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... with pieces of calliphorid fly in the mix

This one is from a forested area in Northern Georgia, USA. By a small stream

One of the lycaenids native to Georgia new growth forests

A diverse arachnid order of unknown wonder

Not a true aranaeid orbweaver, but a colorful member of the long-jawed orbweaver family, Tetragnathidae

Recently hatched from eggs

Native to northern Florida, ID on exact species is unknown

One of the most widespread bumblebees on the east coast, Bombus impatiens

Female leucospid wasp, Leucospis affinis, demonstrating aposematic coloration with upcurved ovipositor against her abdomen.

This guy looks like a color variant of the festive tiger beetle, Cincidella scutellaris

Had Scolopocryptops sp. pop twice. Almost never try to move a pede when they drop their eggs- the stress may cause the mother to eat or abandon them. And abandoned scolopendromorph eggs are as good as dead. You can put them in a wide bowl to separate when they hit instar 2.

A long-legged fly, Condylostylus sp.

A spider that is among the few taxa which are truly non venomous, this is Uloborus of Uloboridae family, the hackled orbweavers.

I may start posting some of my photography here to help keep the forums lively. My first one is a common picture-winged fly, Delphinia picta, a pretty common but underrated dipteran.

I have a herpcult enclosure for my Paraphrynus raptator whip scorpion and at a smaller size it seems to hold up alright. I was worried that as they scaled up, how it supports itself and how well fitted the lid becomes may make it less viable for keeping larger centipedes. Although considering...

How long have you had yours? S. metuenda is very shy, reclusive in my experience. I’ve had mine for almost 2 months. It only comes out to eat the crickets left out late in the night. I know it’s eating because the crickets vanish and what’s left are usually hind legs. Also caught it eating one...

That is the kind of top I need to utilize.

I have actually used acrylic ones for smaller specimens in the past (S. polymorpha, morsitans, etc), but I guess it depends on the acrylic quality in regards to the bowing and stuff. I am trying to have enclosure consistency across all my centipedes. I will admit I am a bit of a stickler with...

The reason why I haven’t jumped to Exo-Terra for centipedes is because I know they can tear through mesh. I had a dehaani do that a ways back and had to coral the bastard into a corner lol. I guess I can do Exo Terra again if I just modify the tops... to a bit greater extent than I did for my...