Andrew Bogott

@triploidtree@mastodon.ie Multiple local folks I know (Minnesota and nearby) have kept medaka outdoors only to have them devoured by dragonfly larvae late in the summer. Medaka definitely eat mosquito larvae but apparently do not get the dragonflies before the dragonflies get them. So... if mosquito dunks don't work maybe wee fish will strike the right balance.

@cy mostly we just let them wander. A few years ago we tried using a bug-zapper but then we just had exploded beetle pieces everywhere instead of intact bugs.

It's early spring which means my house is 2.5% asian beetles by weight.

The apparatus is nearly complete

Update: Turkeys are still super weird

#turkey

Urchins look boring from a distance but up close they're super busy. Pseudoboletia sp.

@legoktm the only thing a supreme court justice should ever say in public is "I have the most secure job and the most out-of-touch lifestyle of any American. I guarantee the person sitting next to you right now can give you more relevant life advice than I can."

Costa Rican immigrant geckos. I did see one native gecko last week (a yellow-headed) but didn't manage to get a photo.

One of my greatest complaints about living in Minnesota is the lack of lizards. My MN house is so, so full of beetles, even in February!

#gecko

The two prongs on the back of this spider shimmer as it walks so that from any distance it looks like a fly or a bee with wings. Very weird mimicry!

Photo taken in foothill jungle in northern Costa Rica.

#spider

blep

#mantis

Inat folks tell me this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhaebo_haematiticus

Evening visitor

First look at a sun bittern! It gave us a few glimpses of its wings before settling down to its meal.

#bird

A critter that's entirely new to me: long-eared owls. We spent a long time not seeing them and then, once we saw them, a long time laughing at their fashion choices.

#owl #longearedowl #birdphotography

@pockets it's the same as with male/female plumbing connectors. A gal-line is like a guy-line except concave instead of convex