Seaweed Cowboy
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Incredibly thorough thread, thanks for putting all this info in one spot! I just repacked my kits and this was super helpful
Thanks! I appreciate that. And its always good to hear. I have gleaned a lot of info from this platform since its inception, and returning the favor is nice.Incredibly thorough thread, thanks for putting all this info in one spot! I just repacked my kits and this was super helpful
The black one with the red head is a Master blister beetle, very common from vegas south, their blood is a defensive weapon and when touched will burn and blister the skin, nasty little critters best avoided.I don’t know what this bug is, hissed when the dog sniffed it. And there were probably about 6 of them in the same spot. I uploaded to I Naturalist but nothing yet. It was not small
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This one is a Shield backed katydid, aka the mormon cricket, a serious pest anywhere they are found, when the population is up they swarm by the billions destroying crops, ornamental plants and even the siding on houses, they cause vehicle accidents just from the sludge created by millions of them getting squished crossing the roads.These bugs, and they are massive, That’s a K barrier, and I am in the truck. There were millions of them, in some spots the road was actually slippery….and just coated. It must be migrations or breeding seasons. Reminded me a little of when the cicadas hatch in Missouri.
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I hope you have already washed your truck, dead mormon cricket sludge leaves a stench all over every thing it gets on, really
That is something about that route, and for almost all of it. You can pretty much find a road into the BLM and camp anywhere. With out seeing anyone else.we have taken the two lane down to Vegas several times. Very pretty route.