Brock B.

I know it’s a bit late but I just wanted to say for Earth Day is that we live on an amazing and beautiful planet with so many incredible places and people and it should be our responsibility to preserve and protect this awesome place so future generations can have the opportunity to enjoy it like we have.

Lightning Storm

By far my favorite things to do is take lightning pictures and tonight there was some a huge lightning storm. Sorry about all the clouds ideally there would have been a few less but I think i managed to snag a few decent photos.

The lightning struck so close it blew out the image.

Like something straight out of the Apocalypse

Eastern Harvestman-(Leiobunum vittatum)

The Harvestman ,better known as grand daddy long leg spiders, though they are arachnids they are not actually spiders. They’re in the same Order as spiders (think of them as long lost cousins) but with a few key differences.

While many people have heard the myth that Harvestman have the most poisonous bite of any spider this is not actually true. In fact they don’t even have fangs to be able to inject venom with, they actually have a pair of mandibles which are too small to cause any harm to humans.

An Eastern Harvestman showing off his extremely long legs which they use to help travel long distances with only a few quick strides.

Like lizards with their tails Harvestmen can remove their legs to help evade predators, this however is a bit more costly to the Harvestman due to the fact that it can’t grow it’s legs back.