i found my Elinore... got the smallest adult myg in CA (that i know of, at any rate)
we didn't find any more pretty scorps or rattle snakes... but we found some really neat new areas to look in _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
i found my Elinore... got the smallest adult myg in CA (that i know of, at any rate)
How does one make the tiniest, boring lookin "T" exciting? Find one!
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...smallest adult myg in CA (that i know of, at any rate)
AND SHE BE tiny! _________________
jet trail in the sunset
a long way away
cutting 'cross the horizon
at the edge of the day
and it calls Jimmy
come fly away
but I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
yeah, I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
--James McMurtry
even i got bit some... normally mosquitos leave me alone... probably cuz i usually have nutritionally deficient blood =P
the plants are what got me the most, as per usual, though _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
How's that? ... ...oh wait, seriously JUST came to me..nevermind...
Poison Oak ...ok Ill say it one more time ...poison oak. damn ..underside of my arms and some on my legs...nasty, nasty.
Also, nasty blackening (slightly necrotic) of all scrapes ...probably majority being thorn scrapes and stabs from that certain tallish bush ...kinda light colored ...u know the one.. ...damn..stupid bush.
Andrew... I do believe your poison oak ID was correct. Reading up on it, it seems that it CAN be a vine out west here, but usually it grows upward sorta like a straighter stemmed bush... yep, just like all that shat we walked through. I guess out East its usually a bush and out this way it can go eitherway.
Also, I THINK that chunk of bush that I pulled out of the wash sand is in fact poison oak. Hope it takes ...potted and I think it has potential.
Going to haveta try out IvyBlock... http://www.ivyblock.com/
P.sumac, p.ivy n' p.oak...all 3 have the same substance that gets ya ...IvyBlock is supposed to block/bond with that chemical, preventing you from building up exposure during romps thru the wood. _________________
jet trail in the sunset
a long way away
cutting 'cross the horizon
at the edge of the day
and it calls Jimmy
come fly away
but I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
yeah, I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
--James McMurtry
It really was a fun hike. Good to meet Andrew as well, I must have gotten bit in the back of the arms by the mosquitos, and did not realize it until I got home.
Here is some pics:
Habitat Shot
Damselfly?
Kyle's smiling find:
Here's that Alligator Lizard:
and here it is trying to get a hold of any part f Kyle that becomes available:
Blue Fang?
These were fairly common there, I think these are P. johnsoni (based ona quick Google search and Kevin's earlier comment on local Phiddipus sp. in So. cal -different thread-)
Small 'pede:
P. silvestrii?
Pectin shot, I count 20-21, male or female?
I was also lucky enough to pick up (thank you all), some isopods and one of the local millipedes that is now co-habitating with the pede.
Thank you Andrew for that myg you cleared on the way down.
Fun hike peeps let's do it again soon:) _________________ God does not play at dice AE
my guess for the scorp would be 1) P. silvestrii or 2) some kind of vaejovid
it looked relatively female, but i didn't check it out too much
those phids have excellent fang coloration _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
I agree with the tentative ID of the scorp based on some picture comparison (not the best Idea, but they looked eerily similar). If it is a she, then she is either getting ready to molt, or gravid, or just plain fat .
I forgot to ask you Andrew, what was the field ID of the myg you dug out from that wall (the one I happen to take home ). _________________ God does not play at dice AE
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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