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I am sorry to laugh at that....that's mean. But I honestly busted a gut when I saw it! LOL
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Brian
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They are among us:
No. Seriously. Saw this thing early this morning. It was quite torpid in the morning chill (54 degrees F when we got up today). Initially, we couldn't see any legs, although it looks like it has four(?!?). Otherwise, it looked Beatle-esque beetle-esque.
It's about 8 mm long.
As the morning warmed, it got more mobile, and its tiny yellowish legs became more obvious as it moved.
What the heck is it?
Any of all y'all know?
Alternatively, I'm looking for a good on-line photo ID for bugs/insects/small critters with exoskeletons -- and ideally not a phone app, since I didn't take the photos with my phone.
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I used Google Lens and got this:
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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mhardy6647 wrote: »They are among us:
No. Seriously. Saw this thing early this morning. It was quite torpid in the morning chill (54 degrees F when we got up today). Initially, we couldn't see any legs, although it looks like it has four(?!?). Otherwise, it looked Beatle-esque beetle-esque. It's about 8 mm long.
Smallest flying squirrel I've ever seen.....
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »I used Google Lens and got this:
For those that can't make out the info in the photo, this is a type of "Tortoise Beetle"
https://extension.umaine.edu/home-and-garden-ipm/fact-sheets/common-name-listing/tortoise-beetles/
https://entomologytoday.org/
Note: The link above got censored by Vanilla because of the word that starts with p and is a common term for dung.
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »I used Google Lens and got this:
I believe you/Google got it.
I (ahem) also asked AI.
That's ayyy* eye, not Al.
Googlage suggests the clavate tortise beetle.
How could I be in my seventh decade and have never encountered one of these before?
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
I believe you/Google got it.
I (ahem) also asked AI.
That's ayyy* eye, not Al.
Googlage suggests the clavate tortise beetle.
How could I be in my seventh decade and have never encountered one of these before?
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* to quote the Fonz.
I'm only in my 6th decade and this one is new one on me......I just don't like it, this thing looks like it's going to morph into something way worse.Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman -
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Saw this in the magazine listed below.
Polk Forum has a member in the Texas
town. I will not list the username, but if he wants to acknowledge he can.
I wonder if there are any other members in these four towns.
Replicas of the Eiffel Tower in Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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That's awesome!!!!
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A bit of history in that heavily manipulated photo. The original structure was part of the 1958 Expo in Belgium (aka World's Fair). That photo combines views from opposite sides and of course, adds the signage. Some really cool structures were built for that Expo. Do some searching and you'll see it was pretty amazing.
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