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You put up some really nice pictures here. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry for the poverty in arthropods and Sallies, lol. I found lots of both, but it takes so long to go over these pics and then pic them out for posting. This was just a quickie post. I'll get some of the other finds put up. thank for all the comments guys.

I totally just realized I forgot to include the invert pics in this post.... There are a lot of neat Hogna sp. down there. I'm fairly certain one bit me in the cheek in my sleep, I have nice sized bite shaping up right now. Shawnee is the Shawnee National Forest. It spans a few states in...

I hope you all enjoy the bounty of Shawnee in my pics. This was my first snake of the trip, so I knew it was going to be a good one. Don Becker Sunburst Morph aka Eastern Box Turtle Yellow Bellied Watersnake Green Treefrog Black Ratsnake Shawnee King...

The weevil looking creature is very interesting. Do you have other pics of it?

You may want to try www.fieldherpforum.com, I'm a member of the Midwest Chapter, but you will find a good group of guys up there by you as well.

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Justin

Herping the Ozarks I recently had the distinct pleasure of sharing a camp with some great guys, who herp. We descended on some land in the Ozarks owned by my fiend Matt. We worked our butts off for what would usually seem meager results, but it is August. For many hours we put out a...

Well, they are small, but Long! Hence the name Longicauda. Ambystomids are more robust, but a much tougher find when it's hot out.

The yellow sallie is a Long Tailed Salamander Eurycea longicauda , they're common in clean, rocky streams in the Midwest. I would say this one was a largish adult maybe 7". thanks for all the kind words guys Justin

I decided recently that I didn't always want to lug 40 lbs around while herping. No, I didn't lose that much weight... Anyway, my DSLR gear is ridiculously heavy, so sought out to get a Point and Shoot. I checked out the Olympus Stylus tough series, and settled on the 8000 something or...

Thanks guys, I always wonder if anyone reads these...

I decided that since I retired from doing fireworks professionally that I wanted to do something fun for the 4th. I did shows for 17 years and quit this year, to enjoy other things (like fingers). I headed to Iowa to see a good buddy and hang out. I think I got some water splashed on my...

Well it's been insufferably hot after work lately... So I went out bugging this morning, and thought I'd share my recent meager finds some bugs shots that I liked. Monarch Bombus Skipper Monarch Cat chowing down Goatsbead Dried out Goatsberd, people often...

I was out the other day looking for Dragonflies, and flipping stones to see what was hiding under them. I came up with three Hogna sp. carrying their brood. It's not much but I thought the pics were interesting. Crummy shot of a dragonfly... I hope you enjoy the pics...

Nice shots in here. I was a little shocked that you did so well with a 150mm on those cats. They must have been fairly close to you. I like to take my 70-300mm to the zoo usually. It has a good bokeh, and versatile reach. Justin

Peoria, you? LOL if you do small world huh...

I would like some. I had around 12, and now I have 8. Two females dropped babies, and ate them all. I gave them the same setup you're doing too. Critter keepers with all kinds of little hides. Let me know when you're thinking of shipping them. I'll be happy to have a few. Justin

The zoo by me is opening a new Africa exhibit too, on June 6th.

Yes they are dangerous, but not deadly. He's being irresponsible by handling them in this manner. It's typical of young guys. I did it until I paid the price by a more dangerous member of this family. I now only observe, and take pics with as little harassment as possible.