What Next Photography & Graphic Arts

A small group of white ibis head towards their evening roost at the end of the day.

16 Jun

Evening Means Plenty of Beautiful Birds Ready to Roost

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography, Sunsets and Sunrises

Daily Commute Yesterday evening I decided to head out to the cattle egret rookery to see if there were any...

Poppa cardinal feeds Momma a couple of seeds as a gesture of his love.

15 Jun

Love is in the Air

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography 1 Comment

True Love Momma and Poppa cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) have raised and fledged one clutch, and I guess they are taking...

An ilia underwing moth rests during the day a flies at night.

14 Jun

The Ilia Underwing is a Beautiful Summer Moth

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Insects, Moths, Photography

Ilia Underwing This little beauty was taking her afternoon siesta on the wall of my dog house one afternoon. I...

A gulf fritillary butterfly has just landed on a plant leaf for a short rest before heading off again.

11 Jun

Gulf Fritillaries are Some Really Colorful Butterflies

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography

Flitting Fritillary A short time ago I showed everyone the spiky orange caterpillar of the gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae),...

A black and yellow garden spider hangs in the elaborate stabilimentum of her web.

10 Jun

Florida’s Wonderful Spider Season is Here

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Photography, Spiders

Stabilimentum Now that summer weather has firmly entrenched itself in central Florida, the insects and spiders are everywhere. As most...

A honeybee flies in to check out the flowers on a chaste tree.

09 Jun

Most Honeybees Really Love Colorful Flowering Trees

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Bees & Wasps, Insects, Photography 1 Comment

Arrival Central Florida provides a good environment for growing quite a few types of flowering trees and our rural area...

Female blue dashers have a yellowish thorax and golden yellow abdomen unlike the males where both segments are blue.

08 Jun

Beautiful Female Blue Dashers Look Very Different from Males

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Insects, Photography

A Dash of Gold As I have mentioned before, there seem to be a lot of blue dashers around this...

A white tailed deer stands at full attention after a noise interrupts her browsing.

07 Jun

White Tailed Deer are Beautiful to Watch Grazing

Posted by whatnext10 Deer, Mammals, Photography

Full Alert Last week I had a very unexpected visitor. As I was fixing some lunch, I looked out the...

A photo of a small grasshopper has been redone in shades of Violet, blue, and pink.

06 Jun

Can A Bright Green Grasshopper Make a Great Colorful Artwork?

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Artworks, Insects, Photography

Vivacious in Violet Well, of course, the answer to that question is yes. Originally, this was a nice, but rather...

A little green tree frog looks at his own image in a mirror.

05 Jun

Little Tree Frogs Can Be Very Amusing

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Reptiles & Amphibians

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall It’s been awhile since I posted about finding something interesting in my bathroom. I don’t...