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Just started bird watching when my girls asked to put out a feeder. We have a great time doing it, such a shame we never did it before!
On a farm, TX
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James-is the Writing Spider the common name for the Argiope spider? I have also seen the term garden spider. I was looking at some pictures and I see mostly yellow and black spiders. I haven't seen one that looks like this one.
Scott, I believe you are correct. I was thinking it was the little brown skink and that is the common name for the Scincella laterals. It has to be a juvenile.
I managed to narrow the list down to 3 skinks based on the county I live in. The little brown skink, the broad-headed skink and the prairie skink. I am pretty sure that this one isn't the broad-headed skink because the head isn't a wide as I've seen in other pictures and I am pretty sure that it's not the prairie skink, because they have really short limbs. So that just leaves the little brown skink. I think that you are correct han david, that this one must be a juvenile. I used this website as my reference: http://www.herpsoftexas.org/view/lizards...
really?! Ok, how can I tell the difference b/w a skink and a lizard then? there are a ton of them on the property. I wonder what it is that attracts them. Guess I'll be up all night reading about skinks :)
That's what I was thinking. Is there a specific type of skink or they are just skinks? This one was seen about 40 miles from our farm, but we have seen several on the farm, but they are too fast too get pictures of and they seem lighter in color.
Had to look up pictures and see the differences, but you were right! Thank you. It didn't do too much damage, but it was obvious damage. The night before my leaves were perfect, but the next day drooping and clearly munched on!
It doesn't have the colored banding between the segments like the Giant Leopard Moth. It is solid black except on the very bottom by his legs where you can see some brown/reddish/orange marks.
I agree! thank you! Now we know what all those tents were in all the Yaupon Trees at the back of the property earlier in the year!
Thats what we were thinking, but we just weren't sure. Thanks!
Mary, that is what we have been calling it "The Dr. Suess plant" I didn't know if it was a real plant or not. They are really neat to look at. I wish there were more.
