h i forgot to add these 2 pictures of a caterpillar and a mayfly, sorry! also, thank you, @Varonwis!
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h i forgot to add these 2 pictures of a caterpillar and a mayfly, sorry! also, thank you, @Varonwis!
h i forgot to add these 2 pictures of a caterpillar and a mayfly, sorry! also, thank you, @Varonwis!
@FoxyLemons
Ohh, nice pics. Such a fluffy caterpillar.
Though that animal in the last pic looks more like a crane fly than a mayfly to me.
Ohh, nice pics. Such a fluffy caterpillar.
Though that animal in the last pic looks more like a crane fly than a mayfly to me.
@FoxyLemons
Ohh, nice pics. Such a fluffy caterpillar.
Though that animal in the last pic looks more like a crane fly than a mayfly to me.
Ohh, nice pics. Such a fluffy caterpillar.
Though that animal in the last pic looks more like a crane fly than a mayfly to me.
Oh! Finally a chance for me to show my snails!
The first pic is of when I found my first snail, a Helix Pomatia. As you can see in the picture, it has a big hole is it´s shell. That´s how I ended up with well over 100 pet snails - I took one home so it could repair it´s shell in peace.
The second pic is of the same little guy. I didn`t have a tank yet, so it spent the first couple of days at my place living in this salad bowl. The white stuff on the dandelion leaves is calcium. Snails need an incredible amount of calcium, especially when they have to repair their houses.
Oh! Finally a chance for me to show my snails!
The first pic is of when I found my first snail, a Helix Pomatia. As you can see in the picture, it has a big hole is it´s shell. That´s how I ended up with well over 100 pet snails - I took one home so it could repair it´s shell in peace.
The second pic is of the same little guy. I didn`t have a tank yet, so it spent the first couple of days at my place living in this salad bowl. The white stuff on the dandelion leaves is calcium. Snails need an incredible amount of calcium, especially when they have to repair their houses.
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@ChocoMeow
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
Here's another blurry picture. It's a [i]Vespula germanica[/i], a German wasp, that got stuck on a window. Took this pic before safely letting it back outside.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/PgDgSEX.jpg[/img]
Once again, I'd like to take a moment to say that wasps aren't aggressive animals. It's to they get up uncomfortably close with humans, but that's not a sign of aggression. They are just very, very short sighted and what to know what they're dealing with.
The best way to handle a curious wasp is to stop moving. Become a terrian feature. It'll leave soon enough if it senses no threat.
@ChocoMeow
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
Here's another blurry picture. It's a Vespula germanica, a German wasp, that got stuck on a window. Took this pic before safely letting it back outside.
Once again, I'd like to take a moment to say that wasps aren't aggressive animals. It's to they get up uncomfortably close with humans, but that's not a sign of aggression. They are just very, very short sighted and what to know what they're dealing with.
The best way to handle a curious wasp is to stop moving. Become a terrian feature. It'll leave soon enough if it senses no threat.
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
Here's another blurry picture. It's a Vespula germanica, a German wasp, that got stuck on a window. Took this pic before safely letting it back outside.
Once again, I'd like to take a moment to say that wasps aren't aggressive animals. It's to they get up uncomfortably close with humans, but that's not a sign of aggression. They are just very, very short sighted and what to know what they're dealing with.
The best way to handle a curious wasp is to stop moving. Become a terrian feature. It'll leave soon enough if it senses no threat.
@Xionahri
Wooo a big 'un!
From my experience with wasps, yes you'd be better off not moving. Unless they take interest in your food or you have to deal with something they took liking to. In that case, blowing on them was always helpful. And if you have to move something that the wasps like( a bin full of rotting fruit for example) spraying them with water will prevent them from flying around.
And I also have a big 'un today. My partner found a large silverfish in the bathtub:
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@Xionahri
Wooo a big 'un!
