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Mushrooms*
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I live in mid/Northern California.
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Pleb+01 fuck !yLlgYc/BBI
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/an/ must be interested in arthropods.
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i will be heading out and taking some pics.
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there was a mantis once that was hanging out on my screen door in the back yard, he was there for 3 days just sitting around, moving every once and a while, my mom decided it would be better off if she moved it to a patch of grass on the other side of the yard.
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>>1380464 cool story.
i like bugs.
best case is to leave them be if you care for them
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>arthropod thread
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Arthropod thread? Alright, I'll ask this over here.
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aww
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>>1380551 Sorry for your loss.
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>>1380551 Your cockroach?
Was it sick?
I was really sad when a jumping spider of mine died. Jumping spiders seem rather intelligent.
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>>1380542 Hey, what the hell is that? I consider myself some sort of Entomologist by hobby and idk wtf that is.
Some sort of crazy Centipede?
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I didn't find much on my walk,
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I'm no botanist, couldn't tell you what species this is... But it's a pretty shade of blue
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Some sort of fly with proboscis.
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This next one is my favorite...
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Kingdom :Animalia
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>>1380604 does it have fuzzy leaves?
If so it could be borage
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These spiders can change color depending on what flower they reside on. Not any color mind you, but they can flood thier outer most cell layer with a yellow pigment, they can be anywhere in between white, greenish to bright yellow.
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>>1380617 Yup, it does.
I know my insects, but I need to.learn more about plants. Especially trees, to further help my mushroom hunting
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Also this pretty flower
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>>1380597 he was 3yrold ):
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>>1380551 Speaking of cockroaches, anyone remember that guy who was breeding the pure-black hissers?
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>>1380597 Jumping spiders are seriously intelligent, they have puzzle solving capabilities and everything. There's one genus in particular who specialise in hunting other spiders, they use trial and error learning to figure out how to coax them out of webs and then apply what they've learnt to other spiders who look the same. I wish I could remember the name.
>>1380600 That is a velvet worm. They squirt out slime to catch other insects.
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>>1380640 Neat, thanks for the velvet worm info.
I keep Jumoing spiders as pets and have wanted to set up some sort of puzzle or.maze for them to solve. Record results and whatnot.
I swear I felt like my last one loved me. She would get excited when I came home and jump all over my body. She would stand on the edge of her enclosure staring at me when she was ready to eat.
I'll miss her forever.
R.I.P Karelia
Picture not related, bit I find these out at the coast, I call them giant sea pill bugs. Some sort of Crustacean, I caught a huge one and brought it home but it died. I don't think I re_created its enviroment well enough
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>>1380701 You probably don't stand a chance of recreating its environment. I think a lot of coastal animals rely on the tides, and those would be very, very hard to imitate.
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>>1380708 I believe you are correct.
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>>1380413 OP, are you funny? Because any man with interest for insects is my kind of guy.
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>>1380630 uhh i dunno it might have been the guy who gave me black ones, hes only online and he keeps a small collection, and when i asked for a "surprise" color i got these black ones
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I wish I could get my own giant weta.
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>>1380799 There's supposed to be really hardy and hard to kill, so I wonder if they would be super easy to take care of?
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>>1380826 I found this publication about the captive breeding of wetas -- I only read some of it in detail and skimmed the rest but at least the species described here seem really easy to keep.
So much want.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/misc001.pdf Pleb 01 !X8e1YhKq4.
>>1380732 IRL? Yes, always making people smile/laugh.
Insects are amazing. That's why I like to.take pictures of them. I try to.show people smaller things they would usually swat aside.and.pay no mind to.
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>>1380890 >>1380826 Thanks for.the.pdf, i'll read that latter. Right now I am looking to move so I haven't been aquiring new pets. All I have are two scorpions and a.black widow. however after I move i'm going to order pets like crazy offline. I'll definately.share on /an/
Pic.is.my black widow when I found her, she looks healthier/more plump now. And her red.spot is brighter/more vivid.
I
like.to think I saved her.
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>>1380891 A fellow macro photographer?
Fuck yes, /an/
This is the first macro shot I did of an insect, surprised at how well it came out given the circumstances (handheld, lens not even mounted on camera, pop up flash).
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>>1380895 Also, jumping spiders fuck yeah.
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>>1380895 >>1380894 That's very nice, you can sharw here all you like. Not really a photographer at all, right now just using my phone. Going to start up some actual macro stuff in the future, I have far too many hobbies.
I had some surprisingly.good shots that I took from my phone (i think) but I lost them when my computer recently crapped out on me. I'll see what I can find.
But share away, macro is neat
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Also its 3:20 in thr morning here and it looks
lije.my scorpion might be trying to eat the beetle I put in its enclosure. I'll try to get pictures!
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Meh, pics wont even turn out well right now. O have to go to work anyway, the beetle is scurrying arouned lije it knows it's boned.
