I FOUND an awesome WILD SPIDER! - Nature adventure
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He scratched his car “but i will put a sticker on it” great way to live if i do say so myself
If it was my car I'd have been on the floor crying 😂
Like putting a bandaid on a booboo lmao
must be a huuuuuge sticker xD
I would take days to "recover" from that
i sure it buff right out
Your videos are underrated... Such good content and editing but don’t get the credit they deserve. Each of these wildlife videos are worthy of millions of views.
Agreed.
I think the same thing!!
I agree. I love his disposition too! He's a good soul with good content. 😁
somewhere in the fields of Croatia there is a weirdo talking to a horse.
that would be me :D
I’m sure the horse appreciates the company. 💖💖💖
He talks with him once a week :D
Be stranger if the horse talks back
dont have to
go to croatia for that..lol
He literally has the best mindset ever, so calm and positive about everything its amazing
12:47 "Don't be afraid Mister Grasshopper everything will be alright. "
While earlier...
09:40 Let's find a grasshopper to feed the spider ^^
Because he was a badass grasshopper lol
That was exactly what I found weird too. I loved the video, everything seemed to be from a fairytale world. But it was just mean to catch that grasshopper to throw it zo the spider. So every animal which flesh from humankind is TIGHZ.
And afterwards that sentence. I hated it, really.
That was cruel.
Oh crap
@@wootaing6561 Huh no
@@evilal20 Sorry. That was my 2 year old. 🤗
Awesome video!! For future trips, bring a piece of black construction paper or a smaller piece of cardboard painted black. You can use it as a backround to show webs much better and help make critters more visible on film.
Good idea!
That video was way above the mark. It's awesome seeing a country that I won't get to see in real life..., but the video is of such good quality and the footage is so perfect it's almost like I'm walking out there looking for local wildlife, too. Very cool.
Great video!!
For a second I thought he said "I woke up high" xD
@@MaxG-jk8ty I'm pretty sure he said "I just woke up" then said "hi" immediately after
@@MaxG-jk8ty but only for legal reasons xD
i just woke up high and then i took a dab of some og kush pullsnap.
@@ganjatheninja must be nice, I'm sober and VERY bored
im bored too i have a lot of online mp games but nobody to really play with people dont like me cause im an asshole lol.
01:20 OMGGGFLOL
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03:50 oh yer so funneh
mooo
Oh the shade!
That was HILARIOUS, I was dying LOL. I was referring to the car scratch btw but ALSO THAT COW THO LMAO. You've got to get him back.
Mooooo!
he he he :D
17:45 "Argiope lobata" is the species I'm pretty sure, like the comment so he sees :)
Definitely! I would definitely still just assume it's going to kill me and just walk the other way 😂
I have a young one for a pet
Yes, she is for sure, here in the south of Spain is
relatively common, and in my opinion probably one of the the prettiest with "Steatoda Paykulliana"`.
Yes, it is. Luckily, they are harmless to humans. Basically a bee sting.
That red headed grass hopper was actually a cadydid. And they are carnivores which is why he bit you, he got big mandibles.
Armando Gutierrez not all katydids are carnivorous
@@chriswilson4928 thank you. I wasnt sure if they were all carnivores or not, all the species I've seen were.
would be cool if he had a carnivorous cricket or a katydid for The Dark Den collection
It's some sort of saddle-backed bush cricket, and they're omnivores with their diet being like 90% plants. Most katydids /bush crickets are omnivores actually, and the majority of them prefers plants (with some exeptions like Saginae and Listroscelidinae). I think out of all katydids only Saginae are pure carnivores though.
Armando Gutierrez katydids are actually scavengers
Hahaha just like David Attenbourough. Ooh a butterfly let's approach it slowly.... flys away ...WHATEVER 😂😂😂😂
Yor last words are probably gonna be *i hope it doesent bite me*
"Owww he really wants to bite me, I'll grab him"😂
LOL! Petko scientific terms. "Her abdomen in like, chook, chook, chook, chook." Love the video. XD
I think that's a cicada making those loud, singing noises in the bushes.
