for the hovering T posts that were recently put in.  Nature sure has a way of saying "look at me!".
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Sep 8 2013, 10:30 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Those wasps that were pictured belong to the family Ichneumonoidea (My uncle is an entomologist, and I picked up a lot of arcane trivia about insects from him over the years). Very cool parasitic insects - they help us out by parasitizing the larvae of various pest insects, such as borers, flies, etc. You want to see these guys around. Did a google image search too:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ichneumon+w...366&bih=572 Crane flies (aka mosquito hawks) look more like giant mosquitos. If you have grass, you have their larvae in your lawn. That's one heck of a washout there, Mrs CP! -------------------- Caveman
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Sep 13 2013, 10:50 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
It sure was Caveman but nothing compared to what some in Colorado have been dealing with.
 It's been raining here for days and it looks like lots of Colorado is getting hit hard still. Floods and mudslides have been horrible!! Hope everyone is staying safe. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Nov 1 2013, 09:43 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Here is a cool looking purple mushroom? It was growing on a dead standing Aspen in a spot that received very little sunlight. They paled out within a few hours after falling the tree and bringing it out into the sun.
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