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I decided to do a little herping today and visit this creek in Ohio that I've never been to. I found a couple of cool things that I haven't seen in quite awhile.

The creek was packed with crayfish, and within minutes I found something that likes to eat crayfish - Queen Snake.

There were many of this crazy-looking freshwater invertebrates.

But this thing was even crazier.

I ended the day by finding a couple of Mudpuppies, which were a welcome find.

Third Eye Herp

textbook queen habitat. nice post.
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

Your inverts are stonefly larva, and a dobsonfly larva (the one you are holding) freshly transformed.
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

Thanks for the IDs. I figured the Stonefly out, though it was a bit bigger and bulkier than what I've seen before. Do Dobsonflies pupate? Because that was my guess on the pale invertrbrate - that it would emerge from that as an adult.

For some reason I thought Dobsonflies were like Dragonflies and transformed the same way (the nymph climbs from the water onto vegetation and from it emerges the adult). But I guess not.

Tim

nice summary of their lifecycle here: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/eastern_dobsonfly.htm
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp