#Fieldwork yesterday & today yielded several highlights:
A dozen blue spotted #salamander #larvae , plus one dead in a trap (with a massive belastomatid insect [aka "toe biter"]).
These larvae are part of a student's project, which he'll be presenting @MWPARC this August!
Plus metamorphosing or recently metamorphosed #amphibians of a few different species! (It's that time of the year in central #Minnesota )
In some spots the ground was littered with tiny wood #frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) metamorphs. You can see this one's remaining tail nubbin.
And right as I was reminding us to "keep an eye out for metamorphosing #toads" I came across this American toadlet (Anaxyrus americanus)
"Morphing out" can be difficult, and not everyone successfully makes it through the process and onto land.
This grey tree #frog (Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor) was mid-process when it died.
To all the larval #salamanders and #frogs in ponds & wetlands out there:
Sally forth young'uns! And best of luck!
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