tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post49660376573042303..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Spring Break Is Hopping!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-3586935242874522002008-04-12T09:18:00.000-05:002008-04-12T09:18:00.000-05:00fantastic shots. What camera and lens do you use?...fantastic shots. What camera and lens do you use? Small critters are difficult to shoot!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345154460382394758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-26940089781778287682008-04-11T02:32:00.000-05:002008-04-11T02:32:00.000-05:00Wow amazing. Never seen so many grasshopper nymphs...Wow amazing. Never seen so many grasshopper nymphs. Wish they were in my garden! I bet the birds love to eat them? JaneJane Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629361652647367708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-44940202065579786952008-04-10T21:23:00.000-05:002008-04-10T21:23:00.000-05:00Well that would thoroughly freak out my wife, haha...Well that would thoroughly freak out my wife, haha.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649597561490835413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-10378825344870726282008-04-10T21:19:00.000-05:002008-04-10T21:19:00.000-05:00They're everywhere in the sandhill around here! Li...They're everywhere in the sandhill around here! Little colonies of them by the hundred!MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-46708153723724360682008-04-10T16:09:00.000-05:002008-04-10T16:09:00.000-05:00WOW!! Like to see them but not around my house!!Th...WOW!! <BR/>Like to see them but not around my house!!<BR/>The colours in your pictures are amazing!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550692601943778577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-988392404275306822008-04-10T14:28:00.000-05:002008-04-10T14:28:00.000-05:00one is cute. an army of them, not cute.one is cute. an army of them, not cute.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-59113307826756489282008-04-10T10:14:00.000-05:002008-04-10T10:14:00.000-05:00Forgive me a "blankey thanky" instead of individua...Forgive me a "blankey thanky" instead of individual comments. I'm finishing and mailing my big project today, so I need to stay on task.<BR/><BR/>The running them seems to be that hoppers creep people out. I never would have guessed that.<BR/>... and Thing, from fish to chickens, nothing seems to eat them.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-14693383627813517882008-04-10T09:13:00.000-05:002008-04-10T09:13:00.000-05:00To answer Robin's ?? - I don't think much of anyth...To answer Robin's ?? - I don't think much of anything eats lubbers. Correct me if I'm wrong, Doug, Fc, Wayne, etc - but lubbers are equipped with an effective little chemical defense system which makes them yukky to predators. Hence the LACK of camouflage in both nymphs and (beautifully colored) adults.<BR/><BR/>/end lectureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-56285023829802444422008-04-10T09:05:00.000-05:002008-04-10T09:05:00.000-05:00I see that we abstained from "falling off the 6th ...I see that we abstained from "falling off the 6th floor hotel balcony" humor. A missed opportunity, sez I - but I was never one for good taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-38784813986549443382008-04-10T07:15:00.000-05:002008-04-10T07:15:00.000-05:00Ick Ick ICK!!! Looks like an Old Testament Plague!...Ick Ick ICK!!! Looks like an Old Testament Plague!! Beautiful detail in those photos, though. I really love the close up on those water drops :)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187791347178229107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-38892006925204898862008-04-10T05:44:00.000-05:002008-04-10T05:44:00.000-05:00FC-As always you know I just LOVE the creepy-crawl...FC-<BR/>As always you know I just LOVE the creepy-crawly post!<BR/>LightninAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-40306686449858998932008-04-09T21:29:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:29:00.000-05:00Excellent. We have a whole cage full of lubbers o...Excellent. We have a whole cage full of lubbers on display at the moment. I'll try to get a picture posted. About your spiderwort, I don't think I've ever seen bicolored flowers before. Is that <I>Tradescantia virginiensis</I> or a different species?Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-69883273362170967112008-04-09T21:17:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:17:00.000-05:00Sorry, but that just makes me skin crawl. I think...Sorry, but that just makes me skin crawl. I think Edifice Rex said it best: EEWWWWWWWEEEE.