Critters

[junglefighter]

This is a picture of the lizards we have in our boonies here on Guam...

 

[Lorien]

 

[taldesta]

Google lens has vascilated on identifying this stick-like critter ... From cutworm to inchworm to other much more exotic species ,.. so I will just leave it with you

Lovely pattern ... but then I enjoy finding snake skins in the woodpile too

 

[Lorien]

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

 

[Planterz]

Walked around the neighborhood with my camera yesterday morning.

Desert cottontail.

Round tailed ground squirrel.

A different one.

3 of them.

They chase each other and wrestle around for fun.

Sonoran tiger whiptail.

Zebratail lizard.

Desert spiny lizard (male, I think).

Desert spiny lizard (female, I think).

A rare albino miniature mountain lion.

 

[taldesta]

Just one ... but colourful find on a garden rose...
Goldenrod crab spider

 

[Planterz]

Nearly ran over this desert kingsnake riding my bike home the other night. It was about

3.5' long, give or take.

This Mediterranean house gecko lives on (in?) the wall right outside my door. They're extremely common here, and although non-native, they're not considered invasive because they don't negatively affect anything (in fact, they eat bugs you probably don't want in your home).

 

[Lorien]

 

[jlauffer]

 

[Lorien]

 

[Planterz]

Some more desert critters.

Gila woodpecker on a saguaro.

The rest are species in my previous post.

This is a Sonoron Desert whiptail that lost or gave up its tail. Some lizard species can perform "autotomy", which is when they detach part of their tail (which often keeps twitching) to evade predators. Not so whippy anymore, are ya?

Desert spiny lizards.

Zebratail

Round-tailed ground squirrel

Desert cottontails

 

[1oldthro]

Mom with triplets in our backyard.

 

[taldesta]

All dressed up, boots shined ... ready to dine like, well, a monarch



... and the tiny creatures are busy in summer, snacking away

Red shouldered pine borer .. not finding the hood of a truck all that tasty to be sure





Then the movement along the walkway caught my interest.

Getting dinner on the table can be such a struggle. Yikes.

 

[Lorien]

this guy was pretty stoked on my apple core

 

[taldesta]

this guy was pretty stoked on my apple core

I miss my little family of red squirrels - the interaction with people is so well caught here. Watching you watching ...

 

[taldesta]

No intro needed ...

 

[Lorien]

 

[lambertiana]

 

[Wishfulthinker580]