Creepy Crawlies

[sunshine51]

Chon...I have no idea about the moth but the second picture is of paper or mud wasps & they're common

in and around meat, fish & fruit markets because they like meat,fish & fruit. Don't bat em away-you'll get a

nasty sting. They usually won't bother you as they're interested in the meat & fish & fruit if it's around too.

The big spider I have no idea the name but we call em garden spiders because we have em all over

the place...harmless to us humans and they have been known to eat small birds caught in their web.

These spiders get really large. The snake is a wolf snake as Goshawk stated...harmless & good to have

around the house...rodentia control.

Edited June 3, 2015 by sunshine51

[Tywais]

A true creepy crawly, has the legs to prove it. About 25cm long, the biggest I've seen in CM. With my LG G2 mobile camera.

[2alex4alex]

For about 2 months lived at my backyard. So I have a lot of shots of him. Perfect model. Very patient ..Never tried to get away from photo session!

[rhythmworx]

Front lens element was about 3/4 inch away from him, luckily he didn't try to make a run for it.

[Fookhaht]

On my lumyai tree. What is it???

[Tywais]

On my lumyai tree. What is it???

Lantern Bug, aka Pyrops Candelaria or Pyrops Karenius

[2alex4alex]

It looks like he's studying me...

[Fookhaht]

On my lumyai tree. What is it???

Lantern Bug, aka Pyrops Candelaria or Pyrops Karenius

Thanks, now I can check out if it's dangerous! ;-)

[Tywais]

Hate these things. Still playing with my new 40-150mm f/2.8 lens so got the DOF wrong.

[Guest]

Hate these things. Still playing with my new 40-150mm f/2.8 lens so got the DOF wrong.

After I tried to take some macro photos, I learned that Goompa had a special talent. For me it feels almost impossible task to get a fully sharp macro photo.

[Tywais]

An abusive post removed. Please guys, let's not get personal it brings the photoforum down a notch.

[Guest]

These little lizards. I don't know wether I love them for eating mosquitoes, or hate them for dropping their dumps to my head.
We have had this ongoing battle of love and hate for years.

20150701-P7010008.jpg by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr

[bundycat]

cute bug on my nam prik .. the waitress wanted to eat it ..but i got it first.. mm

[bundycat]

dum house pet CR

[2alex4alex]

I took this pic from about 50 sm. My wife didn't let me to come nearer. She was afraid it's venous...She was right.

Edited July 9, 2015 by 2alex4alex

[cracktheskye]

I assumed these were fairly dangerous judging by my sisters in law reactions when I tried to get a close up

Not sure what species these are, just spotted them one day

Edited July 10, 2015 by cracktheskye

[Guest]

I took this pic from about 50 sm. My wife didn't let me to come nearer. She was afraid it's venous...She was right.

Good zoom is very valuable with the snakes

From: http://www.siam-info.com/english/snales_common.html

[Trimeresurus] Cryptelytrops albolabris

(White-lipped Pit Viper)

Thai: (ngu khiau hang mei tong loeng)

[sunshine51]

@ Cracktheskye...

Top pic...Common centipede-venomous...leave em alone.

Second pic...Striped Kukri snake...non venomous...can be agressive though...no need to kill em.

Third pic...Millipede...non venomous but some excrete a cyanide solution if handled so if you handle one, wash your hands afterwards.

Bottom pic...One of the millions of dragon flies of LOS...harmless.

[bundycat]

this gives an idea of how big this snake is At Dam House CR

[bundycat]

gecko on the ceiling...

[bundycat]

and a . tokai ..cool how he matched his spots to the wall colour...not much of a camourflage tho !!

Edited July 14, 2015 by bundycat

[2alex4alex]

Looks like a modern fashion model..Skinny&ugly..

[bundycat]

stick insect a good 15cm long ...I love creatures..

[tolsti]

this golden skink is pretty used to people... he/she just walked right past me as I was sitting quietly getting bird pictures.

[tolsti]

I was doing my daily inspection of the condo grounds today with the gardener when I noticed this frass at the bottom of a wooden tree support.

[tolsti]

upon examination you could see the bite marks on it

[tolsti]

The carpenter bees had been at work!

[watcharacters]

Another colorful ladybird.

ladybird.JPG

Years ago, i bought a bag of one or two thousand ladybugs from a local nursery which is where such things can be bought in the US. The lady vendor took the bag out of the freezer compartment of a refrigerator and sprayed the bag a couple of times with water. She advised me that they would not remain where I released them (unlike Preying Mantis) but I didn't care. It was fun to release them on a Pineapple Guava tree next to my front door and watch them for a couple of minutes as they all eventually took off. I think very few of the lady bugs didn't survive the deep freeze.

I missed out of the hatching of the Preying Mantis cocoon I bought but my ex was lucky to see it all.

[Tywais]

Washing the dishes and found this guy trying to scramble out of the way. Couldn't do it, water and soap on the sides so he just hung there until I assisted him out.

[2alex4alex]

First time saw this kind of spider..And there were a lot of them at that place