Beautiful Ammophila pectipennis Wasps Love the Nectar of Fall Wildflowers
Wasp with an Appetite. Until 2023, I had never seen, or at least never noticed these beautiful Ammophila pectipennis wasps....
Colorful Bean Leaf Rollers are Back in Florida
Roller Flight Here in central Florida we have lots of gorgeous butterflies of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Most...
Probably the Last Beautiful Blue Dasher of the Season
Delicate Poise Before we got slammed by two major hurricanes in two weeks, our supply of summer dragonflies was dwindling....
Tiger Swallowtails are One of Our Most Beautiful Fall Butterflies
Tiger, Tiger Well everyone, we have all survived our second hurricane in two weeks. For us, up in north central...
Bee Flies Spend Lots of Valuable Time Searching for Nectar
Fly, Bee Fly Like most pollinators, bee flies (Poecilanthrax lucifer) are very hard workers and much of their work as...
Palamedes Butterflies are a Big Fall Sensation
Palamedes Below One of the largest butterflies that are commonly seen around here in the summer and fall season are...
Bee Flies are Really Great for Gardens
Hang Out We have several types of bee flies here in Florida and many of them don’t have common names....
The Fiery Skipper is a Brightly Colorful Fall Butterfly
Fiery Glow Celestial fall begins this weekend, and although we are still more or less having summer temperatures, we are...
Eastern Bumble Bees are Big and Fuzzy
Bumbledore I couldn’t resist the name on the first photo because, yes, I am a Harry Potter nerd. And although...
Spicebush Swallowtails are Strikingly Colorful Butterflies
Great Grasp Since Hurricane Debby came through and dropped a bunch of rain on us, the fall wildflowers have been...
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