Bugs, bees and beasties- Bio-diversity matters

[janey]

Na I didn't rescue it. I made that mistake with a sloth once and had to share my house with it for the next 6 months. I'll dig out a photo of him later as he will fit right into this thread.

 

That certainly trumps my rescued sparrows

 

I'd love to see those pics

[gibbon]

Here you go. I should be working but can't get into it today.

 

I found the sloth on a busy path without its mum, I put him in my backpack and took it home on the bus. They said to be pretty bad mothers and often don't retreive their young. I kept him in a box at night and strung a load of old ropes around my shack for him to climb in the day. Can't find any other shots just yet, most perrished in a damp old box.

 

I scanned a few others of beasts around the house. Not sure what spider it was but there used to be loads of them. The stick insect was nearly a foot long.

 

The last ones are of catching an Ocelot and a young Jaguar.

[janey]

All of that is seriously cool and very, very interesting :thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Here you go. I should be working but can't get into it today.

 

I found the sloth on a busy path without its mum, I put him in my backpack and took it home on the bus. They said to be pretty bad mothers and often don't retreive their young. I kept him in a box at night and strung a load of old ropes around my shack for him to climb in the day. Can't find any other shots just yet, most perrished in a damp old box.

 

I scanned a few others of beasts around the house. Not sure what spider it was but there used to be loads of them. The stick insect was nearly a foot long.

 

The last ones are of catching an Ocelot and a young Jaguar.

 

good post gibbon! starting to get your screen name now:001_smile:

 

that jaguar is cool as, and stunning.

[RobArb]

found these today and last week on a padus in an old cemetary

 

is it the ermine moth?

 

and how destructive is it really?

 

does it have any predators?

[Joshua]

 

[David Humphries]

A good few Cardinal beetles (Pyrochroa coccinea) flying about today.

 

I'd imagine they've recently emerged from under bark of the local dead standing Oaks.

 

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[David Humphries]

Didn't realise that this was 'just' a Non-biting Midge (Chironomus plumosus) at the time.

 

It looked like it was licking it's lips in anticipation of my jugular

 

 

Glad it was on the other side of the landy window all the same

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

male or female david? the clues in the head gear

[David Humphries]

male or female david? the clues in the head gear

 

It's a male Tony.

 

 

 

 

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