Re: Mother Bugger !!!

by **Nico** Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:41 pm

wow, he's a beauty, great pic James bowwing

by **ourchickenshack** Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:37 pm

Thanks guys Very Happy

I found a dead Female Rainbow Scarab Beetle to go with the male …

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Now I can make bug porn cheeky

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Also found this Cicada hanging out in our garden …

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We see a lot of the green species of Cicadas here but rarely see these orangish brown varieties .

by **Nico** Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:55 pm

Never seen the Cicada's before mate, great stuff James bowwing

by **grinchy** Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:40 pm

Thats a cool looking insect, never seen of those before, we get such boring insect life over here Very Happy

by **ourchickenshack** Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:39 pm

Thanks guys cheers

I posted these green Cicada photos about 3 years ago ...

ourchickenshack wrote:A couple of nights ago I was out in the yard watering and pulling weeds and spotted what appeared to be a turd moving slowly across the grass

After close inspection I realized it was a cicada in it's nymph stage (and yes I always inspect slowly moving turds )

I picked it up and put it in a bucket of dirt with a stick for it to crawl on to . I finished my chore because I thought I would have time before it started to emerge but I was wrong .

Unfortunately when I checked on it about a 1/2 hour later it had already started coming out and I missed the initial burst .

Here is what I was able to photograph ...

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Cicadas are quite large for insects - they average about 3 inches long and are about 1 inch wide What a Face

by **Nico** Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:19 pm

Great pics bro rockon

by **Commander Clint** Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:20 pm

It's not summer unless you hear the Cicadas singing. rockon

by **grinchy** Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:51 pm

Wow, great pics mate, what lovely colours

by **Commander Clint** Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:35 am

This Dragonfly is on our front steps. My wife said it was there this morning. It must have been battered around in the thunderstorm last night and doesn't seem to be doing very well.
It's about 3" (7.6 cm) long.

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by **ourchickenshack** Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:17 pm

That's a really cool looking Dragonfly Clint cheers

by **Commander Clint** Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:47 pm

ourchickenshack wrote:That's a really cool looking Dragonfly Clint

Thanks James. I just check & it's still sitting on the step. It's still alive, but I don't know for how much longer.