Insects
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Woodland Dor Beetle
Bit difficult to photograph on the woodland floor…
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This bastard was waiting in the bathroom at the campsite for someone to not be paying attention.
Caught this guy hanging out above my laundry room on a windy night.
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myriapod
Oh cool, that's a nice word too. Rolls off the tongue. And yeah, insects = 6 legz.
Also, I just looked this species and according to this article, "there have been only six confirmed sightings of the species in West Virginia: Three in Pocahontas County between 1963 and 1972, one in Mercer County in 1971, one in Monongalia County in 1972, and one in Nicholas County (date unknown)." So that is pretty amazing actually. I have seen them over the past three springs and summers here in WV in our gardens. I would say I have seen at least half a dozen, maybe more. I wonder if it is because we are just over the border from Maryland. The article states that this myriapod exclusively eats fungus. A fungus eating myriapod. Amazing.
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Always double check before you sit down!
Zebra spider
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This little mother trucker is killings the boxwood in my garden:
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@RobeOfTheMagi Well then step on it.
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A killing that would be devoid of passion and hatred.
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Spotted this afternoon on the butterfly bush:
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I think this might be an Io moth with its wings closed.
Edit: it was! I went outside back where it was and very gently nudged it and it flew, exposing the eye-like lower wings. It was an incredible moment upon their reveal.
It appears to be a male, as they are yellow while the females are brick red-brown.
