So i've been down in florida about a week now, and after only 2 short hikes (and 800 million mosquito bites) these are some of the critters ive found!
the tick is a lone-star tick, and was one of 5 i flicked off of my legs before they got a chance to bite :P i don't know what tick-borne diseases they have in florida (yet), but at least no lymes!
the frog is a young american toad, it seems like all the toadlets are out in force this time of year as i've found probably 10 all under 1 inch in length.
the turtle is an eastern river cooter (?) and was actually found in georgia. I pulled her out of the road. Notice all the leeches/maggots around her head :P i didn't have proper equipment or i would have pulled them off and added them to my collection heh heh. I found another turtle who had a nicely healing, but very large, crack on its shell, probably hit by car. also saw some gopher tortoises on the side of the highway, but couldnt stop to check them out
i have no idea what that awesome fungus is, but it was very pretty...
the caterpillar was HUGE, close to 2 inches long, and is some species of tussock moth caterpillar.
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