Met up w/ John for some light herping in Bella Vista.  Didn't see much off Tanyard Creek.  Ok, that's an overstatement.  We saw a SPIDER, literally, that was it.  After getting skunked on Tanyard, we headed over to Lake Bella Vista Trail to check out some turtle habitat.  Saw quite a bit more there!

Lycosidae (pardosa?) Thin-Legged Wolf spider...  I should have put John's hand there for size reference.

Shrooms dude!  I don't advise eating these!!!

Spiny Softshell at Bella Vista Trail

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Turtle eggs!

Big turtle!

Best my zoom gets..I need a better lens!

John spotted this HUGE Nerodia (midland?) sipedon?  I can't ID these things yet.  Guessing it's a Midland Water snake

John flipped a log, found a cute little toad..

I flip a log and get not ONE, but TWO freaking HUGE millipedes.

I almost tripped over this little guy in the semi rocky habitat, he almost blended in.  Male 3 toe box

Year of the HUGE grasshopper

John spotted all of these:
Young RES

Another Midland? Nerodia ssp basking

This little area was pretty rich for herps.  John found  the RES, the Nerodia, and a large bullfrog all within about 8ft of one another.  The RES is off to the left, and the Nerodia is dead center, while the Bullfrog is off to the right hidden in sludge

Can you spot the bullfrog??  I liked to NEVER spotted it.  LOL John found it and had to literally point it out.

Now?

Prairie Lizard John found not far from where we found the snake, turtle & frog!