Yeah it's a cicada
No, thats not a cicada, cicada's only come out of the ground every 3 to 7 years or longer, plus they have large wings. That was a cricket that bit him.
@@DimiS1978 not the thing that bit him, it was the one on the tree and was chirping quite loud
@@DimiS1978 I'm not talking about the cricket, he finds a cicada on a bush. Also I saw a cicada exoskeleton in my backyard a couple of weeks ago so they are definitely not in the ground right now.
Ohh, ok yea you're right, thats a cicada lol. I wish he could find a mole cricket. I found one once, jesus that thing is scary looking.
that horse is like my neighbours horses, you walk near them and they immediately become curious, come up to the fence, walk away when they realise you aren't the food bringers.
I can tell you have a pure heart. Keep it up man.
The production quality is phenomenal on these videos recently. keep it up man!!
Also!! That little singing creature you find at around 6:50 is called a Cicada in english. Scientific name is Cidadoidea!!
I love watching people who are so respectful of nature and it’s animals. It’s peaceful and reassuring. Good stuff, good sir!
*house roof gets torn off by tornado* we will just put a sticker on it.
Best comment ever lol 😂😂
Literally here first. Where’s everyone?
Took me long enough 😁
sorry beat ya to it
Tarantula Kat here lol
asuhhhhhhhhhhh
Tarantula Kat you better slap him for the cow comment lol.
Ooh the Cicaida don’t touch that it makes tons of noise but still it might bite!
Wow, that second orb weaver is GORGEOUS!
That lizard was like, "hey bro you have any water?"
Petko is doing exactly what I did when I was a kid. Me and my friend Cassidy would go into the desert to look for bugs and spiders.
I love this video! I love these wild life expeditions, they are really cool.
I enjoy this video very much and hope u do more of these.
Your outlook on everything is awesome.
Adventure time with the Dark den 😁
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sits in a field and looks for small crWly things x
I love watching your videos, I've been going through them all and I subbed!
Sorry about the car. The landscape there is phenomenal. I love videos like this because it shows what it is like where you are from. The rocks were mesmerizing. Cool finds as well.
Not even 5 minutes in and I have anxiety. Them roads...
Ikr I don't even drive and I was looking away
you will get over it :) it took many years for me to learn managing my panics but it is possible
@@wasweissichbla I'm a driver, and pretty confident lol There's some narrow road here but dang, maybe because I'm not in control of petkos car.😂😂
i know; who wise guy who design the road systems? (comment fixed to prevent more confusion lol)
@@Kirbyroth who...
Lol "Hello horse, why the long face? Haha, bad joke. You have a lot of flies in your eye." xD That's a great moment
And the mantis leaves our dimension
That was a Dalmatian Saddle Bush-cricket (Ephippiger discoidalis) that bit you
Pretty sure one of the other "grasshoppers" was a cricket as well.
"Locusts are certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase." It is just a different kind, I believe that locusts actually fly unlike grasshoppers. :) Love your videos Petko :D
The one on the tree that was making the buzzing sound is called a Cicada. People here in texas mistakenly call them locusts. smh. Can always tell it is almost summer when you start hearing them buzzing in the trees. They stop/die off around end of August, mid September.
Yeah, and locust are huge grasshoppers, and he did film a katydid as well
I love how much you love animals of all kinds. Your videos are always entertaining! Because of you and Exotics Lair, I think my animal collection will be growing this year.
The spiders you found in order (as far as I can tell, no guarantee for correctness):
1) obviously (and you said it in teh video already) Araneus diadematus
2) relatively sure it's Araneus marmoreus, but don't take my word for it, they can have VERY different colours and sheme on the abdomen
3) almost 100% sure it's Argiope lobata, and a pretty fat female at that - close relative to that wasp-looking orb weaver
As far as the insects go, the first '"grasshopper" wasn't a grass hopper but rather Decticus verrucivorus, a bush cricket/ katydid. Normally they're green, but in dry environment they're often brown or grey.
