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[backlash]

We always have called them garden spiders. Can’t remember their “real” names. They are beneficial spiders if I remember right. We have them quite a bit around here. They are big but never seem to bother anything

@backlash

It's Argiope aurantia, a garden spider. They get big here also! Never heard of them biting.

Thanks
It was in the right place since it was in my garden.
I only saw one but that was enough of a surprise.

 

[Peanut]

Thanks
It was in the right place since it was in my garden.
I only saw one but that was enough of a surprise.

I've seen a few about 5" across (legs). They get biiiigg! Definitely gets my attention. I don't like spiders anyway!

 

[Double R]

I've seen a few about 5" across. They get biiiigg! Definitely gets my attention

Ours come in a variety of colors and we see them pretty big also. They are neat to watch

 

[Peanut]

Random shots... It was labeled "England"

 

[Peanut]

flea bitten vermin

 

[Peanut]

Homer AK a couple weeks ago...

 

[Eli]

Took a trip out to Baton Rouge.

 

[Patchouli]

Heading to work one day last week, stopped at traffic light. Saw these unusual cloud formations. They’re striped or combed looking.

 

[Weedygarden]

flea bitten vermin

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Young prairie dog

 

[Mountain trapper]

Near Winchester.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Whitebird hill.

 

[Patchouli]

@Mountain trapper what state are these photos?

 

[Mountain trapper]

@Mountain trapper what state are these photos?

All in Idaho.

 

[theheathen13]

I was out on a elk hunt and got this pick with 2 suns.

 

[Haertig]

I was out on a elk hunt and got this pick with 2 suns.

Which solar system?

 

[LadyLocust]

Near Winchester.
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I don't have a pix of this one, but I do have a couple other pix of other ones. I'm usually in a rig and digging for my phone as we go by them. They are amazing!

 

[theheathen13]

2 suns is a affect of frozen water crystals in the the air. Not snow or rain.

 

[Haertig]

2 suns is a affect of frozen water crystals in the the air. Not snow or rain.

Oh. I can't see two. I do see a little brightness increase over to the right near the spot of what looks like green lens flare to me. Is that it? That green spot is bit far off to the side for lens flare - unless there was a drop of water on the lens.

I thought you meant "2 sons", made a typo, and left us with the impression you were on some alien planet. I've never heard of a "2 suns" atmospheric phenomenon before.

 

[backlash]

I have seen 2 sun when I was in North Dakota in Feb. one year. It was -35° F.
The local guy said it's called it a Sundog. Sometimes there can be 3 of them.
I just thought it was all the alcohol I had been drinking trying to not freeze to death.

 

[zannej]

That is a pretty spider. Dad used to take us to the Smithsonian museum of Natural History and we got to hold all sorts of bugs and stuff. Loved it. So I never had any major fear of insects. I had a banana spider that liked to camp out on my car back in Guam.
My friend's Dorky (dachshund / yorkshire terrier mix) named Luna:

 

[Peanut]

Young prairie dog

Armadillos are bad enough. I'm glad I've never had to raise cattle w/both dillos and prairie dogs around. Those farmers must live in a constant state of war!

 

[Weedygarden]

Armadillos are bad enough. I'm glad I've never had to raise cattle w/both dillos and prairie dogs around. Those farmers must live in a constant state of war!

Three farms and ranches on my mom's side of the family, in two adjacent counties. Two uncles, both farmed and had cattle. Grandfather's ranch, mostly grassland with cattle, but some fields of grains. Prairie dogs were thick in one pasture on Grandpa's ranch and one of my uncles had a pasture with them. They dig their holes, and cattle step in the hole and can break a leg. I don't know what it was, but one uncle bought something to poison them. I helped him. He put some tablets he purchased down the holes and covered the holes with newspaper and then covered with dirt. I have no idea how effective that was, but prairie dogs tunnels have more than one entrance or exit.

People also like to go shooting at prairie dog villages. Good place for target practice, and takes care of the rodents. It's the kind of thing people do on weekends. They do the same thing with rattlesnakes. People drive around looking for them and shoot them. Target practice, and taking care of a problem.

There are a bunch of prairie dogs at Clement Park just west of Columbine H.S. in Littleton, CO. southeast of the lake.

 

[backlash]

Around here we have ground squirrels AKA Sage rats.
They're known by the farmers and ranchers as a crop destroying pest. They burrow into the ground of alfalfa fields leaving large dirt mounds and destroying acres of crops. One Sage Rat can consume 14 lbs of alfalfa in their time out of hibernation. They can have thousands in a field.
Shooting 500 a day is not unheard of.
I know several farmers that will gladly let you on their property to shoot them. My cousins tell me they lose a lot of money every year due to them.
They are the one reason I want a .17 HMR rifle.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Around here we have ground squirrels AKA Sage rats.
They're known by the farmers and ranchers as a crop destroying pest. They burrow into the ground of alfalfa fields leaving large dirt mounds and destroying acres of crops. One Sage Rat can consume 14 lbs of alfalfa in their time out of hibernation. They can have thousands in a field.
Shooting 500 a day is not unheard of.
I know several farmers that will gladly let you on their property to shoot them. My cousins tell me they lose a lot of money every year due to them.
They are the one reason I want a .17 HMR rifle.

Every summer I shoot and trap dozens of these things. I dont intend to wipe them out completely so I have an area thats about 10 acres or so where I leave them alone.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Salmon river

 

[Peanut]

More than once I've been thrown from a tractor seat while cutting hay... I hung on to the steering wheel to keep from going completely air born. I hit dillo burrow each time, couldn't see it in thick hay. When I cut hay I spend more time looking over my right shoulder than looking forward. It's easy to hit things down in the grass that shouldn't be there.

Some may not know, tractors don't have suspension systems. Hitting an animal burrow at 6mph can cause you to bite through your tongue. Happened to a cousin, got about 12 stitches at the ER.

Those critters don't belong in a pasture or hay field, it's war!

Speaking of tractors...

 

[Neb]

More than once I've been thrown from a tractor seat while cutting hay... I hung on to the steering wheel to keep from going completely air born. I hit dillo burrow each time, couldn't see it in thick hay. When I cut hay I spend more time looking over my right shoulder than looking forward. It's easy to hit things down in the grass that shouldn't be there.

Some may not know, tractors don't have suspension systems. Hitting an animal burrow at 6mph can cause you to bite through your tongue. Happened to a cousin, got about 12 stitches at the ER.

Those critters don't belong in a pasture or hay field, it's war!

Speaking of tractors...

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Sexy!

That thing could do the work of 2-4 horses!

Give me time


Ben

 

[zannej]

Someone mentioned an S-10 in a different thread and it reminded me of my friend's wreck. I think its obvious which one is my friend. My brother was looking on. Friend's fat ex was poking around to get stuff out of the truck.

I spoke with the cop who responded to the scene. He said he'd never seen someone survive a wreck that bad. If my friend had been taller, he'd be dead.
He had to get a titanium rod in his upper arm and had temporary pins in his wrist that they yanked out without any anesthetic. No pics but the whites of his eyes turned red for about a month. Subconjunctival hemorrhage .

 

[Peanut]

Cool looking...

 

[Peanut]