27 May 2012
Critter backlog
Posted by Callan Bentley
I’m cleaning out my backlog of old photos. Here’s some small living things that I’ve taken pictures of in the relatively recent past…
Let’s start with two butterflies in the Gallatin Range, Montana:
Returning to Virginia, here’s a fuzzy little white moth:
A crane fly is next… (M.A.G.I.C. has been churning out lots of crane fly fossil macro GigaPans lately, BTW).
And lastly, a charming little red eft, a kind of salamander:
The latter five images were all taken at Sky Meadows State Park, in the western Blue Ridge province.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.