Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Since you brought up rattlers... https://1drv.ms/i/s!AssotQKjvn53rgLjwGl0UwzysNj4?e=qYLsxt -p On 4/29/2024 2:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and ma

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
It seems that those are red velvet ants. I was definitely a safe distance, fortunately the 18-270 will still focus at distances shorter than infinity. > On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:16 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Not a spider as MIke pointed out.. so interesting.. > I take it you were not as c

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.04.24 um 15:16 schrieb ann sanfedele: I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit Nice rattler shots "Er wuergte eine Klapperschlang, bis ihre Klapper schlapper klang." A popular German spoonerism. (He throttled a rattlesnake until its rattl

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Not a spider  as MIke pointed out..  so interesting.. I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit Nice rattler shots ann On 4/29/2024 3:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more tha

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 29 Apr 2024, at 09:00, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 29.04.24 um 09:24 schrieb Larry Colen: >> Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > > Does it make a difference? Better taste in art and beer. http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/miscellany/bass-logo >

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.04.24 um 09:24 schrieb Larry Colen: Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. Does it make a difference? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake, apologies

2024-04-29 Thread Alan C
I think that Rattler is getting to you! Not in your garden I hope. Alan C On 29-Apr-24 09:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd click send, nothing would happen, so I'd try again. I just looked at my email folder and it went out each time without making the window go away On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:24

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread mike wilson
Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more than six legs. Some ant species are hairy and the queens chew off their wings after fertilisation. I wonder if the same happens with some species of bumble bees? There is a scarlet tailed bumblebee, Bombus cocc

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake, apologies

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I'd click send, nothing would happen, so I'd try again. I just looked at my email folder and it went out each time without making the window go away > On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: > https://www.i

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29, 2024,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29, 2024,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29, 2024,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29, 2024,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread mike wilson
Not spiders. Some form of wingless bee? > On 29/04/2024 08:05 BST Larry Colen wrote: > > > Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a > rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and > markings than I'm used to. > > > Yeah, t