> On 29 Apr 2024, at 09:00, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote: > > Am 29.04.24 um 09:24 schrieb Larry Colen: >> Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > > Does it make a difference? Better taste in art and beer. http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/miscellany/bass-logo > > Ralf > > -- >

Not a spider  as MIke pointed out..  so interesting.. I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit Nice rattler shots ann On 4/29/2024 3:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more than six legs. Some ant species are hairy and the queens chew off their wings after fertilisation. I wonder if the same happens with some species of bumble bees? There is a scarlet tailed bumblebee, Bombus coccineus but I don't have any other information about it. >> On 29/04/2024 08:24 BST Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> >> I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: >> https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 >> >> Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". >> >> Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. >> >> >>> On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:14 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wilson@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> >>> Not spiders. Some form of wingless bee? >>>> On 29/04/2024 08:05 BST Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and markings than I'm used to. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah, the album starts out with some flowers because some people are funny about the weirdest things. >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720316568151/ > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Am 29.04.24 um 15:16 schrieb ann sanfedele: > I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since > you didnt get bit > Nice rattler shots "Er wuergte eine Klapperschlang, bis ihre Klapper schlapper klang." A popular German spoonerism. (He throttled a rattlesnake until its rattle sounded weaker. - Doesn't work in English). Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

It seems that those are red velvet ants. I was definitely a safe distance, fortunately the 18-270 will still focus at distances shorter than infinity. > On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:16 AM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > Not a spider as MIke pointed out.. so interesting.. > I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit > Nice rattler shots > > ann > > On 4/29/2024 3:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more than six legs. Some ant species are hairy and the queens chew off their wings after fertilisation. I wonder if the same happens with some species of bumble bees? There is a scarlet tailed bumblebee, Bombus coccineus but I don't have any other information about it. >>> On 29/04/2024 08:24 BST Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: >>> https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 >>> >>> Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". >>> >>> Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:14 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wilson@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Not spiders. Some form of wingless bee? >>>>> On 29/04/2024 08:05 BST Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and markings than I'm used to. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, the album starts out with some flowers because some people are funny about the weirdest things. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720316568151/ >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood

Since you brought up rattlers... https://1drv.ms/i/s!AssotQKjvn53rgLjwGl0UwzysNj4?e=qYLsxt -p On 4/29/2024 2:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and markings than I'm used to. > > > Yeah, the album starts out with some flowers because some people are funny about the weirdest things. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720316568151/ > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >