TeachableMoment

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They are bigger and much happier thanks to our recent rain.

 

Grown from seed, 20 litre paint bucket for scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Have you thought about making it more consistent? Like a regular schedule?

I find that people love to be corrected for any small inconsistency. They always say it makes them.a better person.

I have many friends

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That was hardly pedantic at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I believe you are correct, I am not a Grasshopoligist by training.

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Grasshopper (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Sorry, no Lemming for scale (Wikipedia tells me a Lemming is '13–18 cm (5–7 in)'. So about the same size. I would imagine there are many about, but I only notice them when they are on doorframes or something.

They happily crawl onto my hand, my coworkers tell me they are delicious grilled, so I don't mention it and go for a walk in the forest.

Southwest Cambodia

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A bug (sh.itjust.works)
 

A very interesting bug. Aside from the colouration it has fuzz on part of its antennae, and horns/ spikes on its back. Another photo from the side in comments.

 

Since they are found in the same places as Scorpions, these always creep me out. Once I see what it is, I shoo it elsewhere. As long as they are handled gently they don't release that defensive stink. Scorpions here readily act defensive, these are much more relaxed. Their colouration is quite interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Same, just tried to make two posts, no photos will upload.

'Problem uploading photo' on Voyager Android

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I probably wouldn't have noticed it if some of the dry leaves had not slid down. They blend very well into tall grass too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, that's my potato phone. In my immediate area they are very common, or at least the most visible.

I usually see them 4-5 times a week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is near Sihanoukville

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I would have to agree. I have seen one glide only once. The ones I saw in southern Thailand were yellow and black. My personal theory is that some herpetologist named these when opium was legal and readily available.

 

I think that is what it is. Extraordinary climbers. I find them on the second floor of the house every few months. I see them outside a few times a week. Colouration is highly variable locally. Here they are green and black.

Wikipedia and a few other sources say this

Also, it is reported to take snakes occasionally, and to avoid frogs, though frogs are also reported being eaten.

In Cambodia they always take frogs, and will strike poisonous toads, then spit them out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Indeed, relaxed immediately.

The adults are surprisingly fast and skittish. Here's a terrible photo of part of one.

 

Lovely things, quite relaxed as babies. This one was rescued from a palm tree after a storm. Another photo in body.

 
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Cambodia (sh.itjust.works)
 

Near the Black Palace on Bokor Mountain

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