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-78416446486629800832008-04-09T21:16:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:16:00.000-05:00AAAUUGHHHH!!!! LUBBERS! No, NOT LUBBERS!!! They ...AAAUUGHHHH!!!! LUBBERS! No, NOT LUBBERS!!! <BR/><BR/>They make my skin crawl. <BR/><BR/>I must run away now!SwampAngel65https://www.blogger.com/profile/06402145656806012096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-8122182554738665332008-04-09T20:01:00.000-05:002008-04-09T20:01:00.000-05:00Born to eat! They don't seem to be bad over here, ...Born to eat! They don't seem to be bad over here, got our fingers crossed.tsiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407516571027552126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1715912973565779292008-04-09T19:36:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:36:00.000-05:00Ick. Those creeps give me the crawlers.Ick. Those creeps give me the crawlers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-72354942806594788852008-04-09T19:26:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:26:00.000-05:00If one didn't know better, a random reader could c...If one didn't know better, a random reader could correctly guess that the writer of this post is a father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-58122574034028428972008-04-09T19:15:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:15:00.000-05:00OK i want you to try the following:Take about 4 of...OK i want you to try the following:<BR/>Take about 4 of those Bamboo scewers, some triyaki marinade, hot peanut oil,..... I think you get the picture! ;-)Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-52198119898114560202008-04-09T17:15:00.000-05:002008-04-09T17:15:00.000-05:00EEEWWWWWWW! EEWWW! that last ones just gives me th...EEEWWWWWWW! EEWWW! that last ones just gives me the all overs.. eeeewww.MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-72263901875034995882008-04-09T16:40:00.000-05:002008-04-09T16:40:00.000-05:00FC, As always you have the great talent of excelen...FC, <BR/>As always you have the great talent of excelently composed photos. With that rhetorical I can see why you and TD hit it off so well. I could tell it was time for a break. My Comp II instructor added a qoute to an e-mail to me yesterday to help for my job interview today. (By the way I think I nailed it) any way I thought it might help.<BR/>"Only those that risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Elliot<BR/>Bro JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-77009898198539524302008-04-09T16:26:00.000-05:002008-04-09T16:26:00.000-05:00Great post!Great post!valownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533024553364484653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-74905701855762131622008-04-09T15:50:00.000-05:002008-04-09T15:50:00.000-05:00all i can say is yeck nice pictures but yeck.maybe...all i can say is yeck <BR/>nice pictures but yeck.<BR/>maybe you should teach sex ed. to those on spring brake and maybe that won't happen again.<BR/>hehelej619https://www.blogger.com/profile/12657550598436666883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-975198364024669342008-04-09T11:59:00.000-05:002008-04-09T11:59:00.000-05:00The Buzz... *snerk*Gotta love anybody with a mind ...The Buzz... *snerk*<BR/><BR/><I>Gotta love anybody with a mind as warped as my own. *heheh*</I><BR/><BR/>You must be careful, as well, that you don't wake up covered in <I>cow slobber</I>.<BR/><BR/>We had a lubber-load a few years ago, but I haven't seen so many this year... yet. Now that the sun is finally peeking out a bit, I need to get down to the refuge and see what all the rain hath wrought.SophieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396958301555933308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-24814956822330488622008-04-09T11:19:00.000-05:002008-04-09T11:19:00.000-05:00Our human spring break was last week.Love the firs...Our human spring break was last week.<BR/><BR/>Love the first pic with the water droplets! Great shot!<BR/><BR/>and I love the bee and grasshopper photo, too. Looks like the bee had to go elsewhere. He'll have to come back after break is over with. LOL<BR/><BR/><BR/>Now,young man, get yourself back in the house and get to work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-11981043934464130212008-04-09T11:11:00.000-05:002008-04-09T11:11:00.000-05:00isn't this one of the biblical plauges?the photos ...isn't this one of the biblical plauges?<BR/><BR/>the photos are awfully cute, but i'm not sure i'd be very patient with a few berzillion "kids" on spring break.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com