Did some yard work last weekend. Very pic heavy.
Transplanted some stuff and moved some old construction material. It’s surprising how much stuff you find on these projects.
Found this guy munching on the dill in my herb garden. A bit closer than you usually get but handsome nonetheless. Caterpillar stage of the Black Swallowtail butterfly.
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Here’s another butterfly to be, soon to be a Silver Spotted Frittary.
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He’ll look like this in a few weeks.
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Sometimes you have to look down in the dirt and leaves. This is a Little Brown Earthsnake my wife found.
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I found this Striped Skink hiding in the shade garden.
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Looks prettier posed on a leaf.
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Some things ya’ have to real close to. This little fella is the size of a toothpick and moves backward as fast as forward which is real fast!
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Don’t know what he is but he’s the size if a grain of rice.
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Here’s a leaf hopper also the size of a rice kernel.
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Not everything is tiny. This is a spring litter squirrel. Too young to know that everything bigger than you will probably eat you.
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All the above were found this last weekend. Here’s a few passersby from the recent past.
Juvenile Opossum. If you think he’s ugly now, wait till he gets older.
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Caterpillar Hunter. You’ve seen him recently but I love the iridescence.
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Mexican Gecko. Kinda’ far from home here in DFW but coming soon to your yard too. Global warming, ya’ know.
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And finally there’s Bilbo Understump.
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You gotta send the tree hopper to Salmonenchantedevening for the Sunday Dial Ups. Too cute.
These are wondrous shots...thanks for posting.
