Vector of the Month: #Culicoides #obsoletus (biting #midge), the main European vector of #bluetongue virus #BTV in #ruminants, authored by Alec Hochstrasser, Eva Veronesi & Niels Verhulst. @uzh-parasitology.bsky.social

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Close-up photo of a snake freezing in place while attempting to cross a blacktop road. The snake is blackish above –– very glossy and beautiful –– and matte white below. If the photo was clearer and higher resolution, I think we could make out my own image reflected in the snake's eye!

I met this magnificent Western (Black) Rat Snake last night.

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#Pantherophis #obsoletus #snake #WesternRatSnake #Oklahoma #wildlife #reptile