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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 Swallowtail Baby Caterpillars feeding on non-native Fennel | Black Swallowtail Caterpillar attached and ready to turn into a chrysalis | Black Swallowtail Chrysalis
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Photo by Callie Newton, age 10 |
| Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on non-native Fennel |
Tree frog on Golden Ragwort
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Tree Frog in a "cup of water" on the Cup Plant |
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| 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.
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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 | Red Aphid Eggs (copper-colored) on Brown-eyed Susan |
Red Aphids 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 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
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| Habitat Helper with a Clicking Beetle | Imperial Moth |
Imperial Moth
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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 |
Butterfly on Switchgrass
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| Butterfly on New York Ironweed | Bee on Passionflower | Red Aphids on Swamp Milkweed |
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Egg on Passionflower Vine
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Chrysalis (we think) |
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly on New York Ironweed |
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| 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.
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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
