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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 Eastern Swallowtail Baby Caterpillars feeding on non-native Fennel | Black Eastern Swallowtail Caterpillar eating non-native Fennel | Black Eastern Swallowtail Chrysalis
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| Black Eastern Swallowtail Caterpillar attached and ready to turn into a chrysalis | Black Eastern Swallowtail Chrysalis
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Cup Plant
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Photo by Callie Newton, age 10 |
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Tree frog on Golden Ragwort
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Tree Frog in a "cup of water" on the Cup Plant
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Bee on Blue Vervain |
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| Clouded Sulfur Butterfly | American 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.
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Young Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar - it was hiding in this Spicebush leaf.
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Bee on Bee Balm | Caterpillar munching on Meadow Beauty |
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| Monarch Butterfly on Joe-Pye Weed | Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed |
Monarch Caterpillar Eggs on Swamp Milkweed
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| Monarch Caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed | Monarch Chrysalis on Blue Mistflower Leaf |
Monarch Butterfly drinking nectar from Joe-Pye Weed
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| 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
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| Bee with pollen sacs on Blanket Flower | Bee on Blanket Flower |
Metallic Bee on Blanket Flower
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| Tree Frog | Toad |
Toad |
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| Ladybug (Lady Beetle) Larva on non-native Fennel | Ladybug Pupa |
Ladybug (Lady Beetle) on Golden Ragwort
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| Praying Mantis on New York Ironweed |
Assassin Bug Eggs (copper-colored) on Brown-eyed Susan |
Assassin Bugs on Brown-eyed Susan
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| 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
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| Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed |
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed
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Bluebird |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (VA State Butterfly) on Joe-Pye Weed |
Luna Moth Photo by Mrs. Julie Johnson |
Monarch Butterfly on Cup Plant |
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American Painted Lady on Lanceleaf Coreopsis
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Baby Rabbit |
Baby Rabbit in Obedient Plant
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| Habitat Helper with a Clicking Beetle | Imperial Moth |
Imperial Moth (male)
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| 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 |
Buckeye Butterfly on Switchgrass
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| Buckeye Butterfly on New York Ironweed | Bee on Passionflower | Red Aphids on Swamp Milkweed |
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Buckeye Butterfly on Lanceleaf Coreopsis
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Buckeye Butterfly drinking nectar from Mountain Mint | Dragonfly |
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American Painted Lady Butterfly on Joe-Pye Weed
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American Painted Lady Butterfly on Joe-Pye Weed |
Silver Spotted Skipper resting on Winterberry |
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Egg on Passionflower Vine
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Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar on leaf of Passionflower Vine |
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Chrysalis (we think) |
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| Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on Butterfly Weed |
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on New York Ironweed
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Skipper ? on Blue Vervain |
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Red Spotted Purple Butterfly
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Red Spotted Purple Butterfly | Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on Blue Vervain |
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| Hummingbird drinking nectar from Coral Honeysuckle | Hummingbird visiting Cardinal Flower | Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on Blue Vervain |
For more pictures and info about the Habitat see the Menu on the top left side of this page.
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John Clayton Chapter Virginia Native Plant Society |
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
