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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Notes:

This female box turtle was digging a hole to lay eggs in underneath a yellow squash plant in my dad's garden. It took her about 5 hours to dig the hole, lay the eggs, cover the hole back up, and head for the woods!

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1 Comment

ZachT
ZachT 11 years ago

Very cool sight, and good to see another hoosier!

Wildifreq
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Wildifreq

Indiana, USA

Spotted on Jun 30, 2012
Submitted on Jun 30, 2012

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