COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Wow Sabine. It looks great. Good job and very clever little torts.

Thank you !

 

[Bee62]

Good Luck and have fun Sabine.

 

[JoesMum]

From a British wood carver, some of his works... I can see @JoesMum getting a few of these for No. 1 daughter..

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They are rather lovely

 

[JoesMum]

That "kracken" has the same body shape as a black widow spider, and they BITE!!!

I don't know if my wasps have evolved to be not as lethal or if I've developed an immunity. I received another wasp sting today and it was only mildly burning for about ten minutes then nothing. Now it's a bit itchy. This nest was on the underside of the 2x4 across the bottom of the gate from the backyard. I had opened the gate to allow visitors (two really cute little girls 4 and 6, and their grandparents to go through and I was standing there waiting to close the gate when I heard the tell tale buzzing near my ear. I was so engrossed in waving my hand by my ear that I didn't realize there was one getting me on my other side.

Thursday when I went shopping I bought four cans of wasp killer spray. I was able to treat eight nests, but I missed the one on the gate. After I spray them I knock them down and step on them to squish the larvae.

You are so lucky to react so mildly. I react very badly every time

 

[Bee62]

Happy dinosaurs for you!!!

Happy torts = Happy tort mom !

 

[Bee62]

The ones without hair would be okay as well.

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Oh my gosh ! This is no cat. It`s a ghost cat ! ...and it will burn and melt in hot sun...

 

[Maro2Bear]

They are rather lovely

His info -
http://www.techeneek.co.uk/

 

[Lyn W]

Yes, but they don’t “aestivatel ‘cause of one or two or three “hot” days. I’m sure torts that grow up in hot dry arid regions will do that, BUT a hot day here n there is probably comforting n cozy.

No, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't with our climate
Maybe in places of prolonged heat it's done to save energy when food and water are limited which I suppose is only problem a wild tort may have.

 

[Lyn W]

From a British wood carver, some of his works... I can see @JoesMum getting a few of these for No. 1 daughter..

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Love those, who is the carver?

 

[Bee62]

@Bee62 : Is this a bee? It is totally black, no other color, no stripes. There were 5 or 6 of them in the cactus flower this a.m.:

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Maybe your bee is such a bee ???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee

 

[Yvonne G]

Maybe your bee is such a bee ???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee

Yes, that's what it s. Thank you.

 

[Bee62]

Great job. Your torts are going to be happy.

Thank you Ray.

 

[Bee62]

Yes, that's what it s. Thank you.

Hello Yvonne, you are at an unusual time on your computer.

 

[Lyn W]

His info -
http://www.techeneek.co.uk/

What a shame they are not for sale!

 

[Ben02]

That "kracken" has the same body shape as a black widow spider, and they BITE!!!

I don't know if my wasps have evolved to be not as lethal or if I've developed an immunity. I received another wasp sting today and it was only mildly burning for about ten minutes then nothing. Now it's a bit itchy. This nest was on the underside of the 2x4 across the bottom of the gate from the backyard. I had opened the gate to allow visitors (two really cute little girls 4 and 6, and their grandparents to go through and I was standing there waiting to close the gate when I heard the tell tale buzzing near my ear. I was so engrossed in waving my hand by my ear that I didn't realize there was one getting me on my other side.

Thursday when I went shopping I bought four cans of wasp killer spray. I was able to treat eight nests, but I missed the one on the gate. After I spray them I knock them down and step on them to squish the larvae.

I think it might be a false widow spider Yvonne, they are not dangerous. I haven’t seen one for years!

 

[Ben02]

Oh dear... apparently there has been a wave of false widow spiders shipped from abroad along with other cargo

 

[Bee62]

Well...I came up with this for my little toad home. I'll do the can mess too just for gp. It's a little scrubby holder for human dishes so it better be safe.View attachment 275594

Not bad but the entry is too wide open. Toads like things they can hide under with small ways in. Your toad house is too wide open for toad predators....

 

[Lyn W]

Oh dear... apparently there has been a wave of false widow spiders shipped from abroad along with other cargo

Some species of them live in UK anyway so don't panic!!
4 London schools were closed last year because of infestations - the kids probably collected them and deliberately released them!!

 

[Bee62]

View attachment 275612 View attachment 275613 We are approaching Selma’s first birthday, woohoo!

She has more than quadrupled her weight since I got her in August.

First pic was baby Selma
Second pic is her now

Selma is growing like a weed ! Because of your good care

 

[Lyn W]

Time for me to go to bed after my early morning bird watch and I may do it again tomorrow, so I'll say Nos Da now.
See you tomorrow sometime.