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Animals and Fungi
We're documenting the native fungi and animal species that we find in our biodiversity garden (easier said than done - something to do with legs and wings!).
Amphibians
Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor
We listened to a gray tree frog in our garden for over a week, and located it in the late evening on Canada Day (1 July 2011). Listen to the male frog croaking in the video below.
Male gray tree frog, croaking
Gray tree frog male on eastern white cedar (photo RG Thorn)
Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus
While walking in our biodiversity garden we came upon a red-backed salamander eating an earthworm, 7 pm Monday, 14 November 2011. (photos NM Zitani, RG Thorn)
Insects
Ebony jewelwing damselfly, female (photo NM Zitani)
A gorgeous damselfly, insect order Odonata (photo NM Zitani)
Lycaenid butterfly (probably the hickory hairsteak, "Satyrium caryaevorum") on butterfly milkweed, "Asclepias tuberosa", 21 July 2011 (photo RG Thorn)
Monarch butterfly pupa (photo NM Zitani)
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio cresphontes
See more images and video, and read about the giant swallowtail butterfly.
Mature caterpillar of the giant swallowtail butterfly, "Papilio cresphontes"
Northern Walkingstick, Diapheromera femorata
Northern walkingstick, "Diapheromera femorata", 8 August 2011 (photo NM Zitani)
Reptiles
Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum
See more images and read about Milk Snakes.
Milk snakes in our biodiversity garden in London, Ontario (photo NM Zitani, RG Thorn)
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
Red-tailed hawk in our biodiversity garden in London, Ontario (photo RG Thorn)
Fungi
Fruiting bodies of "Mycena haematopus", which feeds on dead hardwood in our garden. If you break the stem or cap, it "bleeds" deep red sap (photo RG Thorn)
Lichens
See more photos and read about Lichens
A close-up of the fruiting bodies of the lichen "Physcia aipolia" (photo RG Thorn)
