john b.1: Male Karner Blue on Dotted Horsemint
john b.1: Female Karner Blue on Flowering Spurge
john b.1: Dendroica pensylvanica - Chestnut-sided warbler
john b.1: Sysrinchium sp. - Blue-eyed grass - This genus is in the Iridaceae faimily. The flowers of most of the genus are 1/4" - 1/2" in diameter.
john b.1: Platanthera psychodes - Small Purple Fringed Orchid
john b.1: Bryophyte sp. - Liverwort sp.
john b.1: Elaphe obsoleta - Gray Ratsnake
john b.1: Elaphe obsoleta - Gray ratsnake - This guy was undoubtedly foraging. I walked up and touched him and he started rattling his tail againsted the bark.
john b.1: Bufo fowleri - Fowler's toad. In Allegan SGA I came across a couple hundred Fowler's Toads in a mating free for all. A swinger's party, you might say.
john b.1: Opuntia humifosa - Prickly Pear with nectaring? Katydid
john b.1: dragonfly sp.
john b.1: Lycaeides melissa samuelis -Male Karner Blue LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Lycaeides melissa samuelis -Male Karner Blue LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Lycaeides melissa samuelis -Male Karner Blue LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Lycaeides melissa samuelis -Male Karner Blue LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Lycaeides melissa samuelis -Male Karner Blue LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Female Karner Blue on Flowering Spurge LE T G5T2 S2
john b.1: Mint moth - Pyrausta sp.
john b.1: Robber fly sp.
john b.1: Tephrosia virginiana - Goat's Rue
john b.1: Tephrosia virginiana - Goat's Rue
john b.1: Dolomedes triton (Six-spotted Fishing Spider) 1.5" diameter
john b.1: Drosera intermedia - Spatulate-leaved sundew
john b.1: Drosera intermedia - Spatulate-leaved sundew
john b.1: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus - Eastern Massassauga rattlesnake
john b.1: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus - Eastern Massassauga rattlesnake
john b.1: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus - Eastern Massassauga rattlesnake
john b.1: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus - Eastern Massassauga rattlesnake
john b.1: When I encountered this 14", second year snake, within seconds it responded by writhing and hiding it's head.
john b.1: Male EBT at the mercy of mosquitoes (see the one on his back!). This was Allegan SGA ALL SUMMER LONG!