Sunday, September 19, 2010

Living Organisms at Home/Neighborhood


Where I live I see many organisms on a daily basis.  Since I live in the hill country I see deer all the time.  I have also seen wild boars and a russian boar.  There are also jack rabbits and road runners on our property.  I live 5 min. from Medina Lake and see different wild life around it. 
This is a picture of some daddy long legs on the side of my house.  They have been around the house all summer long.  I have noticed that there are fewer and fewer as summer is ending.  During the summer I have found them in the house as well but only if the doors are left open for a long period of time.
This is a spider with a really cool web.  I noticed this just two days ago.  I really hate spiders but can't help but be fascinated by the designs on its body and how bit it is.  Just last week at a friend place on the lake I saw a similiar spider which was very large that looked exactly the same as this one.
This is my beta fish.  I love his colors.  I brought him home two years ago when a man brought several beta to the school I worked at and was giving them away for free.  I have him on my kitchen counter.  I love to watch his behaviors and find I learn from him.  I liked to compare what I see at the lake to how he behaves.  He is a very aggresive fish.
This is a praying mantis on my humming bird feeder.  This guy has been hanging out here all week.  I have kicked him off several times but he seems to climb back up.  I noticed my other two humming bird feeders are empty except this one.  I have watched humming birds fly by this one but don't land on it.  I blame the praying mantis for scarying off my humming birds.

I was unable to take a picture of the many scorpions that have been in my home I was even stung by one over the summer.  I spotted three last week in the same day.  I think the rainy weather had something to do with that.

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