@mythicalwatch101 submitted: sharing some spiders i found in the past few days :] first one was spotted in my backyard earlier today, and the absolutely minuscule jumping spider was found on my tomato plants a few days ago (fingernail for scale to show how Small it was)
I love them both! But especially the tiny jumper….
Submissions page is still broken for me, but I have a dragonfly to share from a few nights ago. Behold: the world’s angriest blunt!
Or, rather, disoriented guy I rescued from the bug-unfriendly porch light that, understandably, didn’t appreciate being caught and decided to bite the heck out of one of my fingers about it. Ouch! But it was worthwhile to help the little fella out, as it would’ve either damaged its wings hitting the glass or been burnt by the incandescent bulb. Once I got a proper hold on it(see: above picture) I took it to the backyard where there were far fewer lights to get confused by and many safer places to perch. Plus, that’s where all the mosquitoes tend to be. Usually what happens at this point is I let go and the dragonfly takes off immediately. This one must’ve either realized I wasn’t a threat or just needed the insect equivalent of a breather. Whatever the reason, it hung out on my index finger.
I tried to gently nudge it off with my thumb, but instead of cooperating it simply started perching on that instead. Classic dragonfly move. It even waved at me.
Then it gave me a little kiss…
NOT! It was in fact considering committing an act of violence, but ultimately didn’t in the end. Just lightly scraped its mouthparts on me.
By this point I was tired and sweaty and wanted to go back indoors, so I attempted to coax it onto a stick I often see similarly sized dragonflies land on. That was apparently not acceptable to this one, though, and it immediately took off directly into my face before landing on a(much flimsier) plant.
A far cry from the other times I’ve handled this particular species. The first one was in a bad spot at the college I go to, but allowed me to just scoop it up and walk away with it perched on my fingers, before taking off into a gust of wind several minutes later. The others had also been victims of the nefarious porch light, but the longest any lingered was just a few seconds before taking off, and none ever bit me. Just a lesson in not getting complacent with wildlife based on a few good past experiences, I guess!
Goodness, this one was particularly feisty! Agreed that most dragonflies I’ve handled have been chill about it, but a few have tried to nibble my flesh. So it goes! Still better to help them out, I think. Glad this fella was successfully moved and neither one of you was seriously maimed :P
my friends hate this video so much i don’t even have to repost it in discord anymore i’ll just be in a voice call and go “wouldn’t it be crazy if the joker could beatbox” and they all tell me to go kill myself
horses have been my ASD special interest since i was a little kid. i’ve mostly been harassed and bullied out of not talking about it in public, but this is a fun tool you guys might like.
Klonopin kicking in because my life sucks rn but I made a pretty pony :3
Ee (black)
A+At (which comes out to wild bay, which wouldn’t normally express on black. wild bay is bay but with only black fetlocks and below)
with cream (dilution gene) which makes smoky black, which expressed as black but with less red tones upon sunfading, and sometimes reddish inner ears or a slightly hmm" tone to the coat
heterozygous splash (expressed here as some back socks and a nose / lip snip). heterozygous splash can be louder but homozygous splash usually is!
leopard complex (causes leopard spotting and significant color shifting over time, turning black into red and so forth, as well as some rusty roany spots, as well as striped hooves and visible white sclera and mottled skin)
and sooty progression (coat goes sooty over time)
this was fun! here is my horsey ☺️ thank you for sharing!
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