The thing that bit you was also a bush cricket, looks a lot liek a saddle-backed bush cricket (Bradyporidae) - probably from the genus Ephippiger.
The mantis was definitely from the genus Ameles, the best guess here would be Ameles decolor, but the adult one (definitely a male btw) could have been Ameles spallanzania too.
Number 3 is definitely Argiope lobata!
_YellowJacket_ 1) not Decticus verrucivorus, but D. albifrons, they´re always brown and have longer wings than D. verrucivorus
2) Araneus angulatus
The shape of the abdomen is quite different from A. angulatus, I was thinking of angulatus first too, but after lookign a bit at 14:36 I'm pretty sure its not.
Youre probably right on the grasshopper, though I''ve seen a lot of grey/ brown D. verrucivorus in dry habitats.
well, for me the shape of the abdomen looks different than that of A. marmoreus, yes the tubercles are not visible very well, it is definitely not a very good camera angle to see them. At least I think I see them ;)
My favorite thing to do. Spider hunting. Croatia is beautiful.
3:50 reminded me of the apocowlipse XD
Cracked myself laughing!!!
Cowmaggeden
The tarantula kat cameo had me in tears
OMG - U Oops'd your car, boo hoo, hope u get it sorted as + when marko, very narrow roads though, hardly room for 1 car at a time, madness.....love your country, I'm coming for a visit one day, without my car - Lolololol....loved the grasshoppers, mantis, the cicada's, very cool lizard + OMG that huge orb weaver wow lucky find..... P.s your drone grass cutting skills need help - Lol....thx for the laughs + the upload ;-) next time take some carrots or apples for the horse.
Great video! I love your enthusiasm for all things creepy crawly.
17:40 I think is an "Argiope lobata"
It is.
I agree. Looks very much like a Argiope Lobata. Only orb weaver I've seen that looks anything close to the one in the video.
Yes. I agree.
Wow, spot on! I was going through an encyclopedia of Orb Weavers before realizing someone in the comments might've answered it. And you did, thanks!
Agreed
I have 10 Cross Spiders ouround on different spots on my Glassed Balcony. I have collected them as small Spiders, and they are growing. They are so beautiful, I think. Feeding them with Fruit Flyes. Best wishes from Bo.
Ow your car is scratched, Thats a lot of damage! Use flextape
No just put it in rice
Ya'll old age peeps smh, just grab some noodle cakes
I like how you see your car. It's an object that you own and nothing more. Youre not freaking out, obviously upset, but who wouldnt be? Your positivity is awesome man. If you go on adventures like this, I feel like scratches and stuff just add more personality to the car haha. More stories to tell, amirite?
Such a beautiful country.
Love the outdoor videos. Lots of cool stuff all over the world.
I’m jealous you found 2 mantises in a day and I’ve only ever seen 3 in my life
wow !!! awesome Ride along Petko . I enjoyed it very much. I love seeing your country side.
"Look, nature!" *HAS TO TOUCH AND DISTURB EVERYTHING!*
I'm just teasing XD It's super refreshing to have a nature tourist who wants to pet the bugs and not just the horses
tourist?
I catch grasshopper for my wild caught jumpers and the easiest way is a butterfly net! Just walk and while moving net back and forth in front of you. You end up with every size.
Petko! Rude! Get him, Kat!
Awesome! So all of the locust/grasshoppers that you found are grasshoppers except 1. Grasshoppers jump. And locusts are a type of grasshopper. But the third bug you found that was huge and had wings and flew away, it was a cicada. That's the 7 year bug.
I went to Croatia last month and man I swear the roads are something😂
I was in croatia too with my car, and roads there are crazy xD
The first "grasshopper" you showed us was a Roesel's bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) and from what I remember they are predatory - as was the one you tried to handle (don't know that species however).
