A diamondback terrapin hatchling emerges from its Turtle Point nest and begins its scramble into the safety of the Lieutenant Island nursery marsh.
Lone Hatchling Slowly Emerges & Heads to Safety
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The Hatchling Also Rises
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Flying Insect Ovipositing on Terrapin Nesting Dune
Monday, August 25th, 2008Voracious and aggressive predators of just pipped diamondback terrapin hatchlings are insect maggots. A large percentage of terrapin nests are invaded by these maggots that destroy hatchlings before they can ever emerge. We have identified at least one species of these maggots. On Monday, 25 August, I observed this flying insect inspecting the tracks of recently emerged hatchlings and then ovipositing immediately atop these tracks on the terrapin nesting dune at Turtle Pass.
Wasp-Like Insect Ovipositing on Turtle Pass Dune
Rehabbed Terrapin (Princess Gaia) in the Wild
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008The young female terrapin (Princess Gaia), returned to the wild on July 18th after long-term emergency care at Tufts and rehab at the National Marine Life Center, was recaptured this afternoon in the Run … about a mile from its release point at the Lieutenant Island Bridge. She was spotted hanging out with another young female almost her identical size and age. Note that the left rear leg (closest to the camera in this video) is the one that she lost from the knee down and the leg that Tufts so carefully repaired. Not too shabby for a 3 1/2 legged turtle!
Rehabbed Terrapin Recaptured in the Wild