Stonehouse Elementary Habitat

3651 Rochambeau Dr., Williamsburg, VA  23188;   School Phone: 757-566-4300

   

Critters Spotted

  This page contains pictures of various critters, including butterflies, frogs, birds, rabbits, caterpillars, beetles, etc., that live in or have visited the Habitat.  

 

Website design and photos by Jan Newton           *Please contact Jan Newton for permission to use photos.*

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Black Swallowtail Baby Caterpillars feeding on non-native Fennel Black Swallowtail Caterpillar attached and ready to turn into a chrysalis Black Swallowtail Chrysalis

 

Photo by Callie Newton, age 10

Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on non-native Fennel

Tree frog on Golden Ragwort

 

Tree Frog in a "cup of water" on the Cup Plant
Clouded Sulfur Butterfly Painted Lady Butterfly on Blue Mistflower

Bee on Blanket Flower

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Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar Baby Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (it is wrapped up in this Spicebush leaf!)

Baby Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar - it was hiding in this Spicebush leaf.

 

Young Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar - it was hiding in this Spicebush leaf.

 

Bee on Bee Balm Caterpillar munching on Meadow Beauty
Monarch Butterfly on Joe-Pye Weed Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

Monarch Caterpillar Eggs on Swamp Milkweed

 

Monarch Caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed Monarch Chrysalis on Blue Mistflower Leaf

Monarch Butterfly drinking nectar from

Joe-Pye Weed

 

Empty Monarch Chrysalis Shell Monarch Chrysalis on Joe-Pye Weed Leaf

Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Sunflower

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Barn Swallow Parents in nest on a corner of the building Barn Swallow Nest

Bird's Nest in Sweet Goldenrod

 

Bee with pollen sacs on Blanket Flower Bee on Blanket Flower

Metallic Bee on Blanket Flower

 

Tree Frog Toad

Toad

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Ladybug (Lady Beetle) Larva on non-native Fennel Ladybug Pupa

Ladybug (Lady Beetle) on Golden Ragwort

 

Praying Mantis on New York Ironweed Red Aphid Eggs (copper-colored) on Brown-eyed Susan

Red Aphids on Brown-eyed Susan

 

Praying Mantis Egg Sac very young Praying Mantis

very young Praying Mantis

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Praying Mantis near Mountain Mint Wasp on Mountain Mint Bee on Lance-leaf Coreopsis

 

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

  

Bluebird

Eastern Swallowtail (VA State Butterfly) on

Joe-Pye Weed

Luna Moth 

Photo by Mrs. Julie Johnson

Monarch Butterfly on Cup Plant

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Painted Lady on Lanceleaf Coreopsis Baby Rabbit

Baby Rabbit in Obedient Plant

 

Habitat Helper with a Clicking Beetle Imperial Moth

Imperial Moth

 

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Bee Balm Beetles on Soldier Mallow Seed Pods

Beetles on Swamp Milkweed

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Grasshopper and Swamp Sunflower Grasshopper on Swamp Sunflower

Butterfly on Switchgrass

 

Butterfly on New York Ironweed Bee on Passionflower  Red Aphids on Swamp Milkweed

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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Egg on

Passionflower Vine

 

Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Chrysalis

 (we think)

 
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on New York Ironweed
Hummingbird drinking nectar from Coral Honeysuckle Hummingbird visiting Cardinal Flower Dragonfly

 

 For more pictures and info about the Habitat see the Menu on the top left side of this page.

John Clayton Chapter

Virginia Native Plant Society

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For more information about native plants visit www.claytonvnps.org.

Stonehouse Habitat Webmaster: Jan Newton         *Please contact Jan Newton for permission to use photos.*

 

Stonehouse Elementary School:  3651 Rochambeau Dr., Williamsburg, VA  23188;   School Phone: 757-566-4300

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