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To the mountains!

Allison

Allison

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Herping attempt #2 was less successful.... but I did find two interesting creatures. The first is a hatchling tarantula? I don't know very much about the native insects but it was my best guess. Anyone have any ideas? Perhaps it is just a wolf spider?
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The second, and most exciting, a juvenile "Many-Lined Skink" Plestiodon multivirgatus.
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"No... my tail does NOT give away my hide!"

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Other than these two, I saw a few lizards, a lot of wind, wind, and more cold wind.

Thanks for looking!
 
The skink is so tiny and cute. I probably would not have seen him even with that bright blue tail. Good looking and sorry you didnt find more
 
It stinks that no snakes could be found, but I would still have called it a good day if you found a skink like that!
 
Coool, we have the blue tails like that at work in the summer. They're very fast and hidey.
I'm a little afraid to try and catch them 'cause their tails come off. What a pain to have to regrow a tail.
 
How'd you get that skink to stay still in your hand like that?

I don't know much about spiders, but I feel pretty confident that that is not a tarantula. I think a wolf spider is a much more reasonable guess.
 
alan said:
Coool, we have the blue tails like that at work in the summer. They're very fast and hidey.
I'm a little afraid to try and catch them 'cause their tails come off. What a pain to have to regrow a tail.
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Yah. I love catching any type of lizard, but a large number of them just pull right out of their own tails. It makes me so sad :cry:
 
You have to never catch them by the tail. You have to catch them by the body. Most of them don't drop their tails when you catch them by the body. I believe some still can drop them without a tail tug, but it happens very rarely when you catch them by the body.
 
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