Some Ohio microfauna

The last of the pictures I took so far this year, towards field herping. I finally found a live Butlers Garter, and to boot, female! I apologize for the quality. My Uv filter needs replaced, bad :rofl:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Kaa22/pede.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Kaa22/slug.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Kaa22/garter.jpg

Cool pictures! I like bugs. That's a really nice garter.

Moved this thread to the Field Herping & Wildlife forum for ya. GREAT pictures, Andrew! That garter is simply beautiful!

Thanks :)

Great pics :gj:

Awesome pics Andrew!!!!

Kyle

i love butlers garters... they seem to be everywhere this time of year in eastern michigan. nice pics!

Nice pics!

What's the difference between a Butler's Garter and an Eastern Garter?

not much :)
generally the shape of their head/neck is different... i think the scale count between the first stripe and their ventral scales is different also. at first it's hard to tell, but the more butlers you see, the more you can tell that they're just not an eastern garter.

Also, their size, and color contrast ;) Butlers Garters are much smaller than the Eastern Garter, with average lengths of around 12-13" long. Their color is very contrasting...almost jet black, and lemon yellow. Easterns are more brown with a brownish yellow.

yep :)
on the other hand, we dont have butlers in west michigan, but most of our easterns are black & yellow... go figure.

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Also, their size, and color contrast ;) Butlers Garters are much smaller than the Eastern Garter, with average lengths of around 12-13" long. Their color is very contrasting...almost jet black, and lemon yellow. Easterns are more brown with a brownish yellow.

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From your picture, it looks like it also has a red tongue with a black fork. Is that the case? I saw 3 eastern garters in the yard/crawl space this afternoon. I'll post pictures later tonight!

Yep! They have Red tongues with purple/black forks :D