tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79312923077480441032012-02-15T23:38:56.243-08:00Creature CreationsThis Blog is designed to share with you some of the special little garden creatures we share or world with. As an important part of the food chain & life itself these little characters give a lot more to our world than one may are even aware of. In fact some of these little creatures can even save human lives. So before you just squash or come out with that evil spray can, spare a thought for these precious little heroes.Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931292307748044103.post-79237209335686245672012-02-03T13:31:00.000-08:002012-02-03T13:31:51.944-08:00The Jumping Spider [Evarcha Culicivora]<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8CKANPyI/AAAAAAAAAZg/BGN1B7XOsNE/s1600-h/spider4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321645438615330" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8CKANPyI/AAAAAAAAAZg/BGN1B7XOsNE/s400/spider4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 348px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8ByZwZZI/AAAAAAAAAZY/F-JMCgV6s5U/s1600-h/spider3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321639103325586" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8ByZwZZI/AAAAAAAAAZY/F-JMCgV6s5U/s400/spider3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 337px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8B_4BhAI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/2q0v67O7Voc/s1600-h/spider2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321642719937538" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8B_4BhAI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/2q0v67O7Voc/s400/spider2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 333px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s1600-h/spider1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321631835959570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s400/spider1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The Jumping Spider is an amazing little creature.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Capable of jumping 40 times their own body length [which = 220ft for a 5ft 6 person] to catch their prey. The ultimate delicacy craved being </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-size: large;">mosquitoes</span><span style="font-size: large;"> engorged with blood which they can spot at quite some distance with their extraordinary eyesight.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Always welcome in my garden & gives thought to those nations effected by malaria where endless lives are lost annually.........</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">These brilliantly dressed little </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="font-size: large;">characters</span><span style="font-size: large;"> come in many colors & are native in many nations.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I5Ga12iGPlM/TyxMcu1_sFI/AAAAAAAAB2U/G-ofjYbCoRY/s1600/whitesoxsz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I5Ga12iGPlM/TyxMcu1_sFI/AAAAAAAAB2U/G-ofjYbCoRY/s400/whitesoxsz.jpg" width="393" /><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">white socks</span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">This little beauty munches on pesky scale in the garden- including Black flyspeck scale. Unlike ants that actually harvest the scale - this fellow is lured to it - like a gourmet to the caviar. Traveling always alone he helicopters around about his hosts with an air of authority - landing delicately on his hosts - rubbing his little white paws together in satisfaction after devouring his delight. </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_QcGZIH3mtg/TyxQOI4WnkI/AAAAAAAAB2c/aIZJ57OQm9k/s1600/froglarge+emailcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_QcGZIH3mtg/TyxQOI4WnkI/AAAAAAAAB2c/aIZJ57OQm9k/s400/froglarge+emailcopy.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">Smile is worth more than 1000 words...</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xpHumRWl3AQ/TyxQwSbPbjI/AAAAAAAAB2k/0Cf-1CzzgpI/s1600/frog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xpHumRWl3AQ/TyxQwSbPbjI/AAAAAAAAB2k/0Cf-1CzzgpI/s400/frog1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">a home to suit every body...</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--NzWaT9sCzk/TyxQx8kreGI/AAAAAAAAB2s/5tgSXJ-EJjw/s1600/Frog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--NzWaT9sCzk/TyxQx8kreGI/AAAAAAAAB2s/5tgSXJ-EJjw/s400/Frog3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">sun-baking by the pool</span></span>....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7931292307748044103-7923720933568624567?l=creature-creations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931292307748044103.post-52222504394935529622008-12-29T13:58:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:50:44.050-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMLTPIVxI/AAAAAAAAAao/oUjxOBOODF4/s1600-h/bf1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMLTPIVxI/AAAAAAAAAao/oUjxOBOODF4/s400/bf1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339394721994514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKqve3KI/AAAAAAAAAag/cmdaP4Vqcgk/s1600-h/bf2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKqve3KI/AAAAAAAAAag/cmdaP4Vqcgk/s400/bf2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339383851834530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKp9ywRI/AAAAAAAAAaY/72V6pAB3YLk/s1600-h/bf3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKp9ywRI/AAAAAAAAAaY/72V6pAB3YLk/s400/bf3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339383643422994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKGh2_9I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/8PQy6vz8O2Q/s1600-h/bf4unsized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVlMKGh2_9I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/8PQy6vz8O2Q/s400/bf4unsized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285339374131019730" border="0" /></a>A waking frog comes to life as the rain begins...thinking & wondering about the next meal.<br />These wonderful creatures breath through their skin, so toxins such as sprays & oil can easy harm them, even organic substances. Hence their sad decline in numbers, in many places.<br />Precious to the gardener as they are great <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">predators</span> & are able to consume large amounts of unwanted insects.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7931292307748044103-5222250439493552962?l=creature-creations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931292307748044103.post-30673771098007441792008-12-29T13:11:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:51:41.322-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk91IAS9oI/AAAAAAAAAaI/4ImeJIPBMzY/s1600-h/spider2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk91IAS9oI/AAAAAAAAAaI/4ImeJIPBMzY/s400/spider2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323620587075202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WZr9J1I/AAAAAAAAAaA/M83DRHxP7Oc/s1600-h/spider1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WZr9J1I/AAAAAAAAAaA/M83DRHxP7Oc/s400/spider1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323092757653330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WCOK32I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/hjWbXPnLPZ0/s1600-h/spider2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9WCOK32I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/hjWbXPnLPZ0/s400/spider2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323086458707810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9V48UbsI/AAAAAAAAAZw/z8BJxkCbdzY/s1600-h/spider3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9V48UbsI/AAAAAAAAAZw/z8BJxkCbdzY/s400/spider3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323083967917762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9Vt6z6iI/AAAAAAAAAZo/umx5sSyMWf4/s1600-h/spider4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk9Vt6z6iI/AAAAAAAAAZo/umx5sSyMWf4/s400/spider4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285323081008802338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s1600-h/spider1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2Yrs_jOyLw/SVk8BXVFMRI/AAAAAAAAAZI/7bRKQJpbQE0/s400/spider1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285321631835959570" border="0" /></a>The Jumping Spider is an amazing little creature.<br />Capable of jumping 40 times their own body length [which = 220ft for a 5ft 6 person] to catch their prey. The ultimate delicacy craved being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mosquitoes</span> engorged with blood which they can spot at quite some distance with their extraordinary eyesight.<br />Always welcome in my garden & gives thought to those nations effected by malaria where endless lives are lost annually.........<br />These brilliantly dressed little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">characters</span> come in many colors & are native in many nations.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7931292307748044103-3067377109800744179?l=creature-creations.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bromeliad Exoticsnoreply@blogger.com