From my experience with wasps, yes you'd be better off not moving. Unless they take interest in your food or you have to deal with something they took liking to. In that case, blowing on them was always helpful. And if you have to move something that the wasps like( a bin full of rotting fruit for example) spraying them with water will prevent them from flying around.
And I also have a big 'un today. My partner found a large silverfish in the bathtub:
Wooo a big 'un!
From my experience with wasps, yes you'd be better off not moving. Unless they take interest in your food or you have to deal with something they took liking to. In that case, blowing on them was always helpful. And if you have to move something that the wasps like( a bin full of rotting fruit for example) spraying them with water will prevent them from flying around.
And I also have a big 'un today. My partner found a large silverfish in the bathtub:
@Voronwis
Ohh, nice picture. That looks big indeed. Yeah, silverfish end up being often in bathtubs. They are terrible at climbing due to having no claws to speak of.
Ohh, nice picture. That looks big indeed. Yeah, silverfish end up being often in bathtubs. They are terrible at climbing due to having no claws to speak of.
@Voronwis
Ohh, nice picture. That looks big indeed. Yeah, silverfish end up being often in bathtubs. They are terrible at climbing due to having no claws to speak of.
Ohh, nice picture. That looks big indeed. Yeah, silverfish end up being often in bathtubs. They are terrible at climbing due to having no claws to speak of.
ohhh I love some bugs!! moths and millipedes are cuties but spiders are a no-no.
sadly I've got no photos to show but I just wanted to say I love this thread.
sadly I've got no photos to show but I just wanted to say I love this thread.
ohhh I love some bugs!! moths and millipedes are cuties but spiders are a no-no.
sadly I've got no photos to show but I just wanted to say I love this thread.
sadly I've got no photos to show but I just wanted to say I love this thread.
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@Yeehawbuckaroo
Thanks! It always means a lot that people like this kinda thing.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
More pics. First up is a pic of some flying animal. Was pretty fast, so I'm actually surprised that picture turned out okay-ish.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/nHthLZc.jpg[/img]
I have no idea what it could be. Was about the size of a hover fly.
Next, this pic happend while I attempted to photograph another flying critter. Didn't manage to take a pic of it, but noticed this tiny mound of dirt instead. Most likely a home for ants.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/xrLqQfQ.jpg[/img]
Speaking of ants, I saw some of those too. Black garden ants. According to Wikipedia, these ants are sparated into two different in Europe, depending on their habitat, but I'm not sure whether the ones around here would be considered [i]Lasius niger[/i] or [i]L. platythorax[/i]. The former would be found in open areas and the latter in forests. The garden here is pretty much an open area, though I almost live in a forest. Literally the next street is just woods.
Before I talk too much about ants, here are the obligatory pictures of firebugs. They are doing [i]really[/i] well here. Not even the snow a few days ago seemed to have any impact on them.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/7c4tLgP.jpg[/img]
Oh look, an actually kinda good picture.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/9HAsrOi.jpg[/img]
@Yeehawbuckaroo
Thanks! It always means a lot that people like this kinda thing.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
More pics. First up is a pic of some flying animal. Was pretty fast, so I'm actually surprised that picture turned out okay-ish.
I have no idea what it could be. Was about the size of a hover fly.
Next, this pic happend while I attempted to photograph another flying critter. Didn't manage to take a pic of it, but noticed this tiny mound of dirt instead. Most likely a home for ants.
Speaking of ants, I saw some of those too. Black garden ants. According to Wikipedia, these ants are sparated into two different in Europe, depending on their habitat, but I'm not sure whether the ones around here would be considered Lasius niger or L. platythorax. The former would be found in open areas and the latter in forests. The garden here is pretty much an open area, though I almost live in a forest. Literally the next street is just woods.
Before I talk too much about ants, here are the obligatory pictures of firebugs. They are doing really well here. Not even the snow a few days ago seemed to have any impact on them.
Oh look, an actually kinda good picture.
Thanks! It always means a lot that people like this kinda thing.
