Sunday, September 28, 2008

Unidentified critters

More from Fernwood Garden, our friend wood turtle emerged from nowhere to feast on a scrap of cantaloupe left by the tool shed for our wild ground hog neighbors.


Here's a stunning character from Fernwood Garden. It made its way to the garage door of our house, and was almost wiped out because I initially thought it was a twig. Its beautiful body symmetry caught my attention just in time. What a pleasure to observe the diversity of life and the work of evolution. Can't even begin to name the slender little fellow, 5-6 cm in length and body no wider than a millimeter. What does it eat to survive? The sap of plants? The nectar of flowers?


Photographed somewhere on a side road or park in Rochester, NY, by Sam. It certainly looks like a member of the Russula family, but I am not too sure yet. Need the eyes of an expert.

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