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Evan Grimes, M.S.

@iowanaturalist.bsky.social

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he/they. Wetland biologist. Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist. Dev of msherps.com. Bartender. All photos my own.

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jan 30

In honor of Year of the Snake, I just launched the 2nd GoFundMe effort to raise money for the hosting costs for Mississippi #Herps, a resource describing all reptiles and amphibians in Mississippi! 🐍 1/2 gofund.me/9cf21de4

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful mother on the move with her young. Rabidosa sp. from the southern pine forests in Mississippi. #inverts #macro #spider

Closeup of a wolf spider species on sand with small babies on her abdomen

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · 8d

One of a handful of young Eastern Ribbonsnakes from a nice lakeside hike in southern Mississippi this spring. Common species are still always very pretty! #herps

A brownish snake with yellow stripes coiled on some light brown rocks

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Jerry Cannon's Wild Life @jerrycannon27.bsky.social · 12d

A young Gopher Toroise next to a cell phone #herps

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · 12d

Likely my best photograph of Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Watersnake) I’ve gotten yet, a male found poking around a lake’s edge. Southern Mississippi, April 2025. #herps

An olive green snake with dark blotches coiled on a rock

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 7

Re-adding this to peoples’ timeline cause I think it deserves more attention 😅

Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 4

My first encounter with Bombus affinis (Rusty-patched Bumble Bee) last week was pretty magical. Can’t believe I finally got to see this endangered beauty! 🐝 #invert

A large bubble bee with a brownish patch of fuzz on its abdomen. It is coated with flecks of pollen and pollinating Verbesina alterniflora, a yellow native bloom

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 4

My first encounter with Bombus affinis (Rusty-patched Bumble Bee) last week was pretty magical. Can’t believe I finally got to see this endangered beauty! 🐝 #invert

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Aug 7

The incredibly vulnerable Golden-winged Warbler occasionally graces me with its presence in the Midwest doing my spring birding. This year was one of those years, and got some amazing looks at him! Some estimates say 98% declines in their Appalachian populations. #birding #warbler #wildlife

A yellow gray and blackbird on a branch singing

A yellow gray and blackbird on a branch shaded by some leaves, looking to the left along the branch

A yellow, black and gray bird standing on a branch, looking down to the right looking for insects

A yellow gray and black bird standing on the top of a tree branch with new leaves, biting at something on the end of the branch

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Yellow-blotched Map Turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) was the first map turtle I ever saw in the southeast as part of an undergraduate summer course in Mississippi in 2017. I was overjoyed to get some great in situ shots of some basking this spring! #herps

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · Jul 24

An Eastern Pacific long-beaked common dolphin showing off some stunning teeth rakes mid-jump off the coast of southern California 🌿🦑🦊

A dolphin mid-air above the ocean's surface. It has scars on its back and sides from the teeth of other dolphins

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 14

They make the gartersnakes pretty down south 😳. Eastern Gartersnake, south Mississippi #herps

A small checkery snake with bright orange stripe on sand. A large pinecone is in the background

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Another #filmfriday featuring this beautiful Marbled Salamander from a higher elevation wetland in northern Georgia. The autofocus can be hit or miss on this 90’s point-and-shoot but I almost always like the results. December 2024, Canon Sure Shot Tele 80 📸 + Kodak Royal Gold 🎞️ (Exp. 2001) #herps

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 8

my cat, he’s so handsome ☺️

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 27

A highlight of my spring trip to Mississippi (and honestly a lot of my southeast trips) is going for Graptemys. Map turtle diversity is unmatched in the southeast, and Graptemys gibbonsi (Pascagoula River Map Turtle) is my favorite of them all! Mississippi, April, 2025 #herps

A large adult female (right) and adult male (left) map turtles basking

An adult male surfacing below a hatchling on a stick

Hatchling lap turtle on a small branch above water

Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 18

Black-and-white Warbler on the move! #birds

Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 15

Iowa City today #NoKings

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 12

Closeup shot of a neat fossorial snake from the southeast, the Pinewoods Littersnake (Rhadinaea flavilata). Love to see these when I get the chance in the warmer nights down south. #herps

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 6

A sizable Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita) from a coastal hardwood hammock in southern Mississippi 🐍 #herps #filmfriday

A medium sized snake coiled upon a bed of pine straw

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · May 28

I feel like I end up seeing Palm Warblers the earliest in Iowa. This spring was no different! #birds

A Palm Warbler looks up from a small branch

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · May 27

Blackburnian Warblers have some of the prettiest orange gradients in between their black streaks. This is the first year I’ve gotten good photos of them! This guy was so focused on catching bugs he didn’t mind me watching close by. #birds

A bright orange warbler on an oak branch with a spider in its mouth.

A bright orange warbler on a stick looking to the right among young leaf and flower buds of an oak tree

A bright orange warbler on a stick in the shade

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · May 13

Was too busy and missed posting for amphibian week (one of the busiest weeks at work coincidentally) so here’s a few of the ones I photographed on a recent trip to southern Mississippi! #herps 🐸

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 24

Really handsome juvenile cottonmouth and a Green Treefrog from Arkansas and Missouri respectively. October 2024. 🐍 🐸 #herps

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Apr 11

Signs of spring, ranked.

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 6

how about we propose a law that requires companies to have an option to turn off any short-form video feeds in my apps. i don’t want that in YouTube or Instagram or anything really 🫡

Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 4

so unbelievably excited I got a copy of this ‼️

Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · Mar 28

Might start a #filmfriday series with the growing collection of species I’ve captured with old film while on trips the past three years. First is a photograph of the same Spring Salamander in my previous post. Northwest GA, 2024. #herps #filmphotography ⛰️

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