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I love how it looks like it was colored with a computer rendering app that has animal skins in the palette

ooh it's #arachtober#salticidae#phidippus#jumpingspiders#oklahoma

“gotta bounce”

Update on my attempt to overcome my medium grade arachnaphobia: I am honestly enjoying the awesome pics of #Arachtober Beautiful fascinating spiders. No heebie jeebies for me. Thanks to those of you who are showing spiders in all their detail and beauty.

Given that there is the option of not replacing them, I’d love to see a straightforward look which weighs the benefits of dams vs the benefits of no dams. Biodiversity and fish conservation on through power grid and ag irrigation.

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American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods

Hurricane Helene brought dams in North Carolina and Tennessee close to their breaking point. Many US dams are decades old and weren’t designed for the impacts of climate change.

Georgia’s state bird!

This is the mama. I watched he climb the whole deck rail and then settle in my plant. She has been there for about 5 weeks

I had a big female Carolina mantis in a potted plant on the railing of my deck. I moved the plant yesterday (hurricane) and found this ootheca (egg case) on the deck wood. 🌿🪲 #inverts