The one showed between them was a regular grasshopper - a gentle, not-biting one.
Rule of a thumb - if they have short antennae and long abdomen - they are friendly, gentle hoppers.
If they have long antennae and look kinda fat/have short abdomen - they can and will bite you.
The big, green katydids (bush crickets) Tettigonia viridissima can bite you so hard you might bleed. Tho - my turtle loved to eat those so I tried to catch them when I saw one.
Not sure if you could manage to keep those, I never tried.
As for the spider - it's Argiope lobata which was easy to find as it was obviously related to the Wasp Spider native to my country. I had the genus down so a bit of googling did the trick.
God damn, I must have missed you! I visited Croatia last week for 8 days, in Trogir, Split and Omis!
That thing on the branch singing was a locust and the Grasshoppers were the others jumping LOL I love watching you
5:22 that's called a katydid
My absolute favorite vids are the discovering nature vids. Thank you for the adventure Petko!!!! And that horse was not a happy camper. He gave you a warning. ✨🕷🐜🦂🦎🦀🦗🕸🐴
Tarantula Kat finally appears in one of your videos 😂
Locusts are a sub-classification of Grasshoppers who, when population density is high owed to overcrowding, get triggered to through physical (and behavioral) changes and morph to a swarming form. The two forms (of the same exact grasshopper species, remember!) can look so different scientists initially assumed they were different species. It is also common to say a Locust IS a Grasshopper who happens to be in swarming phase. Check out these crazy differences: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust#/media/File:DesertLocust.jpeg
lol am from croatia and i could understand your cursing
So what was he saying?!
I looked up that translation in English. Yikes! XD
Hannah'sEmpire he said fuck you god mother
Mee too 😂😂😂
My wife and I were looking at amazing images of Croatia after this expeditionary video that was so fun to watch and learn about your backyard, peace!
Waht a beautiful landscape
So petko, to sum up....you woke up high, scratched your car, had donuts for breakfast....way to start the day 😂👌🤜🤛🤷
6:50 that is a locust.
The rest were species of grasshoppers
grizzlehatchet1 that is a cicada not a locust, although many mistake them for locusts as some species come out from underground only once every 13-17 years in droves when they reach adulthood then go back underground. East coast of the US we have locusts like the one in the video year round, as well as the swarms of periodical species. Locusts have back legs like grasshoppers & jump as well as fly. They look very anatomically similar to grasshoppers.
Locust and grasshoppers are the same thing. They start as grasshoppers, but a metamorphosis happens when large numbers of them group together and they form swarms. The swarming grasshoppers, who have turned from green to gray (at least our N. American species), are now locusts.
Also, grasshoppers don't bite. That cute little bitey thing was most likely a katydid.
English lessons: 3:15 Those are called wind turbines in english, or windmills if you aren't feeling precise. 4:34 Technically a locust is a type of grasshopper that creates big swarms, but sometimes I call a big grasshopper a locust too. 5:15 I believe that is a cricket, not a grasshopper. 6:44 that bug is a cicada. And the type of pattern you notice on the spider at 17:40 is called a serration pattern, and the bumps are called serrations.
Locusts fly in swarms and look like grasshoppers. Grasshoppers don’t fly, but they glide pretty far. Also when I hike mountains, I’ll see a species of grasshopper that look very similar in coloration to the ones you showed right after tarantula Kat, but the ones I see on a hike have a distinct wing pattern that looks like a butterfly with eyes and make very loud clicking/snapping noises when they are in mid-air.
So what's up with the "Tarantula Kat" caption Petko?😏
That spider in the thumbnail is one of the coolest looking spider species.
I once saw a picture of it in a book when I was a child and always wanted to see it unfortunately they don’t live in my home country.
1:12 tf kinda driveway
I do this all the time in the summer months, sometimes i sketch the insects, birds, or animals i see. I snap photos too. Its a very relaxing thing to do!
