No, Iszak, really it's not a spi*der with extra legs.

Moved

Moved from Mosquitoes.

… Ron Hemberger, 5 May, 2007 - 10:43pm

Not mosquitoes

That heavy costa and lack of scales, plus some other venation issues tells me it is some other Nematoceran.

… Sean McCann, 5 May, 2007 - 10:33pm

That was quick!

Thanks, Sean, for your correction and rationale.

… Ron Hemberger, 5 May, 2007 - 10:44pm

Mosquitoes.

This is actually a pair of mosquitoes! Looks like the female (lower of the two) just emerged from her pupal case.

… Eric R. Eaton, 4 May, 2007 - 3:55pm

Big ones. And they didn't waste any times.

Thanks. Didn't recognize them. Not many in California.

… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2007 - 9:26pm

The Asterisks

What is the significance of those asterisks that people insert into the middle of a perfectly good word? It's like some kind of private joke that I'm not aware of, right?

… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 3 May, 2007 - 7:21pm

Deadly serious stuff

I learned it from Jim McClarin. The idea is that you gum up the word, typically referring to an insect, so it doesn't appear in a search.

Ever notice what strange things come up on some searches? Say you mentioned in your post on a fly that you saw it next to an Eastern tailed blue. Someone does a search on that butterfly, and they wind up looking at your fly amid a pile of relevant and irrelevant images.

… Ron Hemberger, 3 May, 2007 - 8:09pm

Very Crafty Idea!

Yes, I have had that happen before. I was searching for an American Lady and a Common Buckeye came up in the search. Now I see what it's done. Very good idea.

… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 4 May, 2007 - 4:35am