Today Was a Great Day for Beautiful Honey Bees
Photogenic Pollinator Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are definitely interesting, and very attractive little pollinators. They are well known for their...
Blue-eyed Grass is a Beautiful Summer Grass
Blue Eyed Belle During the summer in western Florida this beautiful little wildflower is very common. It’s called blue-eyed grass...
Lynx Spiders Often Love to Hunt on Flowers
Lynx and Tickseed Green Lynx spiders (Peucetia viridans) are well known for their prowess as ambush hunters. Their bright green...
Adorable Little Jumping Spiders Can Be Found in Odd Places
Eyes in the Dark It’s not necessarily unusual to find little jumping spiders in small hiding places since they’re another...
The Northern Crab Spider is Another Beautiful Little Ambush Hunter
The Stealthy Stalker Just like yesterday’s little lynx spider, this northern crab spider (Mecaphesea asperata) is a very small ambush...
Fleabane Flowers are Great for Little Pollinators and Spiders, Too
Anticipation of Prey Whenever I’m outside and I see fleabane flowers I try to stop and check them for small...
Bee Flies are Very Cool and Interesting Little Flies
Rainbows and Varigations Florida is well known for having more than its share of flies, many of which bite or...
Colorful Mabel Orchard Orb Weavers Can be Great Hunters
The Spider and the Ant Probably the most common spider that I see on my property and in the surrounding...
Beautiful Twin Flagged Jumpers Can be Friendly Little Spiders
Jumper Frequently after work I go some place to take photos. Sometimes it’s the woods behind my