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    Ticks & Chiggers--a study

    But I do refuse to refer to Northern Water snakes as Water Moccasins
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    Ticks & Chiggers--a study

    Boyd, Bob and I have a friend who is a botanist but also is heavy into entomology and he states what we are calling chiggers are actually tick larvae.He does claim that there are chiggers in South Jersey but they are rare and usually found one at a time.Chiggers are red and have six legs, tick...
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    Our New State Reptile

    On the other hand the only twp"s in Cumberland without Pink would be Greenwich, Deerfield and Commercial twp which is where I"m at.I"m going to have to fix that.A pink hunt in Commercial is on!
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    Our New State Reptile

    Some of those locales in Ocean county are definite Barrens.None in Cumberland county though:-(
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    Our New State Reptile

    http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/species/fieldguide/view/Glyptemys%20insculpta/
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    Our New State Reptile

    actually Bob I didn't realize it was in North jersey.I thought it was only native to South Jersey. I thought they were still in Cumberland County but that appears to be uncertain
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    Our New State Reptile

    Yes it is in the barrens https://www.fws.gov/northeast/njfieldoffice/endangered/bogturtle.html I have never found one but their very small,have an orange spot at the ear and like to hide in clumps of grass.Also in the barrens is the wood turtle but it is only in the northern barrens...
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    Our New State Reptile

    Personally I think they should have picked a reptile whose range encompassed the whole state but then again that would have ruled out many species that are endemic to the Barrens and probably would have been a species common in nearby states so maybe a barrens reptile isn't bad but it kind of...
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    Puzzling find on a trail

    Hard to tell but the grey object is shaped like a snapping turtle skull???
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    Beware, new firearm law's signed

    When they sent my ass over the Iraqi line i had 7 30 round magazines full,two grenades one LAW and one AT-4 and no one questioned me.Now Murphy's Law wants to limit me to 6 rounds because I"m dangerous. Your darn right I"m dangerous Murphy. Just look at that sadistic grin.
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    rest tent at Atsion

    I bet I"d love the way they tickle! At least thats what Baloo said!
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    Music for the day

    When you wanna hit the swamp but cain't. Just turn off the lights and crank this up.
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    rest tent at Atsion

    Yes after you brush the black ants off of them.They seem to like the fresh tendrils as well.
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    rest tent at Atsion

    If we could figure his purpose in creating Deer Flies it mat well explain Smilax as well.
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    Light Day In The Barrens

    I would have never suspected that Father Time looked like Bill Gates.
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    Washington Tpke 745 acre thinning bid

    A waste land is right.No reason for it whatsoever in my book.They filled in a historical well right next to the road. On purpose or out of ignorance i don't know.Ignorance wouldn't surprise me. Ugly as sin. Migh as well pave it now.They've created a dragstrip through the State Forest
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    2PM NASA Mars announcement

    What? No Pyramids? No Sphinx? Some folks have no imagination!
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    Neighborly Pine Snake

    Most definitely a Pine snake and a very special snake this one must be to have earned the blessing of our number one Ophibiophobe
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    Pine Pollen

    I love old Geezer Jokes!
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