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"X" Marks the Spot
The students wait for their guide to take them on a tour of X-Cave - the most popular cave for visitors in the Carter Cave system, so-called for the two intersecting caverns that from the letter "X". 
| Cool Cricket Cave crickets tend to inhabit dark, damp, cool places - like caves (and manmade habitats, such as basements and crawlspaces). 
Smart Spider
| This spider built its web in a cave near a light - which attracts insects. 
Five-lined Fever
| Northeast Ohio is a "lizard poor" area of the United States. For some of the students it was the first time they saw (and in some cases, caught) a wild lizard. This male Five-lined Skink was seen poking its head out of a hiding spot along the trail and with the temperature in the 50s, it was easily caught by Rachel. Click here to see another skink photo 
Wonderwall
| While the inner workings of the caves get a great deal of focus and study, the outside of the caverns are rather scenic and worthy of attention too. Click here to see another pic 
Creekside
| Eventually we decided that we'd return to this creek in the afternoon to see what kinds of amphibians we'd find. 
Good Omen
| This Green Frog was a hint at the good herping that was just around the corner. 
Big Beetle
| A scarab beetle was hanging out on a rock in the creek. The Egyptians immortalized the scarab beetle as sacred. 
Commander Salamander
| On our return trip in the afternoon, Megan found this larval Red Salamander under a rock in the creek. Click here to see another pic of a young Red Salamander |
