I occasional hear the southern variety at night here where I live. There are more around here than people think. I'll go outside at night and will occasionally hear one chirping nearby. When I had chickens, the flyers would occaionally get in the pellet feeder and gorge themselves to death eating too many pellets.

Here is a sample of one found on flyers as well

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Y’all are just trouble makers

30 x 40 “ ?? Really, Jack ! Why, at that size, the fleas ON the fleas would be seen and have to be drawn !! All that stickery spiney hair on legs…UGH !

Actually, I don’t think they have parasites at all….that’s what Ivermectin and flea collars are for .

See what y’all gone an done , I’m feeling itchy now ….

It is call stimulating tactile senses.....unfortunately it has nothing to do with s--

Was going to pull up a reference size of a regular sewing pin head for size besides that flea in another pic.

Jack !

N50 is throwing fleas at everyone again !

“He started it ! “

It's ever interesting to me the circuitous route these threads take and where they end up. That this flying squirrel thread went to parasites is oh-so logical I guess?

Think how boring this website would be if we didn't go the logical progressions. It'd be like farcebook!

Jack

Once in awhile.

Finely our Northern neighbour has a visit from his southern cousin Thanks Goatman

Yes goatman, thanks for jumping in! Nice shots sir.

Jack

Some of these flying squirrels look HUGE compared to the ones I'm used to seeing. Must be a different type.

There are two distinct species of flying squirrel in North America. The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) has at least 25 subspecies and their range extends down the Apalachians into the Carolina's. The southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) occurs just in the east with ten different subspecies, but even in Minnesota and into Maine; considerable overlap in the ranges of the two species. Generally, the northern flying squirrel is much bigger than the southern. Clear as mud?

Yotetrapper, it looks like Miss. only has the smaller version, the southern flying squirrel.

Jack

I thought those flyers had that southern bell accent when they land too hard on the tree trunks

Cool pics everyone, not a squirrel or fleas but a back yard Buck filling his wrinkle with apples.