{"id":17,"date":"2018-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-09-03T01:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:11:55","slug":"armadillos-and-spider-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/armadillos-and-spider-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Armadillos and spider food"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We had a brief visit from 3 cute baby armadillos:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The forest had a few other interesting creatures this month. We discovered that newts (salamanders) like to play with bees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These two can bite! That little one is only 1\/8″ across, but my finger discovered that it has very effective pinchers. I don\u2019t know what it is carrying on it\u2019s top. Looks like a camouflage composed of past combatant body parts:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A bee, a lightning bug, and a spiky tree seed:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These black dragonflies are flighty and hard to photograph. They slow down a bit during sex. Their combined bodies kind of make the shape of a heart!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I spent countless hours with spiders this month:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I tried feeding them lots of different things. Cockroaches worked, snails did not (he tried, but the snail was too slippery):<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That wasp didn\u2019t work either (too heavy), but it did give my finger a nasty sting!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This video was tricky, as it requires light which the nocturnal barn spider did not like. But I lured him into it with a big juicy cockroach:<\/div>\n