Moths a plenty - June 4, 2010

Having left an exterior light on last night, we woke to find an array of moths resting on the wall of the house this morning:

Beautiful Luna Moth, above.

I still need to identify this rather large moth, above.

Moths are amazing at camoflauge.

Wildlife Death and Disaster - May 27, 2010

Speaking of wildlife death and disaster (see post below from yesterday), the very next night after the hummingbird adventure, Hunter was outside cutting the grass along the roadside when he unfortunately ran over this snake. The picture is blurry but it is the only one I have that doesn't show the grossness of the aftermath (snake vs. lawnmower blade), except for the close up below, which we used to help us identify it:

"Python" came to mind as soon as I saw it and it turns out that it is a constrictor, the only constricting snake in this area - an eastern milk snake. Very saddened that we only got to see it after we'd killed it.

We're now up to having seen four snake species in our neighbourhood: garter, northern watersnake (Hunter found it on the road, it had been hit by a car but still alive, he moved it to safety and only found out after that it is the most aggressive of our snakes - last time I go for a dip in the local lake!), and the tiny redbelly snake.