On liatris ohlingerae buds!
Found about a 100 feet from the Pond, seemed dehydrated..did not move. I took to the Pond edge, put in water, and left half-sbmerged in water, so as to re-hydrate....I Hope.
Was being bitten by a Garter Snake who left when I lifted a leaf to see its head. I'd thought it was a big slug, but found a C.G.Treefrog! Seemed uninjured. I re-buried in same spot. Perhaps the snake will return for it, but I hope not...
Have included dried part of plant which is mimicked by this remarkable Caterpillar.
Have been finding Caterpillars of these in my Red Raspberries.
A Beautiful Turtle! The very first I've seen.
Sorry for the blurry picture— This little guy is very fast and very small. 95% sure this is a Ruby-Tailed Cuckoo Wasp, but as far as I can tell they aren’t a species that resides in Atlantic Canada. Curious if anyone has a better idea of what it might be or what it may be doing here.
Watching from edge of stream, then flies over Camera
While taking a picture of this Eastern Hognose Snake, observation at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79960222, this butterfly landed. Friends?
Singing loudly!
Watched this Creature/s for about five minutes and cannot figure out WHAT it is. In a very old Millpond. Appears to have long FIN/S but very coarse ones. Was just under the surface most of the time, then emerging as in photos. Seems Reptilian....? Please Help!?
Dead, I fear...seemed somewhat desiccated tho' just in case, I left it in nearby ditch with water...
Male, note red eye.
Wood Turtles, apparently mating. Blackledge River
Seemed to be dead, but no visible injuries...I moved it to see underside, and tho' very stiff, did bend. ???
Photos do not show how RED the pink-looking areas were.
Male. Have not seen before.
Most bizarre thing I've found in a long time. Dead, hollow inside, part missing I think...??? Best guess...
I was startled to see her just eight feet from where I walked...I quietly moved to take photos, and saw that she tilted her head to listen...then I saw that she'd lost an eye...likely to shot from a hunter. Puzzling what to do, decided to take my forest walk for about an hour, and look at her again..Since Wildlife Rescue here is Closed b/c of C-19 and my Vet was going to be closed in half an hour, options were limited. Most FORTUNATELY, when I came to see if she had her left eye, approaching slowly from the front, when I got about ten feet away, UP she FLEW!!! Apparently not too much the worse for wear! Made me SO happy! Thought I might have to put her in my dogs Crate (Long unused by her and clean) and home to try nursing her....
You know you’ve found a large moth when…
To the best of my ability to measure this critter, the wingspan (with a bit of the tip of the right FW missing) is about 27.8 cm, so it would probably be about 28.5 cm (11.2 in) if it were intact. The species is said to have the largest wingspan of any Lepidopteran in the world.
The moth was initially discovered on the sheet by Mary Kay Sexton. I had overlooked it.
To read more of the story, see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/13211-mothing-in-panama
[See also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218581553]
These were perhaps two inches across each pad..
A young one, only about 10 inches long. Amazing to watch as it flattened and widened its head!!
Collector M. Auer, Determination A. Weck-Heimann
External characters:
The following are the external characters: length up to 108.0 mm, maximum body width 10.0, width of anterior sucker 4.0, width of posterior sucker 5.5 mm; gonopores, separated by five annuli; annulation, complete somite five-annulate; body surface, covered with numerous papillae; eyes, five pairs; sulcus, present as a narrow, distinct groove running from the crypt of the median dorsal jaw to the dorsal rim of the anterior sucker; pigmentation, background of dorsal surface grass green, two orange paramedian stripes thin and fragmented, two orange paramarginal stripes broad and encompassing black segmentally arranged quadrangular or rounded spots, lateral margins of body with yellow stripes encompassing black, segmentally arranged rounded spots; the black spots are located at the level of the ganglion on the central annulus (a2) of each segment; venter predominantly black, with metameric pairs of light greenish markings. Quotation from "Utevsky, S.Y., Trontelj, P., 2005. A new species of the medicinal leech (Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Hirudo) from Transcaucasia and an identification key for the genus Hirudo. Parasitol. Res. 98, 61–66."
Because of thick grass, could not see all of this one...at least, four feet long.
Seven steps in the Emergence of a Swamp Cicada...over an hour and a half.
Adult female w/full-term egg mass observed near gravel pit during a biological survey for NJ Undetermined/Special Concern Species. Vicinity of Weymouth, New Jersey.
using an old Cliff Swallow nest
First to fly off was Crow on left, calling as he went. One on the right appears to possibly be a Raven?
Don't believe I've seen one of these before.
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