Doing some spring cleaning outside today, and somehow stumbled across three awesome creatures I never would have thought I’d find at my house: a leatherwing beetle, an ichneumon, and a red-backed salamander!
Okay, the beetle wasn’t that much of a surprise, but beetles are great either way. I’ve always wanted to see an ichneumon, and it happened while I was doing spring cleaning, of all things.
On a mostly unrelated note, I found a few springtails under a rock yesterday. Didn’t manage to get a picture, but thought they were spring-themed enough. Funnily enough, the salamander I found also seemed to have a spring in its step, because it kept leaping everywhere. The first time I’ve ever seen a salamander jump…
I’m so glad that the animals are coming out and I can finally get back to INaturalist fully!
