Spotted on the way to work one morning!
This was in an Industrial area and had no Collar. So I'm not sure if it was feral or someones pet.
I fear that many of the wasps on my property may have Paraxenos.
On Clustered mountain mint in my pollinator garden which is surrounded by woods with a stream.
Sphex nudus on a Clustered mountain mint in my pollinator garden. Surrounded by woods with streams. Clay soil. I received this ID from Alon Coppens in a post to Solitary Wasp Forum in FB.
Confirmed in BugGuide, thank you @jonathan142 ! https://bugguide.net/node/view/2038697#3339328
Dicephalic neonate found in a residential yard. GTS 861. VW ABC 015. Note several spinal kinks. Specimen survived several months, fed sporadically, died and was preserved.
See: Wallach, Van, and Gerard T. Salmon (2013) Axial Bifurcation and Duplication in Snakes. Part V. A Review of Nerodia sipedon Cases with a New Record from New York State, 102-106. In Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(8).
My first for iNat! Also my 100th Herp species for VA this year! Beautiful black morph male was found ~10 feet from where we parked the car. After a couple photos of him he noticed we were on to him, and he maneuvered into the typical threat posture. Definitely my favorite VA snake!