For those who are curious what happens with the Red Efts, I managed to get a photo of an adult yesterday. Red Eft is the juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt, which basically wanders the woods for a couple years then heads to the water and submerges forever. They turn a dull shade of pond bottom, maybe retaining a couple fancy dots. The wiki entry says lifespan of 7-15 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_newt

#RedEfts #EasternNewt

Look at this fella

#RedEft #EasternNewt #NewEngland
#easternnewt (Notophthalmus viridescens) is a common newt of eastern North America. It frequents small lakes, ponds, and streams or nearby wet forests. The eastern newt produces tetrodotoxin,