field walk today (pic heavy)

darth skippy · field walk today (pic heavy)

lots of stuff out there today

let's see, first we found a garter snake almost ready to shed

next we found this lovely boa under a log with a fence lizard

its tail

boa buddy

a different kind of centipede

ringneck snake

another boa,

found this little guy with the young boa

see?

battle scarred garter

calisoga i collected

tick laden alligator lizard

not really sure what kind of spider this is but it was pretty cool

yet another boa

big girl

another calisoga i collected, this one a mature male

see?

found this gopher in a field

fence lizard and buddy rod

some grubs of some kind, not sure what

and last: a very large jumping spider

we also found a couple more ringnecks, a couple more garters, a couple more alligator lizards, a load more fence lizards and various insects of interest but too fast for the camera=( we also found a green racer but it was REALLY fast and i failed to capture it in hand or on camera.

hope you enjoyed!

Ricky Ortiz84

DUDE WHAT THE HELL!!!!! I'm making a trip up there for one of your little dog/hike walks!!! did you keep that jumper? I need more so catch them for me!!!!!!

llamamama

WOW! Josh, you had one heck of a good day! Nice pics! And that's one healthy looking charina in one of those pics!

Ricky, I was talking to someone the other day who said they have lots of jumping spiders around their house and they're going to catch them for me. I'll let you know if it happens.

wburke17

I think i need to make another trip up north to go on a couple walks, cuz im still getting skunked down here...

Good finds Josh

northswan04

Take me next time! I love fence lizards (blue bellies) :)

darth skippy

sorry ricky, i didn't know you wanted more... there's always plenty around when i walk, i just took a pic of that one 'cause it was so big

when you come to go fishing we can go for a walk too

EdgarOrtega

Nice numbers and species count, Josh! :) I think you got the hang of this field herping thing down.

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BayLee

Man that is one heck of a find. Are you planning to breed the calisogas?

Nice looking jumber. I have that same species. Nice!!!

darth skippy

i might breed them at some point but i don't think the "female" is mature since she's smaller than the MM. if anyone has a MF and would like to try their hand at breeding, hit me up for him

balam

That jumping spider sure looks like Phidippus johnsoni... great distribution if they are up there as well :) probably a female (based on abdomen markings)

Nice find