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Nice fat worm with fake eyes to start the thread - I think it may be a butterfly larvae!?
Critters Big and Small Vol. 9
Another pic
Cool! Thanks for the new thread too!
Burn, Hayly is 13 and Tori is 11 but will be turning 12 in October.
Hayly and pure horse love......
Nanny - you can always through 1 or 2 on here of the previous. That horse looks like its really loved! Lucky kids!
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Nice fat worm with fake eyes to start the thread - I think it may be a butterfly larvae!?
It's a hawkmoth larva (family Sphingidae).
Resin
Little, thanks for the new thread, Nice fat caterpillar, Glad Resin could tell us what he is. Are you planning on raising him?
Nanny your girls are a bit older then my GDs, I thought maybe Tori would have been about the same age as Danika. She's 10. And Mylene is 8.
According to that pic of Hayly, looks like you may have to get her a horse!
I almost step on this frog. I had seen tadpoles in a small pool of water, and wanted to get close, to take pictures of them. Good thing he was in water,
Yeah thanks resin - nope not raising it - also did not want to kill it - so gently moved it to a bushy area.
The girls would love for us to move where we could have horses...but don't know who would take care of them. I am terrified of horses myself!! We sent Hayly to a Horse summer camp when she was like 2nd or 3rd grade. She learned all about taking care of horses and how to handle them. They have always totally captivated her. The girls are very short.....Hayly is only 4'8'' and Tori is around 4'5''
Elephant at the zoo.....
Toad visiting the pond last week.
oh it is so cute!!
Nice shots of your critter's all!! Ive been away for awhile but do have a few critter's to share with you all.
Northern Watersnake basking in the sun...
mmm a little closer...
a lumbering Snapping Turtle...
first Whitetail Deer sighting at Pipe Creek for me..
an Eastern Garter Snake...
more snakes...sorry ladies...lol
lots of snakes! eeck! nice pics!
last snake I promise...Ive been practicing handling snakes this spring...so far Ive been able to hold a Fox Snake....but holding one and getting a photo has not worked out yet...lol
how about something a little more easy on the eyes....
see you soon.....
a wall shot maybe?
I cross-posted - let me rephrase - some great pic's Burd.
Burd, welcome back and some nice photos. Love the frog on the lilies pads.
Very nice catch of the watersnake in the tree!! All of them are great!
Very interestinggggggggggg Burd. Glad your back. Love your snakes. Any of those poisonous? You wall shot frog, should definitely go on the wall, it's really nice.
Marna, your toad must of been hard to spot, it blend so well with the rocks. Nice catch.
Great experience for Hayly, at the Horse Summer camp. Who knows, she might end up working with them someday.
The Crows are all over, with Grackles chasing them. I want to get a video, of the flip they do, to avoid the Grackles attack.
Caught this juvenile Grackle, playing with a dead leaf.
A tiny bee, I think.
I for one, love the snakes Burd!
Great shots everyone!
I have a three-for-one on the water snake... a female surrounded by two smaller males.
A black rat snake...
Red-spotted Newt...
Garter Snake eating a Leopard Frog...
Painted Turtle close-up...
Very good shots...Cool!
Wow, great shots. WR
Terrific shots Wild Rose, is the Red Spotted Newt native?
Yes Lily, it is. They are common in the eastern US. I grew up catching these critters in streams and along lake edges. I had not seen one in years, and I was walking along a wooded path near a big pond just after it had rained, and there he was! I think they are cool! They are only the reddish orange color during their juvenile stage, then turn a more greenish brown... but keep the red spots.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_newt
Beautiful newt! I found a bug on my empress candle plant today with the same colors. flatpickit ID'd as Milkweed Assassin Bug. It has been hanging out looking for food for the last couple of days. I thought it looked good with the fresh rain drops from a rare rain shower we had this morning.
Very interesting, WR. I'll be looking for them. yakmon those Assassin bugs are interesting. I sure don't like to see them around when come to butterfly gardening. They maybe harmful to my caterpillars?