Poop Quiz!

It's been ages since we've done a poop quiz and I've been looking for just the right poop.  

I found it on my back patio.   Dee-lightful.   I got the pics just before asking the kids to hose off all the brick.    The culprits have been hanging out far too often back there and it was getting....eeww.

I'm sure you understand.

These are not the culprits. 

These butterflies do, however, enjoy partaking of the mineral content of the ... offerings.   [We also see butterflies on carrion, which is disgusting, but there's no accounting for tastes.]   These offerings were somewhat wetter than the above, but left by the same creature.



So, let me know in the comments what is responsible for this poop butterfly buffet.

Poop Quiz

I finally found some more great poop so it's time for another poop quiz.  

WARNING:   This is a poop quiz.   These pics are of actual poop.   Poop happens.  It happens everywhere out here.    If you're uncomfortable with poop, then go right on to the next post and we'll meet you there.

For the rest of you:  

The rules:

1. Guess what made the poop.    
2. Comment. 
3. It's really more fun if you comment.   Seriously. 

Click the pics to blow them up for details. 

You'll notice in the pic that the poop is on asphalt.  It was on the road up the way from us.   The whole specimen was the size of a man's palm.  Not huge.

Notice the white shards.

Notice the hairs.

You can probably guess what left this and what it's last dinner was.  

Poop Quiz

It's been a while, I know.   

But I'm always on the lookout for good poop to show you.

It's what makes living in the country so exciting. 

See those little yellow and gold spots in the pic?    Those are on the lid of our Flower Lang beehive.   We took the top off and set it on its edge while we were installing the bees.

Which totally gives away who is responsible for the poop, I know. 

After we had dumped the bees in the hive, many of them took off into the air and then dumped their loads.    It was a bit like rain.   Only it left gold spots. 

Bee poop, like all poop, can tell you a lot about the health of the hive.    Bees can get a disease called nosema, which causes dysentery in the bees.   If I were an experienced beekeeper, I could tell just by looking whether any of these bees had nosema.  

If you're a beek who knows, then drop a line in the comments and fill us in on the clues.