Absence of additional photos
April 28, 2011 11:37 pm
Heh. Having been succinCt, descriptive, and specific in the subject, what’s left?
Oh yes, details. 🙂
I note that many posts state that there are additional photos (the Polyphemus moth is the one I saw, where it has a newly-emerged moth and states that they have one four hours on–but there’s only the one photo)…but when you go to the post itself, there’s no additional photos.
I know you’re short on time and space–we all are–but puh-leeze, can we please have a few more eentsy little photos? 🙂
You guys ROCK!!! bigtime at this; I keep telling teachers and kids and parents to come on over, it’s fun. And even the grossed-out and/or phobic ones wind up here eventually, and LOVE it! 🙂
Repeat: You ROCK. 🙂 Totally. 🙂
Now…what bugs in Butte County, CA, do you want/need photos of? 🙂 I’ve not the money to donate but I can sure get pictures and do some ID work..!!
Hugs,
PA
Signature: Pam Alley
Hi Pam,
Thanks for your kind email. When photos are submitted, we generally choose the most representative or our favorite to post. When there are several images, we often post two or rarely three. We did a search for Polyphemus Moth using our search engine, and we believe we found the posting that you are referring to and there are two images. Additionally, similar postings are available by clicking the small thumbnails under the posting. We would love to post some of your photos, and we especially like seasonal sightings and species that are not well represented on our site. Right now we hope to get a variety of different Blister Beetles from the southwest. We are posting the image you were unable to locate as an accompaniment to this posting
Ah ha…must click on first photo to see all photos! Silly me. 🙂
Comment on chickens–hit the BackyardChickens website for best husbandry/health/housing information. You aren’t the only one who has lost feathered friends unexpectedly, nor had trouble getting started.
Consider yourself hugged…that’s not fun. 🙁 But that website will help you get restarted…
I do have a couple of bugs you might be intrigued by; one was a ‘wingless bee’ found under my rabbit cages…which amazingly, by the end of its photo session, had wings (laughing)–think it was a bee mimic of some kind. The other was a seemingly voracious black and white striped bug that was encouraged to go forth and eat LOTS of earwigs.
BTW…I got into chickens as earwig control, and now I have more than I know what to do with…LOL…so watch out! They’re addictive (or at least additive!
There are a number of show breeders of various kinds of chickens in your part of the world–highly recommend the Belgian d’Anvers breed–sociable, personality plus, and hardy as heck. A bantam breed. You might consider getting some adults to start with–they lay very well and brood excellently too.
Recommend you put a nice chain-link kennel around your chicken coop area to keep skunks/raccoons out–raccoons especially, as they can carry nasty parasites and are incredibly strong given the smallest opening. Try Craigslist for one that’s affordable.
Anyway, you’re welcome to my photo collection, should you want it…here are two exemplars and enjoy! 🙂
If there’s anything I can do to help you folks, I have no life, so let me know. 🙂
PA
Dear PA,
whoaaaahhh
There is no way all these can be posted. This will probably take an hour to format. We can post your letter and one species. In the future, please use the identification form which helps the formatting of our website. It is found here: ask-whats-that-bug/
Thanks for your enthusiasm.
P.S. Just yesterday, over 50 identification requests arrived