A very buggy Monday! 🐛🐝

Sneaky Snapper! 🐢 Super exciting to see a snapper basking in the local city pond! 🌆 They have become very used to human presence.

Oak Treehopper Mama Update! Here she is with entire brood. They're getting big! So, why is it nice to leave some leaves around? These kids will hibernate over winter as adult females in leaf litter. (Platycotis vittata) PA

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Does anyone know of any workshops for Bayesian population viability analysis? Other resources are welcome too! I am starting a new project and wanted to learn new skills! #PopulationModelling #Bayesian #PVA

Turtle alert! 🐢 Look at this Blanding’s Turtle walking all over a poor Painted Turtle. 🤭🙊😅

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What are they looking at? 🤭🐢🐢

I almost got a super cool shot! A damselfly on a praying mantis.

When all the basking spots are taken, you have to float in the pondweed! 🐢

A beautiful sunny day to see a Blanding’s Turtle! 🐢

Got these cool photographs while on a short walk around the block. I love macrophotography! Lots to learn still though.

Another baby turtle alert! 🐢

Rawr! 🐢

Always a great day when you get to photograph some cool insects! Left: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Right: Metallic Green Bee

Some days you gotta scream into the void like this Hickory Tussock Moth🐛

Hatchlings are emerging! Look at the little sand beard on this baby snapper! 🐢

I’m bookmarking this thread! 😃

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Diversity in Indonesia in a snapshot! 🐸🐍🪶🐝

What a cool snake! This is an Ahatulla from Indonesia! I haven’t nailed the species yet. 🐍 Maybe a tropical herpetologist can help me. 😄 It’s a lifer for me too! 🫢

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Snapper spotted! 🐢 This female was spotted on land near her usual nesting spot. She arrived there around 9:30 AM and decided not to nest. She’ll be back again soon! Photo taken with Zoom lens.

Talk about ecosystem services! This Ebony Jewelwing was eating a mosquito! 🦟

Saw a tiny Wood Frog today! 🐸So exciting! 😊 I like both these photos because one shows the habitat and the other shows the individual very well!

Turtles have started nesting in southern Ontario! Keep an eye out for nesting mammas! 🐢 Make sure to give them space because if spooked, they can be egg-bound! Urban turtles may tolerate your presense but others may not. 🌆

It's World Turtle Day! 🐢 And today, we celebrate turtles and tortoises around the world. Sadly, many species are at-risk due to threats including habitat loss, poaching, road mortality, & invasive species. Post your favourite turtle photos and/or facts about turtles and help spread the word.

Today’s adorable sighting! What a cute little raccoon. 🦝

Wanted to see basking snappers today. But only saw Red-eared Sliders and Green Frogs. 🐢🐸 #UrbanHerpetology

Urban nature walks are essential for a healthy mind!

I really love how the left most Painted Turtle is “lying low” 😆🐢

📣Grad students and postdocs! If any of you are interested in giving a short guest lecture in animal behaviour, please DM me! Thank you!

Today I came across a local urban pond with so many Red-eared Sliders. They are not native to Canada, so these must be former pets! They were huge compared to the native Painted Turtles. 🐢 This is why turtles don’t make good pets. They get very big and it’s a life-long commitment.

Sunny mornings bring snakes out! What a gorgeous Garter Snake! 🐍

Painted Turtles are basking everywhere! 🐢

Can’t decide which photograph I like more. 🐸 Also, I was confused whether this was a very brown Green Frog or a Wood Frog. Feel free to make an educated guess! ☺️

I only had a split second before this Painted Turtle jumped in the water, but I kinda like how the photo turned out! 🐢 Photo probably needs a bit of editing but I am too excited not to share it immediately.

Very excited to see this snapper today! 🐢 They blend in with the logs, don’t they? ☺️

Folks! Snappers were out basking today! I will post pictures soon! Stay tuned!! 📣 🐢

I'm super excited to see that one of my Blanding's Turtle photos made the cover of the recent Ichthyology and Herpetology journal! 🐢

I spy something cute! 🥰 A few Painted Turtles were out basking today! It was around 8C/46F and sunny! 🐢☀️

Spring is here!! Came across this beautiful Garter Snake at a local park in Ajax, Ontario! 🐍

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This looks fun! I’m in! I’ll post one when I see one too. 🐢

Hold up! Today is #WorldFrogDay? Well I must contribute! Here’s a Grey Treefrog 🐸 They will be out and about pretty soon too!

Does anyone know if there are grants that could cover publishing fees for journals?

One of the collaborative projects during my PhD is now published! We documented a mass mortality event of headstarted Blanding’s Turtles and naturally occurring Painted Turtles in an urban wetland complex. Why do mass mortality events occur? We offer a few hypotheses. doi.org/10.1643/h202...

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This is how I look reading the news everyday...anyway, enjoy the toad! 🐸

"We thought plants that are being munched on send warning signals to others, allowing them to boost defences. Turns out, plants are actually selfish jerks and their neighbours resort to chemical eavesdropping": a new @biology.ox.ac.uk paper by @stuwest.bsky.social 🧪🌱 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...