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vandaliatraveler · 4 months ago
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Walk with me: Mid-summer hike through a Central Appalachian forest. As summer hurtles toward its final explosive act, the forest's living things embrace urgent, primordial impulses triggered by shrinking daylight: to bloom, to seed, to feed, and to reproduce before the killing frost of Autumn shocks the earth into hibernation. In the deep forest, the fetid perfume of decaying fungi signals the countdown has begun. From top: a bumblebee traversing the fanning pink flowers of hollow-stemmed Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum); the maturing red stem and flowers of seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia), also known as rattlebox and square-pod water-primrose, a very attractive wetlands annual with four-sided seed capsules; cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior), also known as common water dropwort, a delicate, marsh-loving member of the carrot family that also happens to be toxic; Allegheny hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum), also known as panicled hawkweed, a spindly-stemmed member of the dandelion tribe; the lovely and hallucinogenic fly agaric (Amanita muscaria); a sprawling colony of sulphur shelf fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus), an edible delicacy otherwise known as chicken of the woods; a red eft (Notophthalmus viridescens); white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata); a twin set of common puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum); the fungal version of suburban sprawl courtesy of orange moss agaric (Rickenella fibula); a gelatinous serving of orange witches' butter (Dacrymyces chrysospermus); a fiery clump of eastern Jack-o-lanterns (Omphalotus illudens); a potter wasp (Ancistrocerus campestris) drinking from the clumped white flowers of virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana); one of my all-time favorite critters, a locust borer (Megacyllene robiniae), taking its nectar fill from flat-top goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia), also known as grass-leaved goldenrod; a green metallic sweat bee (Augochloropsis ?) finding sustenance from parasol white-top (Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata), also known as flat-top aster; and the intricate purple flowers of tall ironweed (Vernonia gigantea).
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vintagewildlife · 3 days ago
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Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) By: Jack Dermid From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966
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lake-lady · 4 months ago
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Today I found the chanterelle motherload 🍄‍🟫😈 and generally just had a lovely long walk in the forest 💛💚
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sorrcha · 1 year ago
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red eft dragon
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petra-constella · 7 months ago
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Eastern Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens While hiking on a trail somewhat near St. Louis, we found a tiny pond under some pylons that had a variety of species living within it! One of which we saw multiple of were these tiny, very young Eastern Newts! When handling any amphibians, be sure your skin has no open wounds, and I think it's good practice to wet your hand with the water they've been in before handling. That is to say, it's usually best to leave them alone and observe at a distance. We're uncertain why at this point, but this newt and at least one other species nearby (spotted salamander) had these strange lumps/bubbles on some parts of their body. I don't believe it to be natural, so I'm hoping it's not some localized infection in the area. All that aside, seeing newts swim up to us was a highlight of the trip! They're the cutest little things, and they're so curious!
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amphibianaday · 2 years ago
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day 1204
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celestialhounds · 6 months ago
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A salamander sketch page that I may or may not finish
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stranger-nature · 2 years ago
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Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) - Southwest Ohio, 3/24/2023
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laomelettedufromage · 2 years ago
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It’s a shame that there isn’t a popular gummy snack out there that’s shaped and colored like an eastern newt with how… gummy-like they are
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verdanturfwind · 1 year ago
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Saw this adorable little newt today :]
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mintmerino · 1 year ago
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my boy groot
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vandaliatraveler · 2 years ago
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More rain in NC-WV today.  As compensation, I was mesmerized by the intense green inferno of an Appalachian forest after a steady downpour. Photos from Scott Run Trail in Coopers Rock State Forest.
From top: Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), whose roots were once used as a substitute for true sarsaparilla in root beer; deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum); sulphur shelf fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus); Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) twins; a red eft, the juvenile stage of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens); and Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana).
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shrimp-and-company · 2 years ago
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some more old workplace critters
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lake-lady · 8 months ago
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I was filming this newt and he just fell of the rock #newtfail 🥺
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cricketchirp · 8 months ago
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One Night, Two Nights, Three Nights...
It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. While most folks would choose to stay inside curled up by the fire while drinking a hot toddy, a number of intrepid community scientists ranging in age from 3 to 70+, donned rain gear (even waders) and reflective vests, cleansed hands of soap and moisturizer, grabbed flashlights and…
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chunkula3 · 9 months ago
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Woe.
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Newt be upon you.
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