Hi everyone. Happy Friday. And happy start of summer to you. I hope your week is going well. Mine has been busy, but it's been for good busy things. However I'm excited for the weekend because maybe I won't have to leave the house before 7 or 8 in the morning as I have done all 5 days this week. 😏
Today I have lots of faces to share for Nicole's Friday Face Off and also Gillena's Friday Lunch Break. I haven't had much time to write a post, so today I have some captioned photos with some summer critters. I'll start with some creepy crawlies, specifically first some amphibians.
This toad lives out by the water faucet where our house is hooked up.
This is the first time I've ever come across a red backed salamander.
Then we'll move onto Athropods.
And shortly after that I came across this American Giant millipede. They have so many legs. 😉
And at work at the lake one morning, I also saw these 2 Canadian Tiger Swallowtails.
I'm not sure what type of spider this is.
And this is some type of insect larva, but I'm also not sure about what type of larva.
The other day I saw this red spotted purple butterfly drinking at a puddle in my yard,
And at my mother-in-law's house I almost stepped on his big old insect. I think it's called a dragon hunter, but I'm not 100% positive about that either.
If you've had enough of amphibians and arthropods, I snapped this great photo of my 2 pups the other day.
And this selfie of myself at work the other morning came out pretty good too.
I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead.
22 comments:
A great wildlife post, Erika, with very pleasing diversity. The parotid glands on the toad are really visible. It must be so pleasant to have this fellow hanging around in your garden. A toad and a family of bluebirds is more than anyone might expect! All the best - David
Well some of the faces were not as pleasant as others, Erika, it was nice to see your friendly pups and yours😀.
Mr. Pete and Maddie are the stars here :-) I don't like any spider, or bugs and that American giant millipede looks so scary...
...except for some small whites that are everywhere, I haven't seen a butterfly this year.
We're in for a 90s-100 degree week and of course now I'm back from the lake for appointments till Thursday! Great photos but my faves are you and the dogs!
I occasionally see a red spotted purple butterfly. I think they are so pretty.
Good morning-awesome faces Erika happy first day of summer hugs Kathy
Toads, salamanders and butterflies, oh my!
To be honest I like the last 3 faces best ;-) And the millipede! Have niche day, hugs
I'll skip the bugs. Sweet picture of your puppers. They have great smiles. Enjoy the weather today
You've saved the best photo last my friend! I do enjoy nature and seeing all of the wildlife things...including those icky bugs! LOL Thanks for sharing and have a lovely weekend!
Lovely selection of faces today!
Wow so many creepy crawlers. That salamander is amazing. The dogs are just too cute and I love the photo of you. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a nice weekend.
Some nice ones
Happy you linked to AFFF
much♡love
Dear Erika,
what a wonderful collection of critters you've shared – do all of them really crawl, hop, and fly through your garden? 🐞🦋🦎 Fascinating – and some of them, like the butterflies and the salamander, are even quite pretty! But of course I know that even the less "beautiful" ones have their place in the big web of life.
Your two good boys, however, invite cuddles far more than bugs do – please give them a few loving pats from me! 🐶💛
Oh, and your selfie is truly lovely – but "at work"? You look more like you're relaxing in a cheerfully colorful director’s chair! 😉😇😎
All the best from Austria & happy weekend!
Traude
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2025/06/ausflug-zur-burg-liechtenstein.html
PS: Thank you for your lovely comment on my last blog post. I'm glad I can inspire you with my posts!
Erica these are wonderful creatures!!
I love them all so much!!
What a great photo of yourself! And the pups are wonderful, of course. I hope you get to stay at home at least until a reasonable hour of the morning ;-) Have an excellent weekend and happy solstice!
wonderful faces of nature photos ~ favorite is the doggies photo ~ thanks,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
What a lovely collection of creatures you have and yourself of course.
You, Maddie, and Pete are my favorites, along with the butterflies. I'll leave the creepy crawlers alone.
That's a nice selfie and I like the photograph of your two pups.
All the best Jan
Must say i do prefer the photo of the dogs to any of the others, except the butterflies of course. We have had hardly any butterflies in our garden this year so far.. Yesterday we went for a walk at a beauty spot and was surprised at the number of butterflies we saw. All the same, tiny white ones in a meadow full of flowers and they just floated around and around enjoying themselves. It was wonderful.
Hugs, Neet xx
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