Wildlife Summer 2013

Here are a few of the cool creatures we ran across

in our travels this summer~~

 

 

I saw a video one time where the length of the beetle's antennae

was like a male bird's fancy feathers - the longer the

antennae the more attracted the lady beetles. 

This guy should be pretty lucky in love!

 

 

 

Cool millipede in the leaf litter in West Virginia.

Wild Beach Dog ~ Okracoke, NC

 



 

Green Anole on the trash can ~ Okracoke, NC

 

 

Duck in a Puddle ~ Okracoke, NC

(I know, repeat)

 

Yes, here are the triplets again ~ they were so cute

they got to come back again.

Guildford Road Park

 

 

 

Green Darner Dragonfly, Anax junius

Back Yard, Medina 

This one happens to be a female,

 males have a blue abdomen.

 

One of the largest, fastest dragonflies, it migrates

south in the late summer.

 

 

Not pictured:

~the blue crab that NONE of the dogs saw, NC

~the crazy cardinal that was in love with her reflection in our car mirror ~she spent

hours (not an exaggeration) courting herself~NC

~the awesome, gigantic, blue parrots, with yellow skin at the Akron Zoo

~ the really big tadpoles in the stone puddles in WV

~ Mackenzie's blue and red betta