Critter Corner
For people who like the more "maligned" creatures, such as insects, reptiles, amphibians, sea life etc.
For people who like the more "maligned" creatures, such as insects, reptiles, amphibians, sea life etc.
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A bunch of this year's Citheronia regalis (regal/royal walnut moth) brood.
Sep 29
Three beautiful snakes from this weekend's fishing trip. A big Nerodia watersnake that I moved off the road. A gartersnake that was startled along the creek. A neonate Nerodia that was hunting minnows underwater.
Sep 29
I found a number of gorgeous long-tailed salamanders along my favorite trout stream.
Sep 20
We've had such a dry summer that I haven't seen many timber rattlesnakes. This yearling is the only one I found in a boulder field where I normally find many.
Sep 20
Dung Beetle!
Sep 14
I've been seeing these little fellers all over the place. The first time I saw one, I thought it was a grasshopper hopping in the grass, but it's actually smaller than most of the grasshoppers around here! Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans ...
Sep 9
Today's main sighting.
Sep 8
I'll probably be posting quite a bit, as I discover new critters everyday! I found this Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth) in sad shape. I don't know much about their lifespan, but it seemed to be nearing the end of it. Still, it's beautiful!
Sep 7
My first sighting of Scolopendra heros, the giant desert centipede!
Sep 7
Daughter holding Vipera ammodytes, very tame, but even the snake can mistake a finger for a mouse if we are not careful. Niece with a corn snake
Sep 5
I just moved from Montana to Texas, so I have been seeing all sorts of critters that are new to me! One of my favorites is this monster fishing spider! It's about 2". They don't make spiders this big in Montana!
Sep 5
This amazing looking Tarantula walked past me when I was cleaning up part of a median that had washed out.
Aug 28
My latest, "Pink", after Pink Floyds "Hey You". Read his back ;-)>
Aug 28
Tobacco Hornworm. The bane of my peppers. They become a Carolina Sphinx moth.
Aug 22
We just got a litter robot and so far it is great. It came put together and all we had to do was check to make sure everything was as the booklet that came with it said to do. It takes up some area but not more than what we were using before. Will ...
Aug 2
The 'ghost dog' -
Jul 30
Wonders of the deep and what-not -
Jul 29
Extinct for 30 years... until it wasn't -
Jul 20
Just don't go to Australia!
Jul 4
How do flying snakes fly?
Jun 30
The first of my two new snakes has arrived, this is an albino T. Radix, her soon to arrive friend will be a T. Sertalis Infernalis. These used to be really common in the UK pet trade, but sadly they have fallen out of favour and people prefer rat ...
Jun 24
helping the Monarchs -
Jun 16
'Extinct' for a hundred years again!
Jun 12
from Mike Strick, in UK.
Every year in early summer, the stag beetles emerge to find mates. They have spent the first five to seven years of their life underground as larvae and now have just a few short weeks to live as adults.
Every year I'm ...
Jun 3
Now we have dragons! Kinda.
Jun 3
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