I love my yard!

[Texas Blonde]

So I have two big female Aphonopelma living in the side yard at my house. I affectionatly call them Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Here are some pics of "Dee" from tonight. Shes quite a fiesty little thing.

Lurking.

Hello!

Gotcha!

Out she comes.

Running back down.

Lurking again.

Wave for the camera.

 

[Texas Blonde]

I found this beetle two nights ago right at the bottom of the front porch steps.

 

[Texas Blonde]

I found this tonight on the way to where the two Ts are. I almost stepped on it, because all I had was my black light to see where I was going. Thankfully it was shiny enough to reflect the light, and catch my attention.

Im told its a Narrow mouthed toad of some kind.

 

[SNAFU]

How cool to just have these beauties in your own yard!
I just came back from Austin and did'nt have any free time to do any snooping for inverts. My son though stayed all week at McKinney Roughs, a wilderness area and state park near Bastrop and did lots of hiking, canoeing and a little cave exploration.
The first day there, when we arrived the gates we got out to just look around and found 3 seperate snake skins all within about 15 feet of each other. I could'nt tell from what, but I told him he better watch his step real close outside!

I came across an odd little beetle, have no clue what it is. About an inch long, chunky, pretty slow moving, all black and white. Looked like he had a NASA space helmet on-lol.

Good luck with your fuzzy little neighbors. Hopefully you don't have any wide mouthed toads or lizards that would try to snack on them!

 

[hamfoto]

Sky - I love your yard too!

Snafu - the beetle is "the ironclad beetle" a Tenebrionidae. Their elytra are so hard that you CANNOT put a pin through them. You have to drill a little hole first, then pin them.

Chris

 

[Tarantula_man94]

Im jealous of your yard. hahaha

 

[Texas Blonde]

I took 43 pics total, the ones I posted are just a sample. Here is the link to the rest of the pics for anyone who is interested.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v85/TexasBlonde/Texas/Tamis House/Tarantulas/8-31-08 Tickling/

 

[hardlucktattoo]

Man that is too cool i wish i had some native Ts here but i have seen about 3 praying mantis in the past week i am always psyched when i see them

 

[HKronos]

Sky, you're yard is a regular Eden delight. Those are the coolest neighbors to imagine.

 

[Fender Bender]

T's in your backyard. It's STILL the coolest thing ever... I want to come in the US for that reason alone lol