Monday, June 15, 2009

mushrooms

Have no idea what these could be! Looks like the standard white mushrooms one buys in the grocery stores, but it's not.
longhorn beetle
Cerambycidae

We probably wouldn't have noticed this on the tree if it hadn't been flying right past us before it landed.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

cricket
Gryllidae

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.
cyanide millipede
Harpaphe 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.