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I normally get excited to see fancy #insects all over my backyard but not when they’re invasive species like these spotted lantern flies! They’re still beautiful, but I just wish I was seeing them in their natural habitat and not here in New Jersey! The state agricultural website recommends reporting all sightings and killing them and their eggs.

#nature #animals #wildlife #insect #alien

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Went for a hike in Shenandoah National Park today and I was amazed by the diversity of spring wildflowers in bloom! These were one of my favorites, called Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria).

#flora #flowers #nature #outdoors #plants

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Brush jewel beetle, Julodis viridipes, Buprestidae

Found in South Africa

Photos 1-2 by rjbasson, 3-4 by botaneek, 5-6 by padraicflood, 7 by ryanmtippett, 8 by yakovlev.alexey, and 9-10 by tonyrebelo

#animals #insects #curators on tumblr #beetle #metallic wood boring beetle #buprestid beetle #buprestidae #brush jewel beetle #one nice bug #FASHION

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As a frog scientist, this was the last thing I expected to find at a country market! 🐸🍽🍞

#frogs #animals #nature #funny #herpetology

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may i present to you: echidna puggles

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YEAR OF THE TIGER (isopod)

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I wanted to paint different frog life stages, so here’s the life cycle of a red eyed tree frog, I guess?

It’s up here and here if you also love frogs.

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Thanks to everyone for your support & kindness during a challenging year! I'm so grateful for all of you who continue to support my public outreach & conservation work with small donations at patreon.com/MyFrogCroaked I'm hopeful & optimistic and wish you all a very Happy 2022!😊🐸

#nature #animals #wildlife #science #herpetology #mine #amphiblr

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“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#nature #wildlife #mine #outdoors #wanderlust

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Here we see a very nice blunt-headed burrowing frog [Glyphoglossus molossus] photographed in Kaeng Krachan, Thailand. These frogs are known locally as balloon frogs due to their large, spherical bodies. Although common in some areas, these frogs are threatened by over-catching [as a food item] and habitat loss. Images by Tom Charlton.

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Pumpkin Toadlet (Brachycephalus ephippium)

Family: Brachycephalidae (Flea Toad Family)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

This tiny, brightly-coloured frog is found only in Southeastern Brazil where it inhabits humid montane forests and lives among the leaf litter on the forest floor. Reaching an average length of 18mm it is one of the smallest frogs in the world, and as such it feeds on only the smallest arthropods, particularly springtails (small, superficially insect-like arthropods that primarily live in soil.) During the breeding season, which lasts from October to March, male Pumpkin Toadlets carry out elaborate courtship displays by lifting their heads, inflating a pouch under their chins and producing a high-pitched call comparable to the buzzing of cicadas, although bizarrely females lack the range of hearing to actually detect the males’ calls and seem to select a partner based solely on the visual elements of the display. Female Pumpkin Toadlets lay their eggs on the forest floor and roll them in soil to help them blend in with their surroundings, and around 64 days later the eggs hatch as small yet fully-developed frogs (making the Pumpkin Toadlet one of the only species of frog that does not begin life as a tadpole, and one of the only amphibians that does not require a source of water to breed.) Although they are born with brown skin to help them camouflage with leaf litter, the young toadlets eventually develop the ability to secrete a potent toxin from their skin when threatened, and once they are able to produce these poisons they take on the bright orange colouration seen in adults to warn potential predators of their toxicity.

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24492-Brachycephalus-ephippium

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Is this Pikachu dressed up as a spider or a spider dressed up as Pikachu?

New print added to our science shop for Halloween! https://www.redbubble.com/people/ReptileAmphibia/explore...

#Halloween #animal #nature #pokemon #pikachu #spider

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Conservation Plan for the Ozark Hellbender

The final recovery plan for the Ozark hellbender salamander was released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help stop their decline and begin to rebuild their population so they no longer require listing under the Endangered Species Act. 

Hellbender salamanders are fully aquatic salamanders that can reach lengths of more than 2 feet and are the largest salamanders on the continent. The Ozark subspecies is found only in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.

Read more here: http://ow.ly/rMti50Gsatg

Photograph: USFWS | Jill Utrup 

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If anyone is interested in reptiles & amphibians, here’s our new art shop!

Click here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ReptileAmphibia/explore?page=1&sortOrder=top%20selling

All photos & illustrations are available as wall art, greeting cards, water bottles, t-shirts, coffee mugs, stickers & more!

#nature #animals #wildlife #science #mine

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Started harvesting my sunflowers today! First one was nearly as big as my head!

#flowers #me #nature #plants #mine

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I thought this was an animatronic at first but apparently it’s real lol