#slow-worm — Public Fediverse posts
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Woodland Minibeast Macros
The title’s a bit of a mouthful, and I hope you like these shots from a morning’s walk in a young woodland plantation near me. It was planted up as a screen to hide an extension to the local limestone quarry, and it’s now becoming quite the place for a mini beast walk.
Start with the least interesting, perhaps. This is, I believe, a Turnip Sawfly Caterpillar, and the oak saplings are full of them. Hopefully the saplings will recover once the caterpillars have fed and fallen to the ground to pupate.A little more colourful and still devouring the oaks, this is apparently a mottled umber moth caterpillar. You’ll have to trust me and I’ll have to trust the AI I used to identify it. Oh my, the conflicts of AI technology, but it does have its uses… and its downside too, of course.
Now this fella (I think it’s a male, as I also saw the much larger female on a previous visit) is a green cucumber spider. I spent a lot of time shooting this chap, and he’s simply gorgeous! So much so I know you’ll enjoy a close up… oh, you don’t like spiders?
What a cutie…
This shot is actually from my back garden, and from a sequence of shots as these two volucella bombylans hoverflies make a few more copies… most of the shots were top-down and less interesting, but at this point the stick they were, um, perched on rolled over. It didn’t dampen their ardour in any way I could see.
And down in the nature reserve, during the weekly butterfly count, I stumbled (literally) over this slow worm as it sunbathed. Wasn’t harmed and I restored it’s hiding place before I left.
There you go. A random selection of creatures. It does seem my photography is more ‘nature’ focused… well, it’s where I find my peace. I don’t know if the nature I interact with enjoys it as much as me, but I’ve never had complaints.
If there are complaints and you wish to toss dung at me, here’s the fella who’ll be appreciate it – a golden dung beetle!
#caterpillar #cucumberSpider #dungFly #minibeasts #oak #photography #slowWorm #spider -
My favourite garden visitor, and defence against slugs! #gardening #wildLife #SlowWorm
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keadamander (@[email protected])
https://pixelfed.social/p/keadamander/936216232687661924
> A Moment on the Path #photography #helios #helios44 #helios44m #slowworm #angulisfragilis #reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #herpetology #snakeorlizard #forestpath #earthtones #closeup #animalphotography #outdoors #wildencounter #naturelovers #fieldphotography #photooftheday #earthfocus #macroish
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Think you spotted a snake in your garden that disappeared in seconds? This snake-like creature is not what you think | https://www.allforgardening.com/1607197/think-you-spotted-a-snake-in-your-garden-that-disappeared-in-seconds-this-snake-like-creature-is-not-what-you-think/ #garden #HabitatOfSlowWorms #HowToIdentifySlowWorm #LeglessLizard #SlowWorm #SlowWormBehavior #SnakeLikeCreature
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CW: Schlangenähnliches Tier
Trächtige Blindschleiche im Wald
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meine heutige #AuwaldRunde stand ganz im zeichen der blindschleiche, ich habe gleich 2 gesehen heute :3
erst eine junge, dünne (aber auch schon 32cm lange) die sich nicht rührte, sich also entweder tot stellte oder es war, später eine ausgewachsene, doppelt so dick, aber gar nicht so viel länger, die huschte vom weg, blieb dann aber einen moment daneben liegen, so dass ich sie ablichten konnte#reptile #slowworm #nature #kriechtierchen #NotASnake #biodiversity
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A close-up of the Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis) face, from over a week ago. Still quite exited that I got such a good look at it ☺️
County Clare, Ireland.Cormacscoast.com walking tours
#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #reptile #slowworm #Ireland #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark
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Another look at last weeks Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) from the Burren.
Believed to have been introduced to Ireland during the 1900s, they are one of two irish reptile species along with the native Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara).
County Clare, Ireland.Cormacscoast.com walking tours
#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #biodiversity #slowworm #reptile #Ireland
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A Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) that was almost stumbled upon during a walk in the Burren. One of Ireland’s two reptile species. Although it looks like a snake, they are actually a type of legless lizard (They've even got a detachable tail!).
County Clare, Ireland.Cormacscoast.com walking tours
#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #slowworm #reptile #ireland
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keadamander (@[email protected])
https://pixelfed.social/p/keadamander/835575853037341356
> Rust and Reptile #photography #canon #slowworm #urbanwildlife #herpetology #reptilephotography #wildencounters #macroreptile #naturenearby #wildlifecloseup #creaturefeature #animalencounter #rusticurban #streetwildlife #coldbloodedbeauty #natureonconcrete #unexpectednature
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At the end of my hike, I found this lil dude on a road in the town centre 😱
(I think some kid left him there)
This is a Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) a legless lizard.
He appeared uninjured, just cold and sleepy, in a dangerous place for him.
What do we do??
We.. solemnly carry the lizard (that looks like a snake) thru the town centre. Carefully, one-handed, to control a wolfdog in traffic with the other. Tiredly. I just hiked 15km.
Past a cafe, people gawping at us 😂
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Another #sundayRunday, another #slowWorm encounter! 🙂
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This beautiful #SlowWorm crossed my way when #Hiking yesterday. I made it move from the trail into the bushes so that it doesn't get put to death by #Mountainbikes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_slow_worm
#HikingTrails #Trails #AnimalWildLife #ShitOniPhone #AnimalPhotography
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CW: Picture contains a slow-worm (snake-like reptile) - it is very beautiful and friendly though! 🦎
I came across a slow-worm today in my garden and the joy it gives me, to know they are living in my garden cannot be put into words 🥰 You know you're doing a good job, when your garden includes reptile habitat 🌟 I'm including a picture, but am putting it behind a content warning since snake-like creatures can cause distress for some.
Slow-worms are no worms, they are leg-less lizards, if you didn't know - they look a lot like snakes but actually belong to a different group of reptiles.
#noDigGardening #regenerativeGardening #ecology #OrganicGardening #biodiversity #reptile #slowworm
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Things must be warming up in Devon—Sid the slow worm has woken up in the greenhouse! ☀️
Did you know these legless lizards:
🦎 Can live 50+ years!
🦎 They drop their tails to escape predators.
🦎 They’re great for gardens, eating slugs & pests.Looks like spring is coming! 🌿
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Looks like a snake, but is a legless lizard: A slowworm (Anguis fragilis), spotted near #Goettingen, Germany.
#photography #nature #wildlife #reptiles #slowworm
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)[image warning: photo of a snake-like animal]
