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(Toad Hall is actually the name of this house that I took a photo of!:-)
With all the rain we’ve been getting this toad needed a respite from the flood. He is on our patio under the light hunting bugs.
This little baby toad was one of many crossing a grassy path..I nearly stepped on them and just saw them in time. I've no idea where they were heading as the pool (opposite direction) was quite a distance away, down a steep hill. Quite a journey for these youngsters, leaving 'home' for the first time, I hope they all made it to their destination and survived, such a perilous journey to undertake - there is safety in numbers, I hope! :)
Enjoy this beautiful sunny Wednesday :)
7DWF, Wednesdays: Macro or close-up
Found a toad in my garden today. Turned him over and rubbed his belly and he went into a trance. Learned this from a 6 year old camping this summer. Gosh and I'm seventy but still a kid at heart.
Last weekend the sun was out and it was lot warmer which meant there were plenty of toads in the pond.
I met this lovely lady at Benholm Mill in March last year, and I look forward to seeing the toads out again soon this year.
Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontré mon prince charmant, mais je ne l'ai pas embrassé. Mon chien Lewis l'a fait, mais sans résultat
Today I met my Prince charming, but I didn't kiss him. My dog Lewis did, but without any result
Two of our backyard American toads share a rock by the koi pond. It is mating season, and for several days (and nights) the male toads had entertained us with their loud mating calls. Each male has a different vocal pitch and the chorus of several of these toads singing at once was truly joyful. And loud! Their choruses were heard all over the neighborhood, hoping to attract mates from surrounding areas. After about five days of toad song they became quiet again, and the toads are once again hiding, so hopefully mating was successful. Backyard wildlife.
Having posted a few photos from Harvest Mice to the Lake District, I thought I'd come back to my week in the Scottish Highlands photographing Pine Marten.
During the day, following the heavy downpours which were almost daily, lots of frogs and toads would come out.
This one seemed happy to sit still so I thought I'd try getting a shot of him and the fast flowing river behind.
Tricyrtis is a genus of the botanical family Liliaceae (lily family), known in English as Toad Lilies, supposedly because many varieties have purple spotted, orchidlike flowers.
There are 16 different species and about 55 cultivars. Its native range is from the eastern Himalayas to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippine Islands.
Toad lilies mainly grows in woods but can also be found in mountainous areas and on cliff sides.
Tricyrtis in general are late summer to late autumn flowering plants whose very exotic starry or bell-shaped flowers (7 to 12 cm) are borne on attractive arching stems, very similar to an orchid and passion flower. These occur in a wide range of forms usually spotted with a contrasting color.
Tricyrtis is een bloemengeslacht van lelieachtigen (Liliaceae), bekend onder de namen paddelelie en armeluis orchidee, maar ook tuinorchidee en bosorchidee. Er zijn 16 verschillende soorten bekend en ongeveer 55 kweekvormen. Met de naam bosorchidee wordt al een tipje van de natuurlijke vindplaats van deze bloemen opgelicht, namelijk de bosrijke berggebieden en ravijnen van de oostelijke Himalaya tot de eilanden voor de kust van oostelijk Azië (Japan, Taiwan en de Filippijnen).
Tricyrtis bloeit in het algemeen van de late zomer tot ver in de herfst. De langwerpige soms gevlekte bladeren zitten rechtop aan overhangende stengels. De trechter-, ster- of klokvormige 7 à 12 cm grote bloemen kunnen wit, geel, blauw of paars zijn en zijn meestal contrastrijk gespikkeld.
Een Tricyrtis is geen orchidee, maar voor 100 % een lelie.
De bloemen hebben in uiterlijk wel iets van een orchidee en een passiebloem, vandaar de populaire, maar verwarring gevende naam "armeluis orchidee".
Deze foto is gemaakt in de buitenvolière van zorgboerderij www.passiflorahoeve.nl bij Harskamp op de Veluwe.
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2024 is coming to an end, and I for one am glad to see it in my rearview mirror. One of the bright spots this year was finding this big momma toad hanging out in the basin of our River Birch tree. Growing up only a half a block from where I currently live, I could find toads, frogs, snakes and all of the creepy crawly creatures a boy could use to torment his sisters. When we moved in some twenty plus years ago, not so much.
But it is getting better. During the summer nights, bats are flying overhead and the toads are hoping in front of us during our evening walks. A month ago, Luna stopped dead in her tracks as an owl did a fly by.
I wish everyone a wonderful 2025.
Dozens of them moving about on the reserve last week. Had to watch where you walked in places!
Wollerton Wetlands - Shropshire
An American Toad sits on a boardwalk beside a broken Bulrush stem. Old Quarry Trail Kanata, Ontario. Friday July 28 2022.
This is probably the most beautiful toad I have ever seen. An absolutely gorgeous mix of colour and markings.
Nikon D7200, Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/320, ISO 1100. This toad (or frog) was about 3/4 of an inch in length.
NB: not captive. Seen on garden plant pot gravel.
I believe this bug with lovely markings and texture is genus Platycoris, perhaps bipunctatus. Commonly known as the toad stink bug.
This is a true bug, with piercing and sucking mouthparts.
Body length 10 mm.
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We now have quite a few toads around our home, which come out to roam around after dark. My next-door neighbor has a little artificial pond that the toads enjoyed quite a bit last year, so maybe the healthy toad population is booming in part due to that.
North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, California
April 24, 2024
"Toad" was one of my nicknames in grade school, so when I saw this fella sitting by the side of the trail, I figured I was obligated to get down on the ground and get some shots.