How I spent my HONEYMOON (kinda) NATURE ADVENTURE

[@jorgeuraga8586]

I like how he doesn't care if there's snakes and only pays attention to the insects, a lion can walk past him and he'll be like ooh a grasshopper.

[@TheDarkDen]

No no, I'm looking for any type of animals :P I'm just really unlucky with snakes, abut I'm always hoping to find Vipera ammodytes or berus!

[@jorgeuraga8586]

@@TheDarkDen pretty cool, anyways like your content keep it up and one question can you rank your favorite spiders on a scale if not its fine.

[@jeffsmalarz7943]

Top three things you should take on your honeymoon: camera, tripod, and drone. Wife is optional

[@valahnuk3593]

And a catch cup!

[@davidzinssler]

Take my like you deserve it😂

[@petradegroot3578]

😂😂

[@arielvaldez1050]

😂😂😂

[@autobotsro1521]

aha hahahahaha

[@Phyzium1]

Those spiders are called Dewdrop spiders. They are from the genus Argyrodes and often inhabit bigger spiders webs. They eat the smaller insects that the big spider doesn't, or sometimes even feed from the big spider's prey. EDIT: It turns out you discovered this yourself later in the video. The grasshopper appears to be from the genus Acrida. They appear to also be called long nosed grasshoppers. The wasp was a Black and Yellow Mud Dauber, Sceliphron caementarium. They make mud tubes and stick many small paralyzed spiders inside for their larvae to eat.

[@NiceleyDone]

that wasp sounds just as brutal as the tarantula hawks we have out here in So Cal. both terrifying 'O.O

[@3Clod]

@@NiceleyDone woah nature you're scary! [quot]

[@S2RiCeGuRlS2]

Omg that’s brutal yikes

[@xengen212]

Google a great thing isn't it

[@AitchT.]

You definitely know your stuff, I have a picture of a spider I found that I have no idea what it is and can’t find it online. Do you think you would be able to tell me what it is

[@macschneider5981]

I just love how this guy is always so happy about what he finds and does

[@3Clod]

if one doesn't watch but just listens, he sounds like he's alice in wonderland "woah look at that! and this? no way over there! omg and look here!"

[@emilypitarresi9211]

Okay but is no one talking about the wasp-spider footage? That was actually incredible to witness

[@WeArrLegion]

I once had a jar of waxmoths for fishing standing open. A wasp came. Started murdering all of them 😂 She bit them in pieces and flew off with them. I think she took 3 with her in pieces. And damaged 4 or 5 more. Amazing creatures. Also one time we cam back from vacation to find a cat had taken a fish from our pond. There was still pieces of fish scattered. Wasps were eating them and carrying pieces away. Again amazing creatures. We once were eating icecream at an icesalloon. Lots of wasps buzzing about. One had a fancy on the icecream my boyfriend was eating. So he decided to take a scoop and put it next to him at the table. There we were sitting eating icecream with wasps peacefully 😅 If only people would look beyond their nasty sting and flying up into their faces and see the worth of these crazy little buzzers. I don't like them flying in my face either. But I know that when you share what you have they want they are quite peaceful for a murdermachine 😍😂

[@creaturescave5258]

It happened in my house a baby house spider at a massive hornet crazy.

[@J0kerScars]

Most people: oh god so many bugs get away! Dark den: oh look at this *grabs* oh look at that *grabs*

[@MasterOfSlugs]

Petko: Why are lizards so fast? Me: *looks over at my blue tongue skink* Why aren't you fast???

[@ahmetkerem4769]

It: Shows its blue tong: "I have that instead."

[@pauldelasco]

I assumed they are fast because they (some) are prey animals. Eyes on side of head instead of in front but I'm not confident of that. Im sure smarter animals folks will correctly answer! I just wanted to join the conversation lol!! U 🇺🇸 🌎 🇭🇷 thanks Petco!!!

[@IchbinX]

"The Loud Guys" Common Scientific name for Cicadas.

