Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
Swallowtails are challenging for me to identify, and the only one I can remember is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail; it’s the only one with more yellow than black! The swallowtails […]
Swallowtails are challenging for me to identify, and the only one I can remember is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail; it’s the only one with more yellow than black! The swallowtails […]
Parks & Nature Connection – a monthly series learning about Florida’s awesome flora and fauna! What I love about my job as a Recreation Program Specialist is connecting people to […]
I apologize for the slack on posting to this blog but I am grateful to be preoccupied with other volunteer projects, work and completing my final FMNP course! It’s been […]
You know when you are out photographing, you never know what you will find, but once you find it, you’re like ‘WOE.’ Nature always surprises me and teaches me so […]
I have been seeing quite a few of these caterpillars and will be waiting a couple of weeks to take some photos of the moths. Click on image to go […]
A new species on my list! While at first concentrating on photographing a wasp, I see some iridescent colors reflecting in my viewfinder. When I put the camera down, I […]
Pin-striped Vermilion Slug… a very interesting name. When I first noticed this little thing crawling on the thorned stem it reminded me of a watermelon! This slug is about an […]
So I took this photo of the beautiful Clouded Crimson Moth and now I got the caterpillar stage! And now we know that the Clouded Crimson Moth uses the Southern […]
So far there are two Spanish Moth Caterpillars recorded in Hernando County, both at Chassahowitzka WMA, myself and Pete Kleinhenz, according to Inaturalist. https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature-Wildlife/Nature-Videos/Caterpillars/i-FCjcVwZ/0/8bb176f2/1280/AMH_0076-1280.mp4 Caterpillars feed on Spider Lillies and […]
When you learn more about plant species you are able to tell when something is different. While driving (slowly) I noticed something “odd” about this Spanish needle flower and sure enough […]
The Genista Broom Moths Caterpillar. These are tenting caterpillars similar to the Eastern Tent Caterpillars. These caterpillars leave silk like strands from leaf to leaf and create a tent or […]