Critters Again

posted by nblevins on Wednesday, July 22, 2009


Crystal and I were enjoying an evening on our front porch, reading and watching the puppies tear up our sparse grass.  As we were sitting there, I began to notice the sheer number of moths that were perched around my door and decided to take a few pictures.  They are pretty cool!

Moth1 Moth4
Moth4 Moth5
Moth6 Bug1

Although the above moths were pretty cool, the ones below were my favorite.  One is a Luna Moth, which is a giant in the moth world.  Unfortunately, they are pretty rare finds as their hatching season is in June to July and they only live for up to 7 days.  Its incredible that something so amazing will live so short a time. The second picture is a moth that I always called a ‘scorpion moth.’  I am really not sure what its real name is, but you can see why I named it so.

Moth3 Moth2

Finally, two more critters to round up the list.  It seems like I am in the middle of snake heaven.  As it turns out, this one is, without a doubt, a dead baby copperhead.  I found it smashed under some of the cross ties in my yard.  Since copperheads give live birth, it is more than a little disconcerting that I keep finding baby snakes all over the place.  I hope that I don’t manage to stroll across mama. 

Of course, I had to add the obligatory puppy picture to finish the list.

Copperhead ReoxNSaber


Comments

critters
Thursday, July 23, 2009
When I was a kid I found a salamander that had been electrified when he climbed onto a transformer. It was really cool because he froze still as soon as he touched it, so for years I had this little statuesque salamander standing on his hind legs, arms up, like he was dancing or something.
Comment By: Gabriel.

Well....
Thursday, July 23, 2009
You gotta love the snakes. My question is how did the cross tie manage to kill this little fella? hmm...
Comment By: Dave

snake
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Hey, great photos...you've no need to worry however; the snake is a harmless brown snake. They are small snakes common in suburban areas that eat slugs, worms, and other softbodied invertebrates. Because they're small and brown, they are often confused with baby copperheads. The easiest way to tell a brown snake from a baby copperhead is probably the tail - brown snakes have brown tails (like the rest of the body), and copperhead babies have bright yellow-green tail tips, which they wiggle as a lure to catch small reptiles and amphibians.
Comment By: rob

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