Friend Or Foe? Predators Of Eden

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the first one is a type of wolfspider it hunts prey by stalking it and jumping/pouncing it, it is characterised by the two big forwardlooking eyes ( for stereovision to calculate the distance to jump)

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this is a very tiny cicada, they are a foe for plants as they suck sap thru a small syringe like stinger as a mouth part
most cicadas are huge and make a hell of a racket at night or the day, they come with wingspans well exceeding 15cm

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this looks like a mayfly larva molt
 
Phewf! I'm glad our resident entomologist is here :).
 
Pterostychus said:
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this one is a Chironomidae or better known as midges, harmless

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this is a member of Sphyridae or Hoverflies, harmless

you are correct with the predatory wasp and the long legged fly

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Knowledge! This is awesome! Thank you!!
 
Amy Gardner said:
Cheers! I’m mostly here just celebrating them with my pics and hoping to ‘outsource’ some ID work -hoping that when I can’t figure it out someone will come around eventually to help me out! :D

Speaking of which... I hear that @Liquidintel has a knack for insect ID....
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I'm no expert by any means, but I do enjoy a good google hunt to try and identify!
 
Pterostychus said:
very nice pics ... ill get to work i already have some narrowed down to certain types
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:thanks:
:yahoo::nomo:

Pterostychus said:
very tiny cicada, they are a foe for plants as they suck sap thru a small syringe like stinger as a mouth part most cicadas are huge and make a hell of a racket at night or the day, they come with wingspans well exceeding 15cm
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I knew it looked kind of familiar! We are surrounded by the big ones all summer - and yes, the din they make is incredibe :eek: . I think I remember that that little one was on another plant - not my ganja. It’s great to know what that is: in the forest? - friend, on my plant? - foe.
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Pterostychus said:
first one is a type of wolfspider it hunts prey by stalking it and jumping/pouncing it, it is characterised by the two big forwardlooking eyes ( for stereovision to calculate the distance to jump)
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Cool! :bravo: I didn’t know those were part of the wolf spider grouping :D We have lots of small ones like that. That one is about an inch accross.
Pterostychus said:
this looks like a mayfly larva molt
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Excellent - i’ll enjoy looking further on to that.
Pterostychus said:
Sphyridae or Hoverflies, harmless
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Pterostychus said:
you are correct with the predatory wasp and the long legged fly


:ganjamon:
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Man! I’m so grateful :Namaste: And excited!

Thanks so much :high-five:
:passitleft:
 
I always have a lot of webless spiders in the garden, both on the plants & on the ground. They do great work--love 'em!
 
Pterostychus said:
keep em coming

hmm that make me rethink my solution and turns out i am wrong i asumed wolfspiders without checking up and thus i am wrong it is part of the Salticidae also know as jumping spiders
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:D :thumb:
 
White Fly - they’re Foe!

In an outdoor garden you’ll notice them as lots of tiny white things that scatter when a plant is brushed. They suck sap from plants and leave a ‘honeydew’ residue on leaves, which can lead to fungal disease if left unchecked.
(Good reference here: Whiteflies)

I see them a bit, but not often on the ganja.
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Thankfully we have plenty of these of all different colours kinds and sizes. I watch them hawking whitefly regularly. This one was literally perched up above this - the whitefly doesn’t stand a chance!

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Also on this same plant I discovered another cannaguardian. It is minute, only about 3.5mm and a Critical Mass that’s just beginning to flower is it’s universe :D

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Jumping spider about 3.5mm long

On the same morning I was lucky enough to share a quiet moment with one of our resident hoverflies and seeing as they hawk whitefly as well, it definitely deserves inclusion :)

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... an hour in the garden this week

:Namaste:
 
Bug-filled hour...
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Spiders on my cannabis will be a regular photo share here - they’re super important. :love:

From my journal a few weeks ago
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Love the symmetry.
 
Hey, these little beauties deserve to be dropped in here too! The very next morning after the jumping spider above, this!
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There is another spider on that plant but it was on the other side (it’s a fairly wide plant), so I’m guessing in a presumptive kind of way that these are baby jumping spiders. They’re so tiny I cant get a clear picture. Maybe i’ll take the tripod out later and try that way.:namaste:
 
Put some tiny hurdles near them and you'll know for sure.
 
:laughtwo:
 
:thumb::thankyou:
 
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