Depends on the species, depends on the location.
There have been stink bugs here for a long time , although the impact of European agriculture and urbanisation has altered their distribution significantly.
The plant they’re sitting on is an invasive weed, though. Sida Rhombifolia , AKA Paddy’s Lucerne.
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Down amongst the mangroves and saltmarsh on the Lane Cove River.
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chgoliz
February 3, 2018, 3:31pm
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Venice, CA or Venice, Italy? It’s not immediately obvious.
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chgoliz
February 3, 2018, 3:31pm
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Oh wait, you’re on holiday: Italy it is, then!
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Daveb
February 3, 2018, 3:51pm
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Yes Italy. But live in England so either would be a holiday.
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Daveb
February 3, 2018, 3:53pm
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Madrid then bern now venice.
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chgoliz
February 3, 2018, 4:53pm
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Hey wait: you should be providing more photos than just the two you’ve done so far!
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We found a wriggly friend this morning:
Right in the middle of a kid’s playground. Now safely relocated into the bush.
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This might be a stupid question, but was it a venomous type?
Very pretty, either way. I think snakes are wonderful, preferring the venomous ones in photos, though.
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CleverEmi:
This might be a stupid question, but was it a venomous type?
Very pretty, either way. I think snakes are wonderful, preferring the venomous ones in photos, though.
Can’t be sure; we didn’t want to examine him too closely. He was only a little tyke, about two feet long.
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Look at the head. Diamond shaped. I’m guessing venomous.
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Gosh I don’t like snakes.
Not even a little bit.
I don’t wish them ill, mind you- I just don’t want to have to interact with them at all, ever.
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It was probably one of these:
The golden-crowned snake (Cacophis squamulosus) is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Like other Cacophis species, the golden-crowned snake is a forest specialist, particularly rainforest. It prefers deeper forested areas, particularly rainforest on mountain slopes, however it can show up in suburbs near waterways and moist environments with ground cover and shelter.
C. squamulosus is only mildly venomous, however it will bluff and...
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Cynical
February 10, 2018, 11:17am
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Sometimes, Singapore can be a noisy, polluted, stressful place to live and I want to leave.
Today was not one of those days:
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Two vehicle collision occurred about 150m ahead of us. A single-occupant car crossed the road. SUV was unable to brake in time, collided at about 100km/h. No fatalities.
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