#bug handling

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This isn’t what I usually post about, I apologize to any regulars heh. But it’s my blog I can do what I want. Fight me.

I love bugs and here are some of my summer highlights that I’ve found! I try to identify them all but if I get any wrong please let me know!

Milkweed Assassin Bug (Zelus longipes) with a fly it caught.

also known as the Long-Legged Assassin Bug

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Tragidion coques on an okra leaf.

I was unable to find a common name for this guy, if you know one please let me know!

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In a lot of these I am handling bugs.

I am not a professional!

Please don’t pick up anything if you can’t identify it or aren’t comfortable!

If you are handling bugs please remember be gentle and respectful! They can be delicate!

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Blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) that I caught after a storm

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Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis) that I found in the water while walking on the beach!

Don’t worry I put him further from the water so he didn’t get stuck again.

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Greater Angle-winged Katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium) that I found in my garden!

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American Giant Millipede (Narceus americanus) that I found while camping!

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Arachnophobes! There are spiders!

Please proceed with caution <3

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Tigrosa Annexa wolf spider (Tigrosa annexa) with a little dew hat!

Wolf spiders are generally harder (for me at least) to get a specific species so if I get it wrong please correct me!

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Hacklemesh Weaver (Metaltella simoni) that I found in the garden.

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Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis) that I found on a walk.

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This was mentioned on slashdot today. Apparently bug handling is just not being dealt with well enough according to "Mozilla's recently-departed Community Lead, Tyler Downer." Pretty incredible that there were 13,000 bugs at one time, and still nearly 6,000 today. [posted by @moketronics]