#american toad

[semanticorn]

American Toad, polymer clay and acrylic

[uncleasad]

Amphibians and Butterflies

Tonight while out watering, I saw an American toad in the garden, I carried another one from up near the house out into the garden and shooed two more into the tomatoes from under wire mesh protecting seeds I planted Tuesday! It’s been a toad-tastic week 🤣

From earlier in the week, here’s another little American toad who went for a swim in a watering bucket in the garden.

Three days this week, I spotted the (large!) pickerel frog bounding up towards the house after dark; on the third day, I managed to successfully corral it and transport it out into the beans. (The photos don’t do it justice; it was a good 3 inches long!) 🐸

I’m not sure if this was the same eastern tiger swallowtail from the other day (although like that one, its wings and swallowtail were ragged), but it posed nicely for me on a candy lily while it was gathering nectar.

On Wednesday, I spotted a dark swallowtail in the garden and realized it was not the usual eastern tiger swallowtail, but one of the other two less-common dark swallowtail visitors to the garden—the spicebush swallowtail. I managed to get two quick shots while it was drinking from some zinnias 🦋 Despite the relatively-poor year we’re having for butterflies, it’s a treat to see the spicebush here!

[heptichomosexual]

I was frolicking Seneca Lake and found a toadlet

Edit: took it to the patio of the lake house and this mf decided to roll over

I flipped him over he’s ok

[horsesarecreatures]

Hehe so round. Almost stepped on him again while watering the plants.

[onestupidredhead28]

no one can convince me American toads aren’t the best thing on our world

[horsesarecreatures]

American toad saved from the fangs of Kitler and Eeyore. It did not understand the peril it was in in the slightest.

[quinnfrankephotography]

A dark morning today but still a nice walk. Going to be heating up next week.

[mountainviewfarmct]

American toad.