First time in Acadian Nature Park
Quite literally a nature spot in the middle of town. I thought I had turned a wrong way when I saw nothing but suburban houses around me. I took a left and found myself in a small secluded campground. Parking was reviewed bad online but I didn't have any problems, though I went on a sunday morning and not peak hours. You have to park at their office then walk down through public camping although it seemed nobody else was walking from their car. An odd amount of people seemed to get angry and leave after asked to wear a mask in the nature museum there. Term museum is used loosely, small one room building with preserved bird nests, two pet snakes and a bunch of skulls. Not a place to see any undiscovered species or something super rare but definitely a good local spot
Spiders:
Golden silk spiders in webs high above the ground
Spiny- backed orbweaver in both yellow and white both on webs closer to ground level maybe eye level with me most of the time and I’m 5’2 for reference
Orchard Orbweaver or similar varying in size, beautiful green color with orange markings
Butterflies and Moths
I saw quite a few that eluded a photograph.
An Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Red spotted Admiral
Fall Webworm moth in larval stage
Carolina Satyr
Other insects
Common blue mud dauber wasp
Blue Dasher
Eastern black carpenter ant
Blue-tipped Dancer
Short-winged Green Grasshopper
Paper wasp
Unidentified stink bug
I also spotted some reptiles such as
Common five lined skink
Green anole
Common Slider
Field notes: squirrels have a diverse diet here, in my two hour visit I saw a squirrel eat a sweet gum nut,a mouthful of beauty berries, and one had even caught a dragon fly and was loudly munching on it. Lots of mosquitos. Perfect area for snakes and other small wildlife
