Last night we spent an evening at the
Jacksonville State University Frog Pond, just outside Jacksonville, Alabama. Our host, Dr. George Cline, waded out into the slime and muck of the pond to bring those of us not equipped for slogging through the water closer to various insect and aquatic amphibian life.
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| Dr. Cline netting some creatures |
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| Salamander in hand |
We didn't have any problems finding
red spotted newts,
fairy shrimp and various water bugs, but the frogs remained illusive and were only heard and not seen the whole night.
The egg mass below had unhatched salamander eggs that were just starting to develop their little tiny spines.
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| Adult red spotted newt |
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| Newt out of the bag |
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| Fairy shrimp and a larval newt |
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| Another, more developed egg mass |
The salamanders in this egg mass were starting to look less like chia seeds and more like a face-hugging alien.
All the pictures
here.
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