First Frost

The CB has been afflicted by frost two nights in a row now. Certainly, the vermin shall be thinned out by the frost. Which means Crumby needs to start fixing to categorize all the vermin pictures he took during the course of DY 5 alternative to galloping around the yard taking pictures. That shall be plenty of work because Crumby took plenty of pictures this year.

But there are also troubling historical facts to consider. Yes. Druids fret over history, hoping to keep our version as truthful as possible. So another winter job for Crumby is rewriting history. Like for example, Crumby has been hunting through this venue, RGVECB, for a spider picture he figured Ray “published” to the venue. The picture was taken about this time last year. So logically Crumby began his search in the November 2009 of the Julian Archive. No spider.

Apparently Ray did not publish that particular spider picture. But in searching the Archive, Crumby found two misidentified insect pictures. The Boopedon gracile is really Melanoplus angustipennis and the Lineodes interrupta is probably Lineodes integra. You may gather from this that experience is a great teacher. And as you gain experience, you can and should go back and change all the errors you made during your wicked and ignorant past.

So here’s the spider we are all discussing. By the look in its eyes Crumby has temporarily decided it may be a crab spider relative. The flower is Zexmenia hispida. It’s a small spider