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casmael, in [Northeast U.S.A.] Xylocopa virginica resting on a fence post

Lovely fellow thanks for sharing ☺️

Wonder what they see when they look at you 🤔

MxRemy,

I wonder that too! What’s so interesting? Seems like most critters this size don’t ever really look at you this way

aport, in Sweat Bee enjoying fall

Such a hardworking pollinator. Godspeed lil feller!

ChaoticNeutralCzech, in Great Grandpa's Bug Collection

Dividing insects into “usseful” and “pesky”. A farmer’s point of view.

xc2215x, in Dragonfly

A nice large one here.

bort,

Sitting still for the photo and everything!

bappity, in A funnel web and its resident
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funnel webs are incredible! I wonder how long they take to make…

hillimor, in A funnel web and its resident

Looks cool! Do you know what animal that is? Thanks in advance!

prayer,

Spider :)

MantidSys,
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Grass Spider. It's not a funnel-web, because those are very darkly colored (almost exclusively solid black), are a type of tarantula, and are exclusive to places where a tree like this would never grow.

Fun fact about grass spiders: they are quite nearly pacifistic when it comes to threats. They will make an attempt to 'attack' the threat, which means lunging forward and slapping it with their front two feet, hoping to scare it off in fear of a bite. They will never bite though, and if the false attack doesn't scare away the threat, they immediately run and hide. Besides, grass spiders are harmless to humans - whereas funnel-webs have venom that is of medical significance and can even be deadly.

Fun fact 2: a grass spider will gladly move into an abandoned web of another grass spider. Two webs in our house stayed up for years, alternating between being vacant or having different occupants. They even repaired the web regularly. We took to calling the webs 'apartments', because they really were.

WhiteHotaru,

My guess is it is a funnel web spider. Maybe this kind: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider?wp…

Foxfire,
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I’m not exactly sure, but I did a reverse image search and this bug guide article seems promising! They say either funnelweb or grass spider: bugguide.net/node/view/552847

bobby_hill,

Looks like a wolf spider. Not sure if they are a funnel web spider or not, though.

bobby_hill,

Never mind, wolf spiders don’t spin webs

Bruno, in Robber Fly

Haha I love those huge eyes

iHUNTcriminals, in A beetle resting on a shopping cart

Inside a nasty bathroom?

Foxfire,
@Foxfire@pawb.social avatar

No, this was outside of the store. I don’t think I’ve heard of a place that stores their carts in a bathroom before, that’d be pretty wild.

positiveWHAT, in A survivor

Hardcore veteran ladybug. Would fit right into Antz, probably.

ChaoticNeutralCzech,
Foxfire, in A survivor
@Foxfire@pawb.social avatar

That’s a heck of a story to be told! I wonder how they lived to fly another day.

mostlypixels,

Me too! It’s been bugging me that I’ll never know.

MedicPigBabySaver, in This enormous queen made residence in my window - how do I safely relocate her?

Scoop & swoop.

Facky, in This enormous queen made residence in my window - how do I safely relocate her?

If someone answers tag me, we have some that hang webs in our door frames.

aport, in This enormous queen made residence in my window - how do I safely relocate her?

Many orb weavers will eat their web after dawn, and rebuild at dusk, so knocking it down probably won’t help.

Scoop em up and relocate

Uprise42, in This enormous queen made residence in my window - how do I safely relocate her?

Just scoop her in a glass or some Tupperware and place her in the yard outside.

lol3droflxp, in The first mantis I've seen at my house! A good sign of a healthy arthropod ecosystem?
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The more predatory and parasitic insects the more prey and host species and the more complex the ecosystem. So yes, nice!

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