Creature of the week - johnnys nature table

[lili4ever]

i think this is why DR has no toilet seats!!!!! LOL

Cant see myself meeting a live tarantula...being I'm a arachnophobia!!!

If anyone has a pic of a tanrantula...can you share with me!!!!

LILI

[curtandsandi]

Critters found in and/or around our house

Wolf Spider carrying egg sack



Tarantula on our road



Tarantula in our kitchen



Tropical Centipede in our yard



Scorpion in our bathroom



Micrathena Spider



Pretty Moth



I believe this is a Gaudy Sphinx Moth



Butterfly



Garden Snake

[curtandsandi]

Lizard



Lizard

[Keith R]

Cool pics, Curt. Thanks for contributing!

[reese_in_va]

Nice photos curtandsandi! Thank you.
Just some of the fine treasures one will stumble onto while in the DR.
Great job.

[leekiv]

that one spider was real interesting looking. The Micrathena one. Also love the one with the many legs by the $100 bill .

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by leekiv

that one spider was real interesting looking. The Micrathena one. Also love the one with the many legs by the $100 bill .

Many Dominicans have told me that the centipedes can sting and even kill. Anyone know if that's true or just urban legend? My wife was constantly telling our kids to steer clear of them when we lived in SD.

[lili4ever]

yes,,,thanks for sharing those pics.....

the big spiders are giving me the iggy biggies!!!!!!!!

love the variety of butterflies you have....

I know in Canada they say that butterflies are becoming an endangered insect because of the global warming...do you think that in time this will also affect the insects in the lower america and the carribean?

[leekiv]

and not to mention really great to find out is that is true.

Many Dominicans have told me that the centipedes can sting and even kill. Anyone know if that's true or just urban legend? My wife was constantly telling our kids to steer clear of them when we lived in SD.

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by lili4ever

yI know in Canada they say that butterflies are becoming an endangered insect because of the global warming...do you think that in time this will also affect the insects in the lower america and the carribean?

My understanding is that the research into this particular facet of global climate change is still in its very early stages, so difficult to say. The supposition is that as their habitats are affected by changes in weather, hydrology (drier or wetter), etc., some animals will become endangered. Some, though, may adapt. Difficult to say at this point.