Insects | Our Natural Places

A Visit To The Prairie

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) So much sky! We become accustomed to the view from our yards, towns, local woods or, in our case, swamp habitat. Our...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, bigflower pawpaw, black-eyed susan, blackroot, common yellowthroat, delaware skipper, eastern meadowlark, grasshopper sparrow, great southern white, leavenworth's tickseed, longhorn cuckoo bee, nuttall's thistle, pearl crescent, purple thistle, sandweed, sweat bee, three lakes wma, twin-spot butterfly

B3 B4 7*

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) Plecia nearctica! The season of the “Lovebug” is upon us. And upon the winshield. And upon the headlights. And upon the front...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: carolina jessamine, florida bellflower, green swamp, little blue dragonlet, northern parula, pearl crescent, phaon crescent, richloam wma, white-eyed vireo

Back On Track

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) For ten miles, the road stretches in a straight line through the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest. Multiple trails lead from the...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: bachman's sparrow, eastern meadowlark, flattened pipewort, florida scrub frostweed, florida scrub jay, four-petal st. johnswort, gray catbird, great crested flycatcher, lake wales ridge state forest, netted pawpaw, northern parula, palamedes swallowtail, pricklypear, smallfruit beggarticks, wild turkey track

How Green Was My Swamp

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) Thistles! Thrilling! I know. We’re easily excitable. Following a marathon of medical adventures, we needed to absorb as much fresh air as...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: blue-gray gnatcatcher, brown-headed nuthatch, bumble bee, green swamp, highbush blueberry, narrowleaf blue-eyed grass, netted pawpaw, palamedes swallowtail, prairie iris, purple thistle, red-bellied woodpecker, southern needleleaf, tufted titmouse, white bog violet, wood stork

A Pine Woods Morning

(Click to enlarge images, click again to zoom.) Sunrise. It happens every day. Many of us are still in bed or busy rushing to jobs or getting the kids ready for...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: barred yellow, deer moss, downy woodpecker, florida lupine, florida scrub jay, fog, hairy woodpecker, lake wales ridge state forest, northern mockingbird, prickly pear, spider webs

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