large Snapping turtle -- Chelydra serpentina |
close-up of head of Snapping turtle -- Chelydra serpentina |
River Jewelwing damselfly -- male -- Calopteryx aequabilis |
Willow leaf galls of Pontania sp. - Tenthredinidae sawflly |
Hairy Willow-herb -- Epilobium hirsutum |
Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar-- Spilosoma virginica |
Monkey flower -- Mimulus ringens |
Jewelweed -- Impatiens capensis |
footprints of Great Blue Heron with clams in sand |
Hedge bindweed -- Calystegia sepium |
Bill and Katrina approaching weir below mouth of King's Creek |
leaf beetles of the genus Donacia -- a subfamily of Chrysomelidae |
leaf beetles of the genus Donacia -- a subfamilyy of Chrysomelidae |
Reed Canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) and Joe-Pye Weed in King's Creek |
Purple Loosestrife -- roots and swollen stalk |
Rhamnus frangula -- Smooth Buckthorn |
Predatory stink bug -- male -- possibly Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus)? |
dead Sharpshooter leafhopper -- Cicadellidae family - with fungus spores |
dead Sharpshooter leafhopper -- Cercopidae |
Golden loosestrife beetle (Galerucella) on damaged leaf |
Orconectes rusticus crayfish -- 1 |
Orconectes rusticus crayfish - 2 |
Orconectes rusticus crayfish - 3 |
Purple loosestrife with submerged root system visible |
Bull frog -- Rana catesbeiana -- male -- view 1 |
Bull frog -- Rana catesbeiana -- male -- view 2 |
Bull frog -- Rana catesbeiana -- female -- view 1 |
Bull frog -- Rana catesbeiana -- female -- view 2 |
Tadpole with small legs |
Downstream view of survey section in Jock River |
Shoreline of Jock River looking upstream in section |
upstream view above survey section of Jock River |
Jock River - main channel of river at small weir just downstream of confluence with King's Creek |
mouth of King's Creek entering Jock River |
upstream view of King's Creek at first bend above mouth |
upstream view of Jock River just above mouth of King's Creek |
Wild cucumber -- Echinocystis lobata |
Blue vervain -- Verbena hastata |
Wood nettle -- Laportea canadensis |
Meadow rue -- Thalictrum pubescens |
Stream Bluet damselfies -- Enallagma exsulans -- mating |
Canada rush -- Juncus canadensis |
Joe-pye-weed -- Eupatorium maculata |
Lady's Thumb -- Polygonum persicaria |
Water parsnip -- Sium suave |