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#orangefringedorchid #fringed #orchid #flowers #botany #plants #appalachia #nature #photography

New baby out front vol. 2. #dekaysbrownsnake #snake #herps #reptiles #babyanimals #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

New baby out front vol. 1. #greenanole #lizard #babyanimals #herps #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

Crane fly #orchid season here. Love that these native terrestrial orchids are abundant in this area. Including the property out back! #flowers #botany #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

#wildlife #insects #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

This #bee really confused me. It was as big as a very large carpenter bee but definitely looked more like a massive leaf cutter. Turns out to be a #giantresinbee. They ARE related to leaf cutters but are Asian, introduced in the 90s. They are consider adventive as opposed to invasive.

Just-emerged Cope’s gray treefrog froglet, still with tail. #herps #frogs #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

Eastern fence #lizard. #reptiles #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

Our resident male ruby-throated #hummingbird is a tiny territorial terror. #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

IMO ALL #mushrooms are magic.#fungi #yellowstaghorn #nature #photography #mycology #appalachia #southcarolina

#nature #photography #appalachia

Most people don’t think about #southcarolina when it comes to the #blueridgemountains. Even though only a tiny corner of the state falls in the #appalachianmountains it is an incredibly beautiful place. Grateful to live here and, honestly, glad it’s largely overlooked.

Always happy to find four-valve #mimosa growing out back. #flowers #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina #upstate

Juvenile eastern rat #snake hunting treefrogs out front last night. Frogs were just dropping to the ground around us to escape. #chuckwillswidow and #katydids making a racket too. #appalachia #southcarolina #nature #wildlife #photography #videos #herms

Copes gray #treefrog out front last night. #summer #herps #frogs #appalachia #southcarolina #nature #wildlife #photography #videos #cute

#longhornedbee on red ring #milkweed. #flowers #pollinators #botany #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

Underwater summer action full of darters, trout, hogsuckers, and more. #nature #photograohy #videos #gopro #underwater #fish #wildlife #poloandpan #appalachia #southcarolina

#katydid on #native #smoothhydrangea #insects #nature #wildlife #flowers #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

#mink tracks by a creek. #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

So far, this is the prettiest female Eastern box #turtle I’ve found in 2025. Look at that face! #herps #reptiles #wildlife #nature #photography

They’re a canary in the coal mine for forest health, habitat fragmentation, pesticide use, leaf blowers, and on and on. Most folks don’t make the connection between leaving fallen leaves alone on their property and the firefly life cycle. No layer of leaf litter? No fireflies.

An Eastern #firefly chilling during the day. #insects #arthropods #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

#kentuckywarbler #birds #birding #photography #nature #wildlife #appalachia #southcarolina

It’s definitely #dragonfly and #damselfly season.#insects #nature #wildlife #appalachia #southcarolina

Video showing why early summer is a highlight in the #southernappalachians. #fireflies #copestreefrogs #bats (unsure what kind) and #chuckwillswidows backed by a soundtrack of #katydids. #wildlife #nature #photography #videography #southcarolina #appalachia

The cuteness of a stilt-legged fly. #insect #entomology #wildlife #nature #photography #video #appalachia #southcarolina #nativeplants

One of many #greenfrog #tadpoles out front and the first froglet to emerge this year. #frogs #herps #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

#stilenestellata aka #catchfly aka #widowsfrill growing out front. #flowers #botany #nativeplants #nature #photography #southcarolina #appalachia