Tuesday Micro-Movie: Stevens Creek at McClellan Ranch

Micro-Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

Today: One minute and 17 seconds of a not-so-micro movie/video montage of an afternoon at Stevens Creek in McClellan Ranch Preserve.  Enjoy.

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Sunday Bugs: Mixed Bag

During ten minutes in my back yard one day this week, I saw all these critters.

Bee in borage.


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Sunday Bugs: Woodlouse

This is a woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare), or pillbug.  They roll up into a little pill-like ball when disturbed.  I keep a few of them in my snail tank to help keep it clean of snail poop and uneaten bits of food.


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Local Spider

I love looking at the tiny creatures that live in the back yard.  Their world is lovely.  Mine isn't always so lovely, so I enjoy the brief respite of visiting theirs.  And on my visit today, I saw this little guy in the spearmint.


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Pillbugs

While poking around in the yard today, I saw a lot of pillbugs, including 2 or 3 metallic blue ones among scores of the usual dark gray ones.

While poking around on google today looking for blue pillbug info, I learned these cool pillbug facts:

• Pillbugs and sowbugs are not insects. They are isopods, part of the class Crustacea, which is ( Read more... )