A Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver hangs in the middle of her web. The pattern and setae on the dorsal surface of her abdomen look like a tiny cat face.
A convincing cat face is not complete without whiskers😄
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09.10.2025 00:31 — 👍 156 🔁 16 💬 8 📌 1
I think a White-marked Tussock Moth
07.10.2025 14:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Caterpillars did it first 😄
07.10.2025 02:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I think a White-marked Tussock Moth
07.10.2025 01:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Caterpillar’s got the look
06.10.2025 23:45 — 👍 109 🔁 8 💬 9 📌 1
A disgruntled Green Frog sits on the edge of a container pond
Frog’s take on the current state of things
06.10.2025 01:26 — 👍 132 🔁 19 💬 7 📌 1
In all my nest watching- I’ve never seen opossums disturb an active nest
29.09.2025 21:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’m having trouble keeping track- not this year’s original Small Opossum… maybe his sister😄
29.09.2025 20:37 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Always more Opossum than you would think😄
29.09.2025 20:36 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2/2
29.09.2025 20:33 — 👍 212 🔁 30 💬 9 📌 3
Today’s all new episode in the series:
How Much Opossum Can Fit in this House?
1/2
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Owl stopped by
but there was nobody home
29.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 89 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1
COULD BE BUGS
26.09.2025 18:34 — 👍 72 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
Green Tree Frog rests between the thorns of a rose bush and Anole climbs the wall in the background
Sometimes Tree Frog likes a resting spot with extra fortifications
25.09.2025 21:46 — 👍 105 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 1
Give the wildlife in your garden a break
25.09.2025 02:57 — 👍 150 🔁 51 💬 7 📌 1
Yes- it’s those sticky toes😄
25.09.2025 10:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Leafhopper sits in a flower… just a couple of petals away from Crab Spider
Leafhopper likes living on the edge
24.09.2025 23:10 — 👍 89 🔁 6 💬 6 📌 0
Important update
24.09.2025 22:28 — 👍 274 🔁 47 💬 10 📌 3
Crickets are so tricky😄
24.09.2025 12:02 — 👍 151 🔁 32 💬 3 📌 0
A Splendid Earth Boring Beetle😄
23.09.2025 19:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Gorgeous species, as the name suggests: Geotrupes splendidus
23.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Observations
Geotrupes from Poland
There are probably more than you think. Here’s an iNaturalist link to similar beetles in Poland www.inaturalist.org/observations...
23.09.2025 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Definitely a largish one (maybe just under an inch)😄
We’re in North Carolina, USA
23.09.2025 12:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Look who I met today😍
22.09.2025 23:58 — 👍 177 🔁 15 💬 10 📌 3
Aww, they are gorgeous! His eyes are red (my phone just does a poor job) and he has a concave plastron
22.09.2025 19:38 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here he comes
my favorite boot inspector😄
22.09.2025 18:58 — 👍 183 🔁 34 💬 15 📌 4
Pickerel Frog has been eating exceptionally well in this tiny container pond
Pickerel Frog tonight😄
21.09.2025 23:16 — 👍 122 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
New generation of Squirrels just dropped😄
21.09.2025 20:22 — 👍 167 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 2
Sciurus rattleius 😄
So ferocious… do not approach
20.09.2025 00:46 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
There’s no shelf- the wood is wider than him and he has very sticky toes😄
20.09.2025 00:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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