Back at Houghton Trying to Find Animals

I failed, I did not find 5 animals but I had a great experience anyway. I started my walk because I needed some calm time after a long day of travel and a nature walk made sense. I went to Houghton Gardens again to find some insects and animals. I immediately grabbed a stick and started moving the piles and piles of leaves, which ended up being a problem, the leaves. I did see a pill bug as well as a high-jumping flea larva, but taking their picture was impossible. These insects have adapted to NOT be found, why would they be out in the open? The two worms and two small flea-like animals looked like larva, which made me think about how these must be r-selected species as there were many of them and easily found, therefore could be easily killed. I also saw a black lab that I couldn't not snap a picture of. Before giving up I decided to snap a few pictures, the one of the leaf and the tree is to show what my arch nemesis was, and the dicots just looked super cool. The eastern hemlock was growing out from under the tree trunk the one worm was in. I literally was scraping away leaves and needles, turning over rocks and trunks, and still didn't have five pictures to show for it. Either way it was fun and relaxing and I felt connected to nature and the animals, if only they weren't so well adapted to avoid predators.

Posted on November 29, 2022 12:42 AM by kevincomerford kevincomerford

Observations

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Worm-like Millipedes (Infraclass Helminthomorpha)

Observer

kevincomerford

Date

November 28, 2022 03:35 PM EST

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Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris)

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kevincomerford

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November 28, 2022 03:45 PM EST

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Beeches (Genus Fagus)

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kevincomerford

Date

November 28, 2022 04:01 PM EST

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Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

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kevincomerford

Date

November 28, 2022 04:01 PM EST

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Millipedes (Class Diplopoda)

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kevincomerford

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November 28, 2022 04:03 PM EST

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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kevincomerford

Date

November 28, 2022 04:06 PM EST

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