There were not a ton of wild flowers out when I was visiting Glacier, but I did find a few… I really like Trillium, we get them around western PA, and I was surprised to see them in Montana. What always bums me about trillium…
Category: Nature
Ok – I know you all might be wanting more mountains and national parks, but honestly, I need to write some posts to fill time so I have stuff scheduled while I’m out camping and have no internet access, so I’m going to mix in…
These little guys are tiny. And I mean *tiny*! Though I did have a few dives where I was finding them with ease because basically every piece of seaweed had at least one on it… and I found one large piece that had over 30!…
Just some butterflies from the Bali archives today. Also, if you want, go back and check out the Swift Peacock Swallowtail post from a few years ago…
I shared a couple photos of this species of duck before, but let’s take a look at some more…
These nudibranchs go by a number of names – most of which include the name “shaggy” for obvious reasons…
Snailfish are a family of fish that are mostly cold-water species. They kind of resemble a kind of tadpole and tend to rely on curling their tail up and staying motionless as a form of camouflage… when they do that, they almost look like just…
omsshead Warbonnets (Chirolophis nugator) are not always the easiest fish to find as they tend to be pretty shy and hide in their holes – but they have such an interesting face and hair-style! I have shared a couple other posts of them before…(1, 2)
These Horned Shrimp (Paracrangon echinata) are surprisingly well camouflaged even when they sit right out in the open…
These Long-mouthed Aeolids certainly are a funny looking nudibranch… They’re kind of like the elephants of the nudibranch world… I think they prey on tube worms and it seems they also use those tubes to lay their eggs to get them a little protection up…
While we’re on the subject of species similar to stuff I’ve seen in Florida… I previously posted photos some Flapping Dingbats (Gastropteron chacmolis) from Florida, but up here in Washington, they get Winged Sea Slugs (Gastropteron pacificum). Though I’ve never seen the Flapping Dingbats swimming…
On a recent dive, we were finding a ton of these Spotted Aglaja (Aglaja ocelligera). I have shared other aglaja from Florida before, so as soon as I saw these I knew they were in the aglaja family. They were quite pretty despite their relatively…
Another dip into the archives… this time for an assortment from Bryce Canyon… I’ll be heading out on the road again here in a few more weeks, so you’ll likely be getting some more landscape stuff again soon… though, I haven’t heard anyone complaining about…
