Tom Hentoff

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Female.

Male.

Washington DC wildlife:

Female and male hentz jumping spiders this week on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🕷️

Speaking of Nature’s Wonders – It’s Go Time for the now BLOOMING Corpse Flower!! - PoPville photo by Jay Vizcarra Jay writes: "🚨 It bloomed... and it reeks! 💀🌸" The U.S. Botanic Garden with the huge Corpse Flower update last night: "Bloom update 8:20 pm - corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanu...

Speaking of Nature’s Wonders – It’s Go Time for the now BLOOMING Corpse Flower!! - Boom: www.popville.com/2025/08/wash...

Theme park, scam and religion news: 👇

Katydid on black-eyed Susan.

Washington DC wildlife:

Face to face with a fork-tailed bush katydid this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🐞

Frog attached to stem by leaf.

Green tree frog blending in with its surroundings yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🐸

Luna moth among leaves.

Luna moth this morning in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. They only live one week as winged adults. 🐞

Flying Osprey with orange carp in talons, trees in background.

Osprey flying away with a fresh-caught carp this morning in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🪶

Thank you!

Kingfisher with wings spread and water droplets flying.

Belted kingfisher drying himself off after a dip in the marsh this morning in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🪶

Female sylvana jumping spider on leaf, facing camera.

Sylvana jumping spider, yesterday on Rodman Street. 🐞 🕷️

Katydid on a black-eyed Susan.

Washington DC wildlife:

Fork-tailed bush katydid this evening on Rowland Place. 🐞 🦗

Sounds like they reminded you to duck.

It's Frank Zappa.

Barn swallow calling, perched atop a chain link fence.

Washington DC wildlife:

Barn swallow belting out the hits this morning at the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. 🪶

Yellow and black beetle with big black eyes, on railing.

Elm leaf beetle, this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🪲

Snail on leaf, view from above.

Washington DC wildlife:

Amber snail this morning on Theodore Roosevelt Island. 🐌

Brown beetle on stem.

Asiatic garden beetle, yesterday on Rodman Street. 🐞 🪲

Close-up of slider.

Washington DC wildlife:

Red-eared slider yesterday in Washington Channel by the Municipal Fish Market. 🐢

Turtle facing camera. Ridged back, white eyes, yellow markings on head.

Juvenile false map turtle (my best estimate from research), yesterday in Washington Channel by the Municipal Fish Market. First time I’ve seen a turtle like this in the area. Very small and cute. 10/10 would pet. 🐢

Thank you very much. Based on my looking at photos, including in the DC/Virginia/Maryland area, I'm arriving at a best guess of juvenile false map turtle.

Thank you! Do you think it could be a false map turtle?

Jumping spider with prominent eyes and red face.

Red-faced jumping spider, this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🕷️

That’s what it looks like but iNaturalist has no sightings in DC.

Small turtle with ridge in middle of back, white eyes, yellow markings on face.

Can anyone identify this turtle? I saw it this morning in Washington Channel by the fish market in SW DC. Very small, a juvenile? 🐢

Cricket on leaf.

Washington DC wildlife:

Handsome bush cricket yesterday on Rodman Street. 🐞

Washington DC wildlife:

Green lacewing larva scooting along on a stem yesterday on Rodman Street. 🐞

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

forward.com/opinion/7575...

(My thoughts in the Forward about why anyone who cares about Israel or the Jewish people should be speaking out on Gaza)

Rabbit on grass eating a leaf.

Washington DC wildlife:

Near the Thompson Boat Center this morning, capturing the exact moment before an Eastern cottontail rabbit begins its deadly charge. 🦊 🐇

Mantidfly and its reflection on glass.

Say’s mantidfly, this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