American Toad Spring Mating

#pawlet #vermont #species #biodiversity #spring #mating #anaxyrus_americanus #american_toad
Photographed

8 May 2019

Posted 16 May 2019
Pair of American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus) mating in a Pawlet pond. The smaller male is on top of the female — wrapping his front legs around her chest to hold on, releasing his sperm to fertilize the eggs she releases.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

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Photographed

16 May 2019

Posted 16 May 2019
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum).

Sessile Bellwort

#pawlet #vermont #species #biodiversity #spring #wildflower #flower #sessile_bellwort #uvularia_sessilifolia
Photographed

11 May 2019

Posted 14 May 2019
Sessile Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia).

Downy Yellow Violet

#pawlet #vermont #species #biodiversity #spring #wildflower #flower #downy_yellow_violet #viola_pubescens
Photographed

11 May 2019

Posted 14 May 2019
Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens).

Common Green Darner Mating Video

#pawlet #vermont #video #species #biodiversity #insect #dragonfly #common_green_darner #anax_junius
Photographed

6 May 2019

Posted 10 May 2019
Common Green Darner (Anax junius) dragonflies mating at the edge of a Pawlet pond. The male uses claspers at the end of his abdomen to grasp the female behind the neck. Mating pairs can often be seen flying in tandem. The Green Darner is one of the largest and most common dragonfly species in North America.
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