Monday, June 18, 2012
Dabney S. Lancaster Community
College
Clifton Forge, Virginia
The vernal pool at Douthat State Park is a haven for amphibians
How many of these did you see?
Eastern Box Turtle
A Green Frog among the duckweed.
Eastern Red-Spotted Newt
The metamorphosis of this tadpole into a frog is nearly complete.
A dragonfly emerged from this discarded nymph exoskeleton.
A spiny Buck Moth caterpillar.
Three Phoebe chicks in a nest in the information board at the picnic shelter.
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