Plenty of critters inhabit the land and trees. They are harder to get pictures of, but here are some. First, buggy ones: These moths seemt to sit in one spot for days. This one was near the entrance to the Dinning Hall.  Dragon Flies come in a few varieties and colours around camp. Orangey-red and Blue are most common in late summer. Being a United Church camp, these specimens respect that and prefer flying United.  Here is one of the Blue ones just as it stopped for a moment on a sprig of reed.  A closer look - it was hard to get good pictures as these guys don't seem to ever stop long. A A fuzzy caterpillar.  This was a spot where some kind of flying ants or other insects were coming out of the ground with wings on, and they were flying around in a kind of swarm-cloud and then returning, I think they were then dropping their wings (you can see some wings on the ground) and then crawling back underground. Fascinating to watch and wonder what is going on!  Here is a video clip of the action Here's a clip of a camera-shy squirrel I came upon. He was eating pine nuts but when I tried to capture the action he scurried into a tree. We have lizards and snakes here!: First, the Lizard, called the Northern Alligator. A few of the girls found this one near the dock area. Way to go girls! This next one was found on one of the islands when we were exploring it on a kayak outing. Heres a snake in the grass. If you were not told he was there, would you be able to notice?  Here's a Garter snake in a bucket. Moorecroft is home to a black version of the Garter snake. (I think it's called melanized, but can't find much info - please help me if you know). One day, soon after starting work at the camp, I came out my front door and not only saw such a black snake, but it was eating a green slug! Follow the link below to see the black snake eating a green slug page! Meanwhile, thank you for visiting. Comments are welcome and can be left by emailing Camp.Moorecroft@gmail.com | 
