tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post115374938176730441..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Ambush!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1154116166486373922006-07-28T14:49:00.000-05:002006-07-28T14:49:00.000-05:00Laura,They are a clever group!Thingfish,Kudos from...Laura,<BR/>They are a clever group!<BR/><BR/>Thingfish,<BR/>Kudos from the master bug photographer! Thanks pal!R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153834496607943842006-07-25T08:34:00.000-05:002006-07-25T08:34:00.000-05:00I'm just sititng here laughing at the comments as ...I'm just sititng here laughing at the comments as well as the end of the post. Sometimes it's good to be the last commenter! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153801366034716392006-07-24T23:22:00.000-05:002006-07-24T23:22:00.000-05:00Wayne,We are free of mosquito spraying out here to...Wayne,<BR/>We are free of mosquito spraying out here too, so there's a great variety. <BR/>...and no, I didn't BUG the sheriff about this killing.<BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>Danger lurks on every petal...<BR/><BR/>Girlonaglide,<BR/>A lifelong lusty love of alliteration leaves me literally longing for more.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. S,<BR/>If you turn the picture around, all you can see is the pretty blossom and the moth wings. :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Abandoned,<BR/>Everybody's gotta eat.<BR/><BR/>Hoss, <BR/>I suppose he could just by crawling around the blossoms.<BR/><BR/>Pablo,<BR/>That image chills me. I don't mind inverts eating each other in their particularly nasty ways, but I hate, hate, hate to see one get the better of a vertebrate. I know...it's silly...call it vertebrate bias, but it gives me the willies.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153785647072836372006-07-24T19:00:00.000-05:002006-07-24T19:00:00.000-05:00This reminds me of the opening of Pilgrim at Tinke...This reminds me of the opening of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek where the author watched as a frog had its insides sucked out by a water bug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153776208539499482006-07-24T16:23:00.000-05:002006-07-24T16:23:00.000-05:00Maybe the assassin bug will pollinate for you? No...Maybe the assassin bug will pollinate for you? No?<BR/><BR/>Nice scallop post below, F.C.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153775622758908002006-07-24T16:13:00.000-05:002006-07-24T16:13:00.000-05:00aaahhh...I hate to see things get ambused, but tha...aaahhh...I hate to see things get ambused, but that's the cycle of life.Sandy Hatcher-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011307599473627922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153771468099790512006-07-24T15:04:00.000-05:002006-07-24T15:04:00.000-05:00I'm going to pretend those were just lovely butter...I'm going to pretend those were just lovely butterfly pictures, and didn't include any ingestion or murder of any other creatures.<BR/><BR/>So... <BR/><BR/>Wow! Beautiful shots, FC - wish we had butterflies like that up here, but they are pretty scarce on the island.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153768538973703152006-07-24T14:15:00.000-05:002006-07-24T14:15:00.000-05:00I think WE were ambushed! That alliteration was a...I think WE were ambushed! That alliteration was a killer! ;)Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784888470050664122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153768138846372172006-07-24T14:08:00.000-05:002006-07-24T14:08:00.000-05:00Wow! That's a tough way to end the day for that mo...Wow! That's a tough way to end the day for that moth. The wild kingdom is really a very wild place. I've never seen an ambush bug, but it always amazes me when a smaller bug carries off a bigger one. I watched one ant drag a MUCH bigger ant away the other day, like I should be able to lift a volkswagen beetle with my teeth!robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153765407956727852006-07-24T13:23:00.000-05:002006-07-24T13:23:00.000-05:00Yikes indeed. Too bad about the lepidopteran but ...Yikes indeed. Too bad about the lepidopteran but I really enjoy the cozy feeling of knowing our insect predators are on the job. I've really enjoyed watching our ambush bugs, our wheelbugs, our praying mantises, our parastic and predatory wasps and flies. I'm REALLY glad we don't spray, 'cause if we did they wouldn't be here (my parents, who live in an area regularly sprayed for mosquitos, NEVER see any of these guys).<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a vicarious thrill, since we don't have wolves or big cats anymore.<BR/><BR/>By the way, those are very good photographs, FC. And I hope you didn't call the local sheriff to alert of a murder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153754446217555392006-07-24T10:20:00.000-05:002006-07-24T10:20:00.000-05:00roger,yes,yes, let the bugs eat bugs.chicken...i w...roger,<BR/>yes,yes, let the bugs eat bugs.<BR/>chicken...i want chicken.<BR/><BR/>Rurality,<BR/>I hit the "publish" button, and then went off to my first stop of the day at your site as it was uploading. <BR/>Serendipity!R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1153754164582610272006-07-24T10:16:00.000-05:002006-07-24T10:16:00.000-05:00Yeah, great minds! Your pics are much better thoug...Yeah, great minds! Your pics are much better though. :)Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.com