Gulf Fritillary Butterflies Love Colorful Passion Fruit Flowers
Passionate Fritillary Back in June, we had lots of these gorgeous orange gulf fritillary butterflies (Agraulis vanillae) floating around. Then...
The Colorful Grey Hairstreak is an Interesting Summer Butterfly
Downward Hairstreak Grey hairstreaks (Strymon melinus) are a very small butterfly, especially when compared to ones like the Palamedes swallowtails....
Where There Are Insects, There Are Also Colorful Predators
Prime Perch When I was photographing the chaste trees and the many types of pollinators that were attracted to them,...
The Next Generation is on it’s Way
Deposit This pretty little zebra longwing butterfly (Heliconius charithonia) was very busy laying her eggs on various passion fruit vines....
Florida has Plenty of Big, Colorful Dragonflies
Red Glow With all of our swamps, streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds, it’s not surprising that we have more than...
Eastern Bumble Bees are Some of the Very Best Pollinators
Big Bumble Last week when I was out there, the roadside in front of the cattle egret rookery was filled...
The Brown Winged Sweat Bees are Beautiful Little Bees
Brown Wings Up until very recently, there have been a lot of these cute little male brown winged sweat bees...
An Eastern Pondhawk that’s Changing Color is a Beautiful Sight
Changing Even though the main attraction of the cattle egret rookery is the birds, they are far from the only...
The Ilia Underwing is a Beautiful Summer Moth
Ilia Underwing This little beauty was taking her afternoon siesta on the wall of my dog house one afternoon. I...
Gulf Fritillaries are Some Really Colorful Butterflies
Flitting Fritillary A short time ago I showed everyone the spiky orange caterpillar of the gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae),...
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