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[neidholdt]

Caught him sheltered in a bush getting out of the rain.

 

[neidholdt]

Mushrooms come in endless shapes, sizes and color

 

[neidholdt]

Most unusual where it grew, on a handrail!

 

[Shawn]

Assassin Bug (Don't get bit by one!)

 

[neidholdt]

Puffball mushroom, the size of a soccer ball. Supposed to be eatable. Out walking the local trail this evening and came across it.

 

[krJoest]

Tri-colored bat

 

[krJoest]

Sally the Cave Salamander

 

[krJoest]

Idk what kind of spider this is, but that's a 2×4 behind him

 

[neidholdt]

Spiders, that’s one reason I use a hammock

 

[krJoest]

Spiders, that’s one reason I use a hammock

This was in an entrance to Roppel Cave in Kentucky, there's a trapdoor on the floor that leads to the 150' of ladders down into the cave. I was standing under the door when it got opened and it rained crickets and spiders on me from 15' up.

 

[neidholdt]

The Toad

 

[Shawn]

Mud Snake at Snake Road. This is a very rare to see snake. Really Pretty!

 

[krJoest]

Blind cave fish living in an aquarium. I want an aquarium with cave fish!

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

The Toad
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Looks grumpy.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) feeding on thistle blossoms along Mississippi River levee at Grand Tower, Illinois, taken on 21 August 2017, the day of the total solar eclipse.



Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor), top, and Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), below, taken at the same location and time.

 

[Shawn]

Sunflowers at Rendleman Orchards here in Southern Illinois

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) on the Powerline Trail at Fountain Bluff, Shawnee National Forest, near Grand Tower, Illinois, taken 24 June 2021.