Backyard Amphibian of the Day:
Salamander larvae. The green circles are eggs filled with algae, which the larvae feed on before they hatch. I think they white circles are eggs that the larvae have already emerged from. You can see the larva in the middle of the picture appears to be partly out of its egg. I saw it wriggling occasionally.
Backyard Bug of the Day:
Some kind of fly
There weren't a lot of bugs around today in general, with the exception of Hymenoptera:
The leafy spurge is still showing some popularity. Here's a tiny wasp and some beetles. Other plants also had ants on them.
The flowering crabapple has past the peak of its bloom, but it is still popular. I saw several birds feeding on the tree in the morning, and when I did my bug walk in the afternoon I could see that there are still many bees and wasps of a variety of species attracted to the flowers:
Click beetle
Stonefly. Different species than the one I kept seeing over the winter (winter stonefly)
Arachnid Appreciation:
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Jumping spider
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