False Chameleons and Backyard Oddities

[Solid Snake]

It was a sunny day here in east NC, and the "False chameleons" were out basking in mass. I figured I would document the event.

Here we see a male specimen.



Here, his smaller female counterpart.



Now, the "False chameleon" is a skiddish creature, and when confronted with a large mammal pointing a small black box at its face, it will take refuge in the closest place it can. In this case, it ran through my front door, and into my living room. Now, a living room is no place for a "False chameleon". She was promptly, and very gently, apprehended.



This is were the "False chameleon" gets its name. As you can see, the "False chameleon" has gone from a dark basking color, to a lighter yellowish green.



The white line on her back is the distiguishing mark of a female "False chameleon".



To be continued...

 

[okiroo]

cute, i love photo stories. Anoles are beautiful and very interesting animals

 

[Solid Snake]

She was returned to the porch from whence she came.







Next, we see a...well its a...Im really not sure what it was.





It was 1-1/2cm in length. It has six legs, and two false leg antenna in front. It secreted WEB. Very much like a spider. Ive never seen anything like it. Anyone?
Hope you all enjoyed the anoles, and the weird thing

 

[ZEUUS]

looks like a badass mantis

 

[danibug23]

Very nice pictures you got

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Great pictures! do you have a closer on of the insect?

 

[Solid Snake]

cute, i love photo stories. Anoles are beautiful and very interesting animals

Im glad you enjoyed it!

looks like a badass mantis

Its front part would come upright as it walked, and very much looked like a miniature, bright red mantid from afar. Its definitely not a mantid though. Some sort of beetle.

Very nice pictures you got

Thank you The anole wouldnt look at the camera! But she had great color!

 

[Solid Snake]

Great pictures! do you have a closer on of the insect?

No just those two. Click them again and it will get a bit larger. It was quite small. Does it resemble anything to you? Im new to this area, and am trying to get aquainted with the flora and fauna.

 

[coldbloodedAL]

It is a milkweed assassin bug

 

[patrickfraser]

I think the bug may be an assassin bug. Some people on the mantis forum keep them. They pierce the "victims" with a needle-like mouthpart and suck out the juices.
lol ya beat me to it.

 

[Solid Snake]

It is a milkweed assassin bug

I think the bug may be an assassin bug. Some people on the mantis forum keep them. They pierce the "victims" with a needle-like mouthpart and suck out the juices.
lol ya beat me to it.

Thanks! I just read up on them. Very interesting. They are ambush predators, so I can see why the mantis guys would like them

 

[pssh]

I wont hold those things! They can hurt.

 

[Solid Snake]

There bite isnt dangerous, it does sound very unpleasant though. I almost picked it up for closer inspection, I think Ill continue to avoid them though.

 

[pssh]

It is very much so unpleasant!

 

[Solid Snake]

It is very much so unpleasant!

Ill definitley take your word for it!

 

[JonRich]

Solid Attenborough!!lol

Good coverage. I always like seeing what fauna people in different areas had.

I don't have any of that here locally, (especially reptiles).

 

[Lizardlover]

Nice little documentary. I wouldn't refer to anoles as false chameleons however, as there is a genus of anole that is actually called false chameleons. I believe some people call them "new world chameleons".

 

[Solid Snake]

Solid Attenborough!!lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it
Good coverage. I always like seeing what fauna people in different areas had.

I don't have any of that here locally, (especially reptiles).

Nice little documentary. I wouldn't refer to anoles as false chameleons however, as there is a genus of anole that is actually called false chameleons. I believe some people call them "new world chameleons".

Yes, that would include the Carolina Anole (pictured)

 

[Lizardlover]

Actually, it would not. They are Anolis carolinensis, an example of a "false chameleon" would be Chamaeleolis porcus

 

[raphael14]

Very cool pics