@tomaytotomahto @Pixelspiral @Dragonfruiteen
More pics. First up is a pic of some flying animal. Was pretty fast, so I'm actually surprised that picture turned out okay-ish.
I have no idea what it could be. Was about the size of a hover fly.
Next, this pic happend while I attempted to photograph another flying critter. Didn't manage to take a pic of it, but noticed this tiny mound of dirt instead. Most likely a home for ants.
Speaking of ants, I saw some of those too. Black garden ants. According to Wikipedia, these ants are sparated into two different in Europe, depending on their habitat, but I'm not sure whether the ones around here would be considered Lasius niger or L. platythorax. The former would be found in open areas and the latter in forests. The garden here is pretty much an open area, though I almost live in a forest. Literally the next street is just woods.
Before I talk too much about ants, here are the obligatory pictures of firebugs. They are doing really well here. Not even the snow a few days ago seemed to have any impact on them.
Oh look, an actually kinda good picture.
@Xionahri
Ohh what a strange creature! I wonder what that is?
Garden ants? I had an invasion last year. If they return this year I will be reporting straight from the front lines:-)
Ohh what a strange creature! I wonder what that is?
Garden ants? I had an invasion last year. If they return this year I will be reporting straight from the front lines:-)
@Xionahri
Ohh what a strange creature! I wonder what that is?
Garden ants? I had an invasion last year. If they return this year I will be reporting straight from the front lines:-)
Ohh what a strange creature! I wonder what that is?
Garden ants? I had an invasion last year. If they return this year I will be reporting straight from the front lines:-)
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@ChocoMeow
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
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Thank you! And it`s so cool that you care about snails, too. [emoji=familiar heart]
To supply snails with calcium you can either provide them with ground up egg shells (that`s what the stuff in the picture is) or with turtle bone (it`s not made from turtles, don`t worry, it`s a bone like structure found in cuttlefish, and it`s called turtle bone because people often give it to turtles). The snail will then eat the calcium they need, and they will also absorb some of it by just sitting on it.
If you give snails egg shells that haven`t been ground up (not exclusively, but in addition to ground up ones it`s a good idea), you will sometimes see that there will be greenish spots where the snails have sat for a long time, because they have absorbed all the calcium that was in that was there. I don`t know why exactly it turns green, but it does. [emoji=coatl happy]
And you should let your snails decide whther they would like egg shells or turtle bone or both. Most of my snails are much more into turtle bone, but I do know snails who like egg shells a lot. So just get both and let the slimers decide, as they are both perfectly fine options and either one will supply your snails with what they need.
If you have any more questions about snails feel free to send me a message any time. [emoji=guardian happy]
Xionahri wrote on 2019-04-17 03:32:42:
@ChocoMeow
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
Late to the party, but I love this post. It's great of you taking care of snails. That little guy looks sweet.
Where did you get the calcium from? I want to be prepared in case I come across a snail with a broken shell.
Thank you! And it`s so cool that you care about snails, too.
To supply snails with calcium you can either provide them with ground up egg shells (that`s what the stuff in the picture is) or with turtle bone (it`s not made from turtles, don`t worry, it`s a bone like structure found in cuttlefish, and it`s called turtle bone because people often give it to turtles). The snail will then eat the calcium they need, and they will also absorb some of it by just sitting on it.
If you give snails egg shells that haven`t been ground up (not exclusively, but in addition to ground up ones it`s a good idea), you will sometimes see that there will be greenish spots where the snails have sat for a long time, because they have absorbed all the calcium that was in that was there. I don`t know why exactly it turns green, but it does.
And you should let your snails decide whther they would like egg shells or turtle bone or both. Most of my snails are much more into turtle bone, but I do know snails who like egg shells a lot. So just get both and let the slimers decide, as they are both perfectly fine options and either one will supply your snails with what they need.
If you have any more questions about snails feel free to send me a message any time.
cat hair everywhere