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>>1380701 That's the cutest thing I've ever read. I once tried to keep one (Native species, Salticus Scenicus) as a pet, but he could tell he was in an enclosed environment and kept trying to escape, so I let him go. Fairly sure he made sperm webs all over his enclosure too, hopefully he found a nice lady spider.
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>>1381017 Unless I'm mistaken, that's a plume moth.
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>>1381021 <- Wings unfolded
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Just got some of these
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Can't not love these
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Even though they are everywhere these keep fascinating me.
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Sometimes, pickings are slim for bugs in the city
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but they're all still neat
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Even these guys
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Eleodes suturalis, why were you in my bathroom
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>>1381047 Jame Gumb detected.
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>>1380626 Looks like something in the nightshade family. But maybe not.
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>>1381020 Yeah, I looked all over for a male mate for.mine. Never found one. Maybe this summer I will have better luck. My jumping spider would also restlessly move about the enclosure.
The thing with jumping spiders is they want more verticle space than floor space, I almost never saw her on the floor. So you want a tall enclosure. Also I would take her out for some excercise almost daily. And a wee bit of sunlight as well.
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>>1381023 >>1381021 Hey, thanks man.
I have always seen and wondered about those little guys but never really put much looking.into them.
I like.them for.their obviously.unique shape.
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Hmmmm... Can't tell what that is from pic.
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>>1381047 You have a friggen Atlas moth? Or what is that?
Sad thing about butterflies/moths is they last a few weeks at best. I REALLY want some permanant Atlas moth collection but I just don't see that happening
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so the other day while I was walking to one of my classes at school, i saw a fairly large ground beetle clumsily crawling parallel to me
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>>1381162 being an insect must be scary
i mean everything is huge and moves fast especially other bugs
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>>1381050 you see this right here is my nightmare
i am deathly afraid of wild lettuce leafs and that's what it looks like
and it moves
though I've got to admit it's amazing how close it resembles an actual leaf
it even has those brown spots
I mean that is impressive
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>>1381169 Right? Animals are amazing
I wish /an/ moved.faster so we could.have real time discussions.
But it's also.kind of neat that I can keep coming back to this thread
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this thread reminds me of the documentary Microcosmos.
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These are wonderful and there seems no end of beautiful and amazing diversity. I am constantly wowed by finding new things on that site Featured creature that I never knew existed, more amazing because its hard to imagine such incredible things not being famous.
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My cell phone is stuck on feels mode.
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>>1381558 >>1381551 Can anyone tell me what is up with silverfish?
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how many eyes does the poecilotheria metallica have? I see eight but my friends keep saying it has six.
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>>1381777 What a beauty. Such color
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>>1381799 Mhmm. Too bad it's an endangered species due to people catching them to keep as pets.
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>>1381777 >>1381777 Nice trips spider bro, i.m pretty sure all Tarantula have 8 eyes
P. Metallica is.a beautiful species.
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>>1381847 definitely! What do you think about this one? Avicularia purpurea.
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>>1381801 I didnt know that. They cant be bred? Idw Earth to lose such a beautiful thing.
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>>1381958 Good lord, I didnt know there were such things. Its beautiful. Right out of a dream.
I try to match new pics with pics. I will try to find one now to post.
I like hi-res, and wow what a find. Hope you like it, & thanks for sharing it. I sure have seen a lot of new things here lately on tarantulas, and appreciate them much more now. I never thought I would see tarantulas the way I see so many other arthropods, frogs and birds, like living gems.
Hes like a velvety 8-legged amethyst.
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>>1381960 They can breed, but usually people keep the babies and rarely sell them. Most prefer getting them as adults.
>>1381963 That's amazing! And no problem! I used to be very afraid of tarantulas, but after seeing photos different species of tarantulas, fear turned into respect. Plus, they are very beautiful and I wish there was something we could do to help out the ones that are close to extinction.
This one is Poecilotheria Fasciata. :)
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>>1381975 Very nice ^^
I got lost looking for a pic to trade, and found so many beautiful pics, many on a board called 'arachnoboard' or some such.
I cant remember all the names, but there sure are so many colorful (and multicolored) and wildly striped and complex designs
This (I think) called a Regalis, a younger one I think. I also saw some cute pics of babies just hatched.
Have a good night! mebe I can be back to see and find more tomorrow. Hope you like the pic.
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I've got a small question regarding tarantulas. Couple of months ago, I fed my 1.5 " G. Pulchripes about one or two crickets a week. It fattened up quite a bit, so I decided to stop feeding it for a bit so I didn't overfeed it. It then went into hiding for about two months.
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>***OFFICIAL*** >/an/ Athropod thread. >Athropod
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I'll take pictures when I'm home but I currently have;
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>>1381801 Well, buy from people who have captive bred then, make that where the demand is.
Tartan Tarantulas sell their captive bred and they are about to be breeding much more.
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>>1382107 Typo you twit. Now post something about Arthropods or get out
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Postan educational comic that I scavenged from /an/ a long time ago.
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Thanks for the comic.