A fun and very interesting video; I love that you take the time to do this for everyone's enjoyment. Some older people that aren't mobile and kids who love "bugs" should especially appreciate it. I also found the orb spider's unusual spinner placement interesting. I also found it interesting that our cicadas here in the USA (So. California) look the same but sound so different. Ours are at least ten times as loud, being almost deafening when many are calling at the same time. Also fun is hearing the "why the long face" horse joke from someone who lives so far from me and who speaks a different language. It has always been one of my favorite silly jokes. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Do ovog videa nisam znao da ste iz Hrvatske🤣
really do need you have your own series on animal planet!!!!! love love love the videos! x
I think that the difference between locust and grasshopper is that locust are feeding on insects and grasshoppers are eating plants, but im, not 100% sure :)
just looked it up. Locusts in small densities live exactly like a grasshopper, but in large densities they band together into swarms of thousands and act as a herd.
yeah, but we are both kinda right in mycountry we are calling all carnivorous ones locusts and herbivorous are grass hoppers :D
Grasshoppers are predators, Locusts are not - they are plant eaters. In my country as far as I know we got pretty small Locusts and quite big Grasshoppers like (Tettigonia viridissima) and we call them both "Pasikonik" or "Konik Polny" and its a bit funny (Konik - horsie, Polny - field = field horsie? :D)
Little bug making all the loud noise is called a cicada. Beautiful critters..
#TeamPetko Because I hate youtubers who beg for shoutouts!
Mantis no one’s begging ;)
Sure seemed like it on the Tarantula Community
someone missed the joke xD
That my friend is the beautiful Argiope Lobata. One of the largest orbweavers in europe. I've seen dozens of them in the mountains near the Algarve in Portugal.
Seeing the TarantulaKat vs Dark Den beef is like the new Eminem vs MGK
What beef?
@@LiveYourLifeWithJoy It was a joke. Moo
@@BREAKERisDEAD sorry then
The little bugger who laughed as he flew away got me, it's a shame we don't have cicadas in the UK
Love your enthusiasm!
We have similar Orb Weavers in the state of Alabama in the USA. Some of ours get really large. Good video. Thanks!
I love Croatia. The national parks are spotless
Those wasp nests sell for a lot on ebay , but you have to clear the wasps out first! Fun!
Love your vids~!!! OwO
Also, locusts are grasshoppers - the same grasshoppers that are living in the area already. But if their numbers grow too large, this causes them to literally morph (change their behavior drastically) into locusts, swarm, and start eating everything in sight. :3 (Taken from TV tropes)
This was a fantastic video. I really enjoy seeing footage of non touristy places in other countries.
😨😨😨 huge strange looking scary Spider, ....
"Oh let's handle it"😝
Argiope lobata man, nice find!
Great video! It would be nice if you did more videos like this. It is nice to see wild insects and spiders! Keep them coming brother!
That freaked me out when that spider crawled onto your leg!!!!
Difference between grasshoppers and crickets; grasshoppers are lean and have smaller antennae, while crickets are thicc with long whip-like antennae. Also, crickets don't jump as much as grasshoppers.
Orb Weaver, not sure which... Those ones actually make good enclosureless pets. Put them in the corner of a room, by the ceiling. They tend to spin a web, then just throw some flies in the web every couple days, and they'll tend to stay put! I had one named Rufus... Rufus, Rufus, fanged and toothless!
The orb weaver's body reminds me of a seashell...cool find! I love this channel. Thanks for sharing!
I think the araneus you found is a Araneus Angulatus (the one with the "bumps" on its back). They can get really big, much larger than araneus diadematus.
Beautiful Argiope! I spent way too much time sacrificing grasshoppers to Argiope and Araneus spiders when I was a kid. I was terrified of the Araneus. :)
In Greece and Turkey, I would always go the other way if I heard sheep or goats, because there would always be dogs to protect them, and they could be nasty...
6:46 that's a cicada! Very neat creatures, and completely harmless, their only defense is screaming.