Red efts have such amazing coloration. Along with red dragonflies and amanita muscaria mushrooms. This piece celebrates all these cute natural red critters. But, don't eat the efts or the mushrooms. Both are incredibly toxic. The dragonflies can be eaten if you desire.
The red eft is a showy little amphibian that lives in a wide swath of the eastern United States and Canada. It is a terrestrial form of the eastern spotted newt. I see them on walks regularly in the spring and fall in upstate NY. They love crawling among the leaves and mushrooms, finding bugs and snails and slugs to eat along the way.
edition of 17 Image size 10" x 11" Title: Gaggle of Reds
