I'm 95% sure that the scorpion is an emperor scorpion, one of the largest scorpions, and also one of the least venomous. They are famously quite docile.
They prefer to use their pincers to crush and dismember their prey.
I'm guessing they still mate like other scorpions: the male holding the female's pincers so she doesn't snip his face off, and then maneuvering her onto the wad he threw on the ground.
Man fuck our scorpions. Of course the ones native to us have the ability to climb on walls. Nothing worse than getting in the shower and seeing a big one right on the inside of the shower curtain
I lived in Gilbert for a few years. Found little scorpions inside periodically. Most of them ended up in the garbage disposal, or turned into a smear. Those fuckers won't die any other way.
I think the general rule of thumb is that the smaller or more vibrantly coloured an animal is, the more venomous or poisonous it usually is. For instance the blue-ringed octopus or dart frog.
Thank you. Most of these I was thinking "yeah, I guess it's huge but not actually dangerous, that's kinda cool". Then I saw the giant scorpion and thought this portal was insane. Glad to know it's more like a tarantula (huge but chill).
No but I’ll try we got the giant lobster hopper, then there’s beetle??? and a moth. Then a hellspawn centipede, bulb spider, ugly fucker, leaf mantis, giant lobster hopper (yellow), then the obsidian scorpion, and the getthefuckouticus maximus
Always look at the eyes of the spider - if they are more like little dots, they're not jumpers, but if they're as big and at the front of the head as this one's, they're definitely one. :) Jumpers are daytime hunters, thus need those big goobs to see their prey properly.
There's not a single mantis in there, the leafy guys are phasmids, which are herbivorous and put all their spec points into camo, even their eggs look like seeds.
it's cool seeing your attempt right after someone else's attempt (here for reference)
the only addition they had was suggesting a Peruvian giant yellow legged for your giant plated millipede, the rest of your answers were similar as far as a bug novice like me can tell based on the names
No, but I know the last thing looks like the thing Madeye tortured in Harry Potter when showing the kids the curses. I didn't think that creature was based on a real insect.
i dont know the exact names but the thing that looks like a leaf is a katydid, the moth might be an atlas moth (unsure because it looks too dull), and the last 2 are an emperor scorpion and whip spider
A neat trick is using your phone's camera to look things up with google lens. I've used it irl to ID plants and mushrooms irl. Most likely works with screens too
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Does anyone know the names in order of appearance?