chrisnowa's Identifications

Was small
Found laying in a small puddle between bricks in our front
yard
Has dark shell with lighter brown on top

This female showed up in our back yard over a period of two years. Eventually it stopped. The pattern on the shell and the yellow eyes are diagnostic of species and sex. Males have red eyes.

Found under honeysuckle vines. Surrounding vegetation mostly tall grass some purple flowering weeds with round yellow berry-like fruits(nightshade?) Weather hot, not windy.

Uh...Randomly appeared in my garage...transported to the backyard. I am not sure if it was captured at first, but clearly wild now.

There were two of them in the water.