smithtk's Identifications

3:31PM 77°F
These flowers were spotted alongside the creek trail to Stiles Falls. They ranged from white, light pink, and this lavender color. The leaves on the base of the stem appear to be fuzzy. Each flower was about 1 1/2 inches across.

I found this beautiful flower on the New River Valley Trail in Southwest Virginia. It was a sunny day, and the temperature was around 60F. It was approximately 2 1/2 cm in diameter. After researching, I think it could possibly be a wood anemone.

a very small crayfish, or crawdad found in a creek in Riner, Va. The temperature at the time of my observation was about 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

The body of the crawdad was 2 1/2 inches long (about the length of my pinky finger)
He was found under a rock in a more shallow area of the creek.

These flies are characterized by their unique blue color and are known to eat dead and decaying matter. This fly was found on top a bunch of leaves and sticks right near the new river near bisset park. It was a sunny day and 70 degrees outside. He would fly from one leaf to another. The fly is about the size of my finger tip and about 1 and a half centimeters long and about a half of a centimeter wide.

These flies are characterized by their unique blue color and are known to eat dead and decaying matter. This fly was found on top a bunch of leaves and sticks right near the new river near bisset park. It was a sunny day and 70 degrees outside. He would fly from one leaf to another. The fly is about the size of my finger tip and about 1 and a half centimeters long and about a half of a centimeter wide.

a very small crayfish, or crawdad found in a creek in Riner, Va. The temperature at the time of my observation was about 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

The body of the crawdad was 2 1/2 inches long (about the length of my pinky finger)
He was found under a rock in a more shallow area of the creek.

This picture was taken at Selu Conservatory in Radford, Virginia. I was there working with children and happened to see this and took a picture of it. It was a warm day with a temperature around 80 degrees. It was also a really clear day. It wasn't really big. The best way to describe it was it was a little bigger then a regular fly, but not much bigger. I had to take the picture really quick since I was working with children so I did not have time to compare size with something else to show. I did good to snap this picture really quick. It was right at an reconstructed old farm house and with just grass and a gravel road. There was barns and a cow field with cows nearby as well.

I found this beautiful flower on the New River Valley Trail in Southwest Virginia. It was a sunny day, and the temperature was around 60F. It was approximately 2 1/2 cm in diameter. After researching, I think it could possibly be a wood anemone.

I found this little guy under a rock behind my grandparent's house in Snowville, VA. It was a sunny day, and the temperature was around 60F. Approximately 5 cm long. After reseaching, I think it could possibly be a millipede.