Frontenac's Bounty

Hi there:

Here's a collection of photos that I've taken of some of North/South Frontenac's finest inhabitants. I certainly am  enjoying Cerulean Warbler surveys in the morning and I am equally enjoying stuffing, cramming, disorientating myself with the challenge of trying to learn about and ID everything under-the-sun come afternoon. There isn't much commentary to this post; it's all about the photos this time around.

Photos

Fig 1: Lancet Clubtail (M): Silver Lake, ON - May 29, 2013

Fig 2: Io Moth (M): Queens Biology Station, Elgin, ON - May 28, 2013

Fig 3: Harlequin Darner: Charleston Lake Provincial Park, ON - May 27, 2013

Fig 4: Wolf Spider, presumed genus: Lycosa: Murphy's Point Provincial Park, ON - May 23, 2013

 

Fig 5: Racket-tailed Emerald (M): Murphy's Point Provincial Park, ON - May 24, 2013

 Fig 6: Common Baskettail (M): Murphy's Point Provincial Park, ON - May 24, 2013

 Fig 7: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - the early-flying swallowtail of deciduous woodland edges. Toledo, ON - May 25, 2013

 Fig 8: A Common Gartersnake gradually warming up to the idea of another day playing the part of the hunter/hunted. South Frontenac, ON - June 09, 2013

 Fig 9: A Long-horned Beetle, known as the Whitespotted Swayer, landed on my shirt as I was filling up the ol' Chrysler 200 at a gas station. The locals looked on as I excitedly took a few photos of this borer of dead/rotting pine and fir trees. Sharbot Lake, ON - June 10, 2013

 Fig 10: A car-struck male Juvenal's Duskywing. These butterflies are tied to eastern Oak woodlands. Eagle Lake, ON - June 10, 2013

 Fig 11: A forest giant! This remarkable Sugar Maple was the largest I'd ever seen; it must've pushed over 100 ft in height. It really was goreousness and gorgeousity made flesh. Mill Pond Conservation Area, Portland, ON - May 26, 2013

 Fig 12:  A Gnaphosid Spider - these spiders are quite nocturnal but can be found during the daytime by turning over rocks and logs in suitable habitat.

 Fig 13: A Dimorphic Jumping Spider: Its name originates from the fact that some males are black, like this one, and other males are gray! This species shows a 'Bart Simpson' tri-spiked hairdo.

 Fig 14: A female Amber-winged Spreadwing that was caught just before sundown. Shortly after this moment, a distant Yellow-billed Cuckoo let out its wild-man-in-the-trees song which seemed to echo off the rugged cliff-sides of Bob's Lake; regardless of the apparent nearby lunatic, the crickets continued their ensemble deep into the night. Bob's Lake, ON - June 05, 2013

Fig 15: A pair of Common Loons keeping a close eye on Erika and I as we canoed past their nest. North Frontenac, ON - June 05, 2013

 Fig 16: A Dung Beetle (Subfamily: Scarabaeinae) found while "Black Lighting" at Mark Conboy's place on the Queen's University Biology Station property. Elgin, ON - May 30, 2013

Fig 17: Sunset over Bellamy Lake: Todelo, ON - May 27, 2013

Happy exploring!
Jon