Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Eastern

Lady bug pupae (Coccinellidae) attach to the underside of a Goldsturm Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia fulgida.

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Lady bug pupae (Coccinellidae) attach to the underside of a Goldsturm Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia fulgida.

Lady bug pupae (Coccinellidae) attach to the underside of a Goldsturm Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia fulgida.

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Lady bug pupae (Coccinellidae) attach to the underside of a Goldsturm Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia fulgida.

Photo: Lady bug pupae attached to the underside of a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) leaf.

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Lady bug pupae attached to the underside of a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) leaf.

Picture of an eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis.

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A studio portrait of an eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis.

Picture of an eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis.

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A studio portrait of an eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis.

An eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

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An eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

Photo: An eastern hognose snake plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.

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An eastern hognose snake plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

Photo: An eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) along the Steamboat Trace near Peru, Nebraska.

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An eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) along the Steamboat Trace near Peru, Nebraska.

Photo: An eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) blooms in Brownville, Nebraska.

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An eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) blooms in Brownville, Nebraska.

A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard's Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

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A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard’s Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard's Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

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A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard’s Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

The bottom side of a Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard's Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

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The bottom side of a Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard’s Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard's Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

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A Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) at Millard’s Turtle Farm, Birmingham, Iowa.

An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

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An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

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An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

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An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

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An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

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An eastern coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum) from the Lowry Park Zoo.

An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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An eastern twin-spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei miquihuanus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

Portrait of an eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) at the San Francisco State University.

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Portrait of an eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) at the San Francisco State University.

An eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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An eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

An eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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An eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Gulf coast box turtle, Terrapene triunguis major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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Gulf coast box turtle, Terrapene triunguis major, at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Photo: An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

Photo: An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

Photo: An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

Photo: An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

Photo: An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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An eastern screech owl, (Megascopes asio), at a raptor recovery center near Lincoln, NE.

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