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Ausfaggot here, over the past few weeks I've had literally 5 of these spiders, which all looked exactly the same as each other, crawl along the wall next to my battlestation, and I'm wondering what it is and if I will melt into a puddle of goop if one bites me.
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>>1381090 Oh man, he's like the Bob Ross of insect photography.
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>>1382207 Here is one I literally just killed.
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>>1382207 looks like a white tail.
Not lethal, but its going to hurt like hell/make you feel like you wish you has died if you get bitten
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I keep wondering if phasmid eggs are good eats. Some day I will find out.
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>>1382210 How would you like it if I smashed you?
That spider only has one chance to live as well, leave it be.
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>>1381975 Anon, what the heck are you on about? P. metallica is bred with regularity and all I ever see offered anywhere are CB animals. There are more than enough in captivity to support the demand from hobbyists now even if demand is high.
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This wasp was recently discovered I want it as a pet its jaws are larger then some of its legs
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>>1382395 N ew ly discovered? Really-? I'm not sure about that, show me your citation.
>>1382388 Thanks double 8's, i've seen that species around quite a bit myself.
I was going to go mushroom hunting again right now or wait until tomarrow morning. Will post any neat shit I find.
What say you anons? Just worked 4am to.2pm and.feelin' mighty lazy.
But we had 1/2 inch rain the other night, hoping for a few tasty edibles.
I want a crazy 2 week long rainstorm
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>>1382442 Not that guy, but the it's called Megalara garuda
Discovered in 2011, first detailed decription published march of last year.
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>>1382948 Oh god this is adorable.
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My first step in Athropods when I was 4. I still have all vols with me till now.
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>>1382957 I wasn't interested in arthropods until I was an adult, which I kind of regret. But when I did take a tentative peek into their world, it has been like a bottomless treasure chest ever since. So much weird and cool shit.
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>>1382965 Don't regret! Since you are already into it, best make more memories and delve deeper into this interest.
Another note, I wonder if invertebrates in general are welcomed here as well. I'd love me some ocean-life.
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>>1382972 Oh yeah!
More then welcome, BRING ON THE SLUNK
I have work in 15 minutes but i'm not going
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>>1383413 Scorpion-fly? I forgot the real name though.
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I am looking for this.picture of two orb.weaver spiders.
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>>1383415 No no no, I know of scorpion flies, I meant what is this
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>>1383419 Looks like some kind of leaf hopper.
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>>1383419 The name of the species is in the filename. It's a kind of tree hopper.
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My dad use this insect to catch a bird in order to catch a female Sparrowhawk, then he tame the Sparrowhawk and hunt down quail with her.
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I wasn't really into arachnids until I found out about amblypygids. I'm seriously considering owning some in the near future.
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They see me Bumpin'
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>>1383528 Fuck year. Whipspiders are bro tier. I want one too but I have yet to find anywhere online that has them.
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>am i kawai uguu~
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you aren't looking hard enough psilocybinTAILESSscorpionBro !X8e1YhKq4. Tue 12 Mar 2013 04:50:12 No. 1384459 Report >>1383528 you kidding me bro?
Ken the Bug guy
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/tailless-whip-scorpion-vinegaroon.html has many tailess whip scorpion species
giant ones too
Hella neat
he had a smaller species one time, was literally selling like 10 for 10 bucks
i would totally buy everything this man has but i am moving soon and i don't want to have too many pets when i move, but afterwards i will have some crazy shit,
i'll post my new friends on /an/ of course
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also i just caught 2 jumping spiders
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>>1383454 that's fucking neat
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Horrid shot,
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Any Arthropod bros on /an/ atm?
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>>1384463 indeed, require a lot of work though.
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>>1382957 >dat glow in the dark Tarantula kit Anonymous
>>1383413 I know it's only about 2cm long and the tail isn't a stinger but jesus jumped-up christ how fucking terrifying is this thing to look at?
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Also check out this fucking centipede!
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>>1384829 Christ. Imagine getting bitten off that thing. I got bitten by a 5-6 inch one in Thailand and that was bad enough.
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I now have 3 jumping.spiders.
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Salticus Scenicus
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There are over 40,000 KNOWN species os spiders
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this is my rose haired tarantula, about two years old.
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>>1385174 That's not a rose hair. That's B. albopilosum
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>>1384459 I don't know about the guy who you probably meant to quote instead of me, but at least I'm not murrikan so I probably couldn't order anything from there.
Availability of exotic invertebrates in my country sucks. I'm looking at the possibility of importing stuff from Germany.
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>>1385185 >>1385185 ah, yup.
That's a problem.
What country friend?
I've always wabted to breed these creatures and sell the offspring but idk how successful of an endeavour that would be.
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I could try to send you something in the future.
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What species is this on the left?
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i love animals, but this shit is fucking disgusting.
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>>1385191 those are so cute~
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>>1384627 I decided today that I am going to capture a hawk or Falcon and train it to bring me duck
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Here's a sphinx moth (I think) I found and mounted.
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