[@pattylovett4682]

I like Petko's name better

[@austinpoudrette1574]

My favorite video in a bit. Your nature adventure videos are always my favorite. I live in Florida and we have cicadas like crazy here. I’ve grown to love their super loud cry over the years. There’s something about hearing them in the heat, sipping a beer in your back yard.

[@seanrallis6714]

Random PSA: If anyone is wondering where to get the syringes he uses to add water (the ones with the large gauge needles), you can buy them at Tractor Supply if you live in the US. They sell them in the veterinary supplies section, they are actually designed for administering injections to larger livestock like horses and cows. They are incredibly cheap, less than a dollar for the syringe, and a couple of dollars for a pack of 5 needles. And they sell different gauges of needles, as well as different sizes of syringes.

[@rajenglishschool1521]

8:09 It's a coneheaded grasshopper

[@lovelife4111]

That drone footage would make good footage for intros and outros. Beautiful! 💚 That location makes me wonder if there are any brackish pools nearby, so you can find some cool aquatic or semi-aquatic brackish loving creatures! Regarding the Argyrodes Argyrodes, the common name is the _Dewdrop Spider._ I had never seen them before until this video and I had to look them up! Awesome footage!

[@aphiliarachno]

Nice that Petko is happy about finding some critters. The long weird bug was cool, like a mixture of a cricket and a mantis. And I think cicadas are cute.

[@SigridFrings]

1:20 Yes it is wonderful. ASAP we will visit Dalmatia and the Kornati Islands again. We spend our vacations not far away from this place. And in German we also say, literally translated, "sugery water" :)

[@alexiskolakowski7576]

My favorite tarantula KZbinr💕😂

[@susanmartin3762]

Oh my goodness Petco you are like watching A Child open Christmas presents!!🎁🎄👍❤. Your joyous laughter and pure excitement is contagious. You love nature so much and it's just really fun to watch and listen to you make discoveries

[@trenityj9946]

Congratulations on your marriage! I love your videos! Your accent makes them better than others lol. But watching these tarantula videos have really helped me get over my spider phobia and have a newfound respect for spiders in general. So thanks for that!

[@catneedham4913]

I LOVE NATURE ADVENTURES! It’s so soothing and fun to go along with Petko

[@hayleyjohnson9505]

Those spiders look like little Christmas ornaments. So pretty..

[@Kyo89]

Petko! Words you were looking for: You have the sea on onside and lake on the other. Sea, salt water. Lake, fresh water. If it's a mix between fresh water and salt water, you get brackish water. In between where the sea meets the land, we call it the beach. ⛱ hope that helps! 💜 you are awesome and I enjoy your videos every Monday and Friday, and any day in between!

[@bornthisway3360]

I went to the Island Kirk and traveled to Dubrovnik, Pula, Zagreb and stopped everywhere in between, 2013. Definitely a once and lifetime experience, made possible my a wonderful neighbor who took me cause I was going through a tough time in life. He suffered a fatal heartache 2yrs ago. He gave me such a gift. Croatians are the most generous people and community ❤

[@heidilyberg9273]

Those new spiders are totally cool. I loved the footage of everything that you caught. The wasp is amazingly cool and scary at the same time thank you that's awesome

[@raiderrichard7291]

I like that male spider that sets up a web right next to the female spiders web and just waits for her to mature. That’s like me posting a tent up in the front yard of some girls house and waiting for her to turn 18 🤣🤣

[@MagicianSul]

The blue winged grasshopper is called Oedipoda caerulescens and is actually kinda cool. It's body colors range from grey to brown with darker stripes which works as a wonderful camouflage and the blue wings strongly contrast with it.

[@codys7243]

I thank you so much. Even in the worst of times I can always wach your videos to help me out. Today my grandfather died and I finished my installated sling nursery. And a wild adventure across the world is exactly what I needed.

[@johndenman2861]

Thank you Petko, for the great nature video !! Have an awesome weekend!!!

[@kristywallace5478]

So cool. Love your videos. Thinking about getting a jumping spider cause Kiwi is so cute.

