The two healthy-looking deer were on a path near the woods, a creek, and a residential area, eating grass together. They would occasionally look up curiously, then keep eating. They allowed me to get pretty close. I assume that they are young males, because they had short, velvety antlers. They ran into the woods when I got a little too close.
I am not sure of the elevation or trail mile marker for this observation.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2013
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata Fabricius, 1775. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2013
Bugguide.net: bugguide.net/node/view/605
EOL: eol.org/pages/1036414/overview
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicindela_sexguttata
Growing on border of woods. Spot gets very dry but turns into a swamp when it rains
temeril (spelling?): glossy, having just metamorphosed from a nymph
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