cricketGryllidae
I suspect this had just molted due to its light coloring and hiding on the bathroom wall. I'm guessing it's an immature cricket without fully developed wings.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
cyanide millipedeHarpaphe haydeniana
This guy was pretty big.
ps 05/14/10 - Thanks to Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog, linked in the common name above, I was able to identify and learn a bit about this distinctive millipede. I'm glad I didn't try to pick it up.
ps 05/14/10 - Thanks to Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog, linked in the common name above, I was able to identify and learn a bit about this distinctive millipede. I'm glad I didn't try to pick it up.
CA forest scorpion ~ 06/13/09 ~ Humbolt Redwoods
California forest scorpionUroctonus mordax
This may be the first time I have ever seen a scorpion in CA out in the wild, or in this case lodged on the outside of a bathroom wall. Based on the light body coloring, I'm guessing it just molted and was in the process of hardening when I found it in the morning.
ps 03/30/12 - While looking up something else, I happened upon a scorpion name. The northern CA to WA area where this sp. is found with the dark claws, pincers, cephalothorax, and tail, plus the light colored legs makes me believe this is the correct ID for this scorpion. My previous assumption that it had just molted is incorrect. It's just a shiny, fatty female. I've made changes and added links to the ID names below the photo.
ps 03/30/12 - While looking up something else, I happened upon a scorpion name. The northern CA to WA area where this sp. is found with the dark claws, pincers, cephalothorax, and tail, plus the light colored legs makes me believe this is the correct ID for this scorpion. My previous assumption that it had just molted is incorrect. It's just a shiny, fatty female. I've made changes and added links to the ID names below the photo.
GeometridaeWho says butterflies are more beautiful than moths? I don't have a good ID book for western moths, so I'm hesitant to make a guess as to species.
ps 03/07/10 - It's always nice to hear someone else also has trouble identifying something, especially an expert. Art Shapiro who helped me with a couple blue butterfly IDs says this, "I won't hazard an ID of your green Geo either, not knowing the fauna in your region."
ps 03/07/10 - It's always nice to hear someone else also has trouble identifying something, especially an expert. Art Shapiro who helped me with a couple blue butterfly IDs says this, "I won't hazard an ID of your green Geo either, not knowing the fauna in your region."