[@creaturescave5258]

7:56 that is a really wired looking grasshopper. Great video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@azraeleon1440]

Yes some Nature Adventure

[@salmaana1962]

12:42 those spiders are called dewdropspiders

[@marclytle644]

Fun facts about the cicadas, there are around 3000 species of them. One species take 17 YEARS to mature. They spend their time underground feeding on plant juices from their roots. And when it is time to emerge they do so around the beginning of summer. They will continue to sing till around the end of September or the beginning of fall. Depending on where you are. The ones that I hear outside right now are called the Dog Days Cicada. They emerge every year. They spend all that time underground, just to come out, make their songs, and make more for the next time. They are pretty neat.

[@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945]

I found one in a gas station near Washington DC. It was so perfect I thought at first it was a kid's toy. Only the position of the legs gave it away as being a dead bug. I wasn't even too sure what it was. We don't have them where I live. I carefully wrapped my treasure and fetched it home. Some 1000s of miles and days later I was watching a US TV show and heard *that* song and realised what my precious keepsake is.

[@danielhalford8341]

I love the nature adventure videos !!💙💙

[@BudaKhan420]

My sister visited Croatia about 1.5 yrs ago and loved it. The pattern on that butterfly was wild. The butterfly looked like it would be going in the opposite direction as its head

[@justriku-sempai3425]

*Honeymoon* Others: "i guess we should go to somewhere sweet* TDD: *"Yes, Nature Adventure"* Great vid as always ❤️, i always love it!!

[@susanmartin3762]

Remind me to never go anywhere in the outside with you Petco. I love the outdoors but I am NOT walking around looking for creepy crawlies. You're doing everything the complete opposite of what I would do. So I'm glad you made videos like this. otherwise I would never get to see what you're showing to us in this video because I would be too busy trying NOT to run into one of those things.

[@dana_grdp2136]

10:39 That lizard is called Ablepharus, not sure about the species but it looks like Ablepharus Kitaibelii. I found one about a week ago and he's super cute and tiny. I've been taking care of him since then :')

[@Dinosaur-bold]

It's a beautiful place I love it

[@iBleedRedNGold916]

Salt water and fresh water. That grasshopper you found is called a Mediterranean slant-faced Grasshopper. They're awesome.

[@steve_handle]

I was on holiday in Pakostane 5 years ago and it was one of the best and most beautiful holidays.

[@Twizted_Daisy]

Thank you for including your supporters on your Honeymoon Nature Adventure 🥰

[@gamezoom9980]

Hey man you are an amazing KZbinr and I want to tell you keep up the amazing work you have made me get a tarantula when I used to have a fear of spiders have fun on your honey moon thanks for all the adventures you bring us on

[@cakemike]

Congrats again!!! All the best mr. And mrs. Petko!!!!

[@cakemike]

P.s. much love from newfoundland!!!!

[@danielberggren4881]

We have quite a lot of those grasshoppers with pointy heads here in Australia. I used to collect them when I was a kid. they would have all probably died in my 'care', back when I was 5 or 6.

[@timmy7189]

the quality of your adventure videos is keep getting better and better :) nice video dude

[@leannemillar78]

I so want to visit Croatia on holiday now! Your country looks stunning X

[@migdalialynch4060]

That was a beautiful place and we call the water fresh water but I'm not sure if it was considered a lake or a pond etc.. but regardless what a beautiful place and to see so many different insects etc .. I hope that you and your wife had a wonderful honeymoon I'm sure you two wanted to do something different but with what is going on made that impossible I hope you two get what you wanted soon. Wishing you both a happy life 🎊🎉

[@Raziel1984]

3 years ago i was on the kroatian coast. it truely is beautiful. realy like to come back there some time

[@pkl3230]

Really enjoyed the video 😀 thank you so much

[@michaelmcgivern8019]

Love all your videos bud thank you for sharing 🙏🤟

[@BringDeathByPickles]

I absolutely love the nature adventure videos! Such a beautiful country too!

[@agirlnamedbrett.]

where I live further down in the state their is a part where we have one side with the ocean and the other side the Chesapeake bay which is fresh water. kinda like where you're at now. today I witnessed a dragonfly eating a bumble bee which I have never seen before. xoxo love from Maryland

[@RealMelodyBlue]

You know what's cool? Petko is showing us that where ever we live, we all have the same nature, like we have spiders, lizards, grasshoppers, cicadas and other bugs where we live. One world together. So cool.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

What an amazing view provided by that drone. The Adriatic Sea is indeed beautiful

[@carpediem.9]

I love your nature adventure vids :) Definitely adding the coastal Croatia to my list of places to visit ))

[@lindagrant801]

Fantastic video I love nature walks, take us on more field trips!

[@dynamoterror7077]

From what I can find online, those weird grasshoppers are Acrida ungarica, the Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper.

[@carolmccorry3053]

Petko that was bloody awesome, a David Attenborough in the making so cool

[@SpenceBeGarbage]

In the US (and possibly other places like the UK?) we call it "Fresh Water". The ocean is Salt Water and your average river, lake, stream, etc are Fresh Water. There is also something know as "Brackish Water"; Brackish is water having more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. Also -- great video! As always...

[@DeathTwixPuzzles]

Yoo petko congrats on ur wedding

[@brandoneverett3418]

Definitely a beautiful area. Not too packed, but enough civilization to feel confortable. If I ever get a chance to go to Europe, Croatia will definitely be a stop.

[@danieledebiasi120]

I think that the grasshopper is a Acrida sp., the wasp a Sceliphron sp. and the butterfly is Iphiclides podalirius

[@AntsScandinavia]

Wow, loved the Mirror looking Spider find! The ant you didnt manage to catch 13:28 was not a queen either way ;) It was just a large Major ^^. So you didnt fk it up haha

[@jom6829]

What fab creatures you found and those tiny spiders were amazingly pretty

[@estebanramirez9003]

14:30 its similar to the tarantula hawk, its a wasp that hunt tarantulas

[@AquaticsBelgium]

Keep up your good videos I love them!

[@susanmartin3762]

Oh my God. I was so busy typing my comment I missed the part you have a drone. How cool is that? Okay more watching less talking. How beautiful it is!!

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Congratulations on the wedding and honeymoon. Will we get to meet your lady? Those tiny spiders with the crystal abdomens are really cool. Do we get a homing video? The large green, white, and black spiders are very similar looking to our Garden Spiders they make a large orb web with the zig zag in the center. They are large beautiful spiders. Never saw the male. You should get some ball caps printed with your logo so you can wear one next time you go out in the country. Stay safe and healthy with your lady and all the restdent creatures of at the Dark Den.

[@6181green]

Congrats on the wedding hope the honeymoon is awesome you deserve it bro👍

[@stefanieebling8919]

I went to Dubrovnik for couple days a few years ago...was gorgeous

[@Chickensareawesome]

Those dew drop spiders were gorgeous. Nature is amazing.

[@beermonsta3423]

Stick insect is Acrida ungarica or cone head grasshopper.

[@bcpfinishes2791]

amazing video. Very cool orb weaver in the beginning IMO true spiders are more interesting than T's I would put at least one of those orb weavers in a large tank.

[@John-uk2lp]

8:15 Looks like a locust had some habahaba time with a walking stick...

[@MrChompenrage]

I thought it was a walking stick first but it's definitely an acrida

[@phumbleina]

If you ever come to Tennessee in the state's let me know. I'll tell you about or show you some great places to see spiders and other invertebrates. Spring and summer are best.

[@christabrewster7516]

Thank you for another wonderful adventure.

[@Workof]

eyy I know that weird looking grasshopper from animal crossing, its a "long locust" or snout locust from the Acrididae family

[@louibeans]

I feel like "I know that bug from animal crossing" is how an entire generation will teach their children about nature

[@eaaarts]

@@louibeans jup, humankind is f-ed

[@ahmetkerem4769]

Acrididae is a quite large family. Genus Acrida.

[@bacha9885]

12:20 Orbiter weaver

[@GreenBeast0G]

What you need is 1x-5x macro lens. At least get an 1:1 macro lens. I'm pretty sure you gonna love it. Laowa lens are great but they are manual focus.

[@Nervidi]

Congratulations on your marriage. Great video again. Thank you for uploading

[@zlioness]

I love your nature adventures 🙂

[@fattyuka31]

Wow! Croatia is beautiful!! I would love to visit one day!🤩

[@maximilianboelke2782]

You can come to Germany for Vacation or something like that.especally the North Part like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or Schleswig-Holstein. Greetings from Germany.

[@nanoreaper5002]

The Coast of Croatia is beautiful even though I have not been there since the Balkans war. Nice too see it so lush and Beautiful

[@trueaussieray9093]

I love the nature walks! Thank u

[@robertansherrybailey4593]

Slap's bug on neck without identifying.

[@viriato.t8]

Hey there, I have a question I'm not a insect/arachnid enthusiast, but I've always known as a fact that insects had a bigger size millions of years ago because there was twice the amount of oxygen. My question is: what if you recreate an atmosphere in a terrarium, supplying it with huge levels of oxygen and raise a tarantula since a spiderling. Will it reach abnormal sizes? I'm very curious if it has been done before.

[@kiransreenivasan9878]

Yes i guess I think there’s a video on KZbin about it, if i find it I’ll send you the link of that

[@Mister_Matthew]

Wow this area is so beautiful

[@annarumanik5906]

I love his genuine excitement xxx

[@brookedebruin8781]

Yes come to Canada! Would be awesome

[@allthingsgreatandheathen5076]

I’m pretty sure that Croatia is a land of Pokèmon..... Another amazing video Petko! Thank you and congratulations on your marriage again :)

[@stephanobartolone200]

i found a similar small shell shaped spider in northern US i rescued it off a friends car and put it on my porch it will leave garbage and kills in a line from the center of its web and hide on the line

[@susanmartin3762]

. When we grew up in the 60s we were told Russia (and all Slovic countries.) EVERYTHING only in black and white, like it was on the news.🤣 There were no trees or flowers or wildlife..just sad people going into Dark black offices and working at their black and white jobs! That is so sad right? But things were very very different back in the 60 between Russia and America. I'm so glad I get to see your videos. I I love watching you running around out in the country and surrounded by colorful things! I'm glad the Dark Den has such a colorful star like you Petco!! I hope all the rest of your audience that grew up in the sixties aren't mad at me. They know I'm right though. What a crazy world we live in yeah?

[@joshualawrence65]

Great video, I very much enjoyed it.

[@vickycollins5259]

Congratulations 🥳❤️

[@genesisgreen3458]

It's a beautiful place!

[@alphacypriot]

Awesome video!

[@k3tna]

The Dark Den vid 3 years from now: - Not-so-random encounter in Kenya: P. murinus female walks her babies at night. Nature Adventure. Ep. 134

[@aktualizator1219]

Argyrodes, also called dewdrop spiders, is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. They occur worldwide, and are best known for their kleptoparasitism. They can spin their own webs, but tend to invade and reside in their hosts' webs.

[@mirandastewart5159]

Congratulations on getting married too!!! I'm so happy for you!!!!

[@susanmartin3762]

Right after this video I watched a video about the most amazing spiders. There was a spider on there that looked exactly like the one you caught. They call it a mirrored spider. I forget the technical name but I'm sure you can look it up. That's crazy. Two times in one day I learn about a mirrored spider. Pretty cool. I I watched another video and they showed a little tiny cute jumping spider that made its bed in a little twisted Leaf just like the one you tried to get the little spider out of. It was too coincidental and identical to be 2 different species of spiders. That little spider that wouldn't come out for you was probably a tiny jumping spider. It is so cute how he rolls a leaf up and it sticks together and makes him a perfect little burrito sleeping bag