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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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Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Insectra
My buck moth (Hemileuca maia) caterpillars are halfway grown. Typically scrub oak feeders, they are doing great on scarlet oak. In fact, they're at the point now that they can cause painful stings and welts if handled carelessly.
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Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by graceylou
It's cuttle time!!! Who wants to cuttle with me? Sorry but I could only find this on Facebook. The amazing cuttlefish.
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Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Insectra
I just received a phone call from another rehabber that I frequently work with. She referred a fellow to me and he should be showing up this evening with a box turtle. He found it in his yard, in downtown Danville, and he says its shell has been ...
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Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AmiSue
Stella woke up a bit bitey today.
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Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Insectra
@Leafhead here's a fatty silver spotted skipper caterpillar that I just discovered on the wisteria at my folks' place.
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Jun 24, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AmiSue
Ahahaha!! Rita!
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Jun 28, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Insectra
A monster female io moth that came to my lights tonight. The males come in almost nightly but I only see a couple of females a year.
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Jul 10, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by graceylou
It's almost that time of the year again. Kids' Camp at the local Vet Hospital. I will be bringing Dash the ghost cornsnake once again for Reptile Day. These kids have interest in animal husbandry and in becoming a veterinarian one day. They learn ...
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Jul 14, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Insectra
My devils are getting big and colorful. What a difference 11 days makes!
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Jul 15, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Insectra
A couple of neat sphingid caterpillars I found last night. I took my black light flashlight to the Virginia creeper at my parents' house and these are what I've found so far. They have a lot of Virgina creeper around so hopefully these are just the...
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Jul 19, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Insectra
Some of the neat moths that came to my lights last night. Pine sphinx, funerary dagger, Ailanthus webworm, straight-line plagodis, painted lichen moths.
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Jul 20, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AmiSue
Handy tip!
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Jul 21, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Insectra
While helping my mom unload plants and potting soil I took a look for the Abbott's sphinx caterpillar that I'd found at my parents' place a week or so ago. I found it, and it had moulted into its 4th instar (and my favorite color form) but it has ...
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Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Insectra
Last night I posted pics of a large bullfrog. Today I found a tiny woodfrog in one of my goose pools.
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Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AmiSue
After a good bit of wrestling Rita has been leashed! She's going out on the town. Measured today at 34" in length :)
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Aug 1, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Zster
QUESTION: would there be much point to putting up bat houses on my property since I live on a havily eooddd lot with minimal open space? Are they ways to draw other misqito eaters (purple martins, mantises)? We are having a very rainy 2018 in the SE ...
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Aug 4, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Insectra
Nighttime gold The only ID I know for sure is the last moth, the basswood leafroller. I'm working on IDs for these other tiny beauties.
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Aug 6, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Insectra
A pic from 2017: A freshly emerged pipevine swallowtail that I reared from a caterpillar I collected in West Virginia.
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Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by graceylou
What on earth are you doing, Shadow? No he’s not feeding. He has just molted not long ago and it took several days to “fill up” (when they come out of the old skin the legs are like noodles and it takes time to fill up and regain strength; I ...
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Jun 5, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by btroje
Ok, I keep talking about seeing the beaver up by the hot springs. THese pics really suck because it is dark but I k you can get an idea of him. He is about3 feet by everyones best estimate' 1 Swimming up to the log from the right 2 slapping his ...
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Jun 5, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum
Kids caught a very militant anole today. Not pictured: the anole savaging my smaller son. Couldn't get picks because I had to separate the combatants.
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Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum
I apologize for the quality of these. This moth was so large (4 in. long or so)I mistook it for a sparrow at first. Despite its size it blended remarkably well with the pavement. I had to toggle the colour balance to get it visible in the pics.
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Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by btroje
I like this guy
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Jun 15, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AmiSue
Shelly had a romp out in the yard today. I always tie a balloon on the turts - they are quicker than you think!
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Jun 16, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AmiSue
You've met my beardie? Ziggy Stardust. Got to grab her leash and take her out later. :)
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Posted by dalefvictorThis is a picture of Tigger, he has been sick for a while.

Posted by BudgieSo one night my brother finds a carpet python inside, the other night I nearly trod on one coming in the door, tonight there was one in the chicken coop.

Posted by BudgieSo one night my brother finds a carpet python inside, the other night I nearly trod on one coming in the door, tonight there was one in the chicken coop.

Posted by ZsterMy first Monarch since moving here! I started a butterfly garden two years ago, specifically targeting monarchs and swallowtails.

Posted by InsectraThis is my girl Space Ghost (I thought she was a male when I named her).

Posted by InsectraThis is my girl Space Ghost (I thought she was a male when I named her).

Posted by InsectraThis is my girl Space Ghost (I thought she was a male when I named her).

Posted by InsectraA cute grey treefrog (Hyla versicolor) that I found in my birch tree, this afternoon. His camouflage was great and I only discovered him when I heard him calling.

Posted by InsectraA cute grey treefrog (Hyla versicolor) that I found in my birch tree, this afternoon. His camouflage was great and I only discovered him when I heard him calling.

Posted by InsectraA cute grey treefrog (Hyla versicolor) that I found in my birch tree, this afternoon. His camouflage was great and I only discovered him when I heard him calling.

Posted by InsectraA cute grey treefrog (Hyla versicolor) that I found in my birch tree, this afternoon. His camouflage was great and I only discovered him when I heard him calling.

Posted by InsectraA cute grey treefrog (Hyla versicolor) that I found in my birch tree, this afternoon. His camouflage was great and I only discovered him when I heard him calling.

Posted by InsectraSpring amphibian migration in Pennsylvania is well under way! Most of these are Jefferson's salamanders, one of our earliest moving amphibians and a species of special concern in Pennsylvania.

Posted by InsectraSpring amphibian migration in Pennsylvania is well under way! Most of these are Jefferson's salamanders, one of our earliest moving amphibians and a species of special concern in Pennsylvania.

Posted by InsectraSpring amphibian migration in Pennsylvania is well under way! Most of these are Jefferson's salamanders, one of our earliest moving amphibians and a species of special concern in Pennsylvania.

Posted by InsectraSpring amphibian migration in Pennsylvania is well under way! Most of these are Jefferson's salamanders, one of our earliest moving amphibians and a species of special concern in Pennsylvania.

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