#eastern newt

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I trust That GP*-Eft over ChatGPT any day.

You will never, ever see me use any generative AI in my writing or other creative endeavors, not even to spin up a list of ideas. You don't get to be a good writer by letting an algorithm do the hard stuff for you. Doing the hard stuff is how you become a good writer, and then a better writer. It's as much about the process as it is about the output, and if you're only focused on the latter then you're missing the point. Never let your writing--or art, or music--become so commodified that you lose the sheer joy (and frustration) of creating in the first place.

*GP = Great Perfect

[greycatbird]

Went looking for Morels and didn't find any but I DID find some Mycena mushrooms, Eastern Newts, Foamflower, Painted Trillium, a big ol patch of Jack-in-the-pulpit (15 flowers!!), Threeleaf Goldthread, Dwarf Ginseng, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler💖

[vintagewildlife]

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) By: Robert E. Lunt From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966

[vandaliatraveler]

Walk with me: Mid-summer hike through a Central Appalachian forest. As summer hurtles toward its final explosive act, the forest's living things embrace urgent, primordial impulses triggered by shrinking daylight: to bloom, to seed, to feed, and to reproduce before the killing frost of Autumn shocks the earth into hibernation. In the deep forest, the fetid perfume of decaying fungi signals the countdown has begun. From top: a bumblebee traversing the fanning pink flowers of hollow-stemmed Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum); the maturing red stem and flowers of seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia), also known as rattlebox and square-pod water-primrose, a very attractive wetlands annual with four-sided seed capsules; cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior), also known as common water dropwort, a delicate, marsh-loving member of the carrot family that also happens to be toxic; Allegheny hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum), also known as panicled hawkweed, a spindly-stemmed member of the dandelion tribe; the lovely and hallucinogenic fly agaric (Amanita muscaria); a sprawling colony of sulphur shelf fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus), an edible delicacy otherwise known as chicken of the woods; a red eft (Notophthalmus viridescens); white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata); a twin set of common puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum); the fungal version of suburban sprawl courtesy of orange moss agaric (Rickenella fibula); a gelatinous serving of orange witches' butter (Dacrymyces chrysospermus); a fiery clump of eastern Jack-o-lanterns (Omphalotus illudens); a potter wasp (Ancistrocerus campestris) drinking from the clumped white flowers of virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana); one of my all-time favorite critters, a locust borer (Megacyllene robiniae), taking its nectar fill from flat-top goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia), also known as grass-leaved goldenrod; a green metallic sweat bee (Augochloropsis ?) finding sustenance from parasol white-top (Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata), also known as flat-top aster; and the intricate purple flowers of tall ironweed (Vernonia gigantea).

[salamander-mcr]

Eastern Newt

[lake-lady]

Today I found the chanterelle motherload 🍄‍🟫😈 and generally just had a lovely long walk in the forest 💛💚

[tardigradeinatrenchcoat]

I Don't Believe In Dinosaurs,

But I Know,

Ghosts Are Real.

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[petra-constella]

Eastern Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens While hiking on a trail somewhat near St. Louis, we found a tiny pond under some pylons that had a variety of species living within it! One of which we saw multiple of were these tiny, very young Eastern Newts! When handling any amphibians, be sure your skin has no open wounds, and I think it's good practice to wet your hand with the water they've been in before handling. That is to say, it's usually best to leave them alone and observe at a distance. We're uncertain why at this point, but this newt and at least one other species nearby (spotted salamander) had these strange lumps/bubbles on some parts of their body. I don't believe it to be natural, so I'm hoping it's not some localized infection in the area. All that aside, seeing newts swim up to us was a highlight of the trip! They're the cutest little things, and they're so curious!

[elsparkleo]

Been on a roll with drawing amphibians got a little newt for you today please enjoy!

[my-t4t-romance]

a beast on the 'crete

[verdanturfwind]

Saw this adorable little newt today :]

[vintagewildlife]

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) By: Robert S. Simmons From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966

[vandaliatraveler]

The one thing that excites me more than a pop-up summer thunderstorm is a walk in a damp, dripping, glowing-green forest after the storm has passed. The forest's living essence is made all the more real and immediate by the intoxicating perfume of decaying things, creatures flitting like ghosts through the leaves and underbrush, and clinging raindrops unleashed from the treetops by an evanescent breeze. Photos above are from a hike this morning on Glade Run Trail in Coopers Rock State Forest.

From top: common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), which is closely related to Joe Pye weed, and sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale); the deep purple-red berries of common elderberry (Sambucus canadensis); hollow Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum), which can attain a height of 7 to 8 feet; eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), whose tattered wings show the wear and tear of summer errands; a colony of gregarious fungi, perhaps cross-veined troop mushroom (Xeromphalina kauffmanii), which grow in huge numbers on decaying hardwoods; a red-capped bolete, perhaps Leccinum longicurvipes, which is symbiont with oak trees; an eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens); white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata); bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla); cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior), also known as common water dropwort; bluestem goldenrod (Solidago caesia), a woodland goldenrod with flowerheads in the leaf axils; and Appalachian oak-leach (Aureolaria laevigata), also known as smooth false foxglove, which is semi-parasitic on oak tree roots.

[finalfortunart]

Hi, I've got an update on my online shop in the form of two new products, a ceramic mug (with colored handle and insides) and vinyl stickers. It took a bit longer than the tote bags to get these ready because neither looked as good as I wanted them to in the first samples I ordered, but they're here and ready now!

Both feature my red eft design, and 10% of the profit from the sale of these products will be donated to the Friends of Timbercrest, a volunteer group in western New York that helps maintain and run events at Camp Timbercrest, owned by the GSUSA. You can find all the red eft products here!

[cricketchirp]

One Night, Two Nights, Three Nights...

It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. Repeat. It was a dark and dreary night. While most folks would choose to stay inside curled up by the fire while drinking a hot toddy, a number of intrepid community scientists ranging in age from 3 to 70+, donned rain gear (even waders) and reflective vests, cleansed hands of soap and moisturizer, grabbed flashlights and…

[chunkula3]

Woe.

Newt be upon you.