Swamp chestnut or chinkapin?
ratio of epiproct length to basal width is approximately 2.5, suggesting amazili rather than concolor
One cell under pterostigma
In the middle in the first and second photos. The left cicada is M. septendecim and the right one is M. cassinii.
He saw me, went to sleep, then woke up an hour later to take a dump.
Finally, something that gets me excited about Bullfrogs again...
I stopped for a Spring Peeper, and then noticed a yellow object with a red reflection, a ways down the road. I assumed it was some trash, and then realized as I got closer that reflection was an eye shine.
Premental Length:Distal Width: 1.47; S9L:BW: .83; S8PLS:S9PLS: .8; S10L:W (ventrally): 1.04; ratio of antm3 L:max W 3.3;
Abdominal Length (mm):19
Abdominal Width (mm):7
Epiproct Length (mm):1.2
Head Width (mm):5.7
PD Barcode: PDSspecies02/07/24-1
Premental Distal Width (mm):3.2
Total length (mm):27
Weight (g):.37
Free mushrooms included in Foxridge’s rent. No need for water/care, mushrooms are fast growing and reproduce on their own.
friend’s house
Spotted on the way to work one morning!
This was in an Industrial area and had no Collar. So I'm not sure if it was feral or someones pet.
I fear that many of the wasps on my property may have Paraxenos.
On Clustered mountain mint in my pollinator garden which is surrounded by woods with a stream.
Sphex nudus on a Clustered mountain mint in my pollinator garden. Surrounded by woods with streams. Clay soil. I received this ID from Alon Coppens in a post to Solitary Wasp Forum in FB.
Confirmed in BugGuide, thank you @jonathan142 ! https://bugguide.net/node/view/2038697#3339328
Dicephalic neonate found in a residential yard. GTS 861. VW ABC 015. Note several spinal kinks. Specimen survived several months, fed sporadically, died and was preserved.
See: Wallach, Van, and Gerard T. Salmon (2013) Axial Bifurcation and Duplication in Snakes. Part V. A Review of Nerodia sipedon Cases with a New Record from New York State, 102-106. In Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(8).
Male on top of Spotted Salamander
My first for iNat! Also my 100th Herp species for VA this year! Beautiful black morph male was found ~10 feet from where we parked the car. After a couple photos of him he noticed we were on to him, and he maneuvered into the typical threat posture. Definitely my favorite VA snake!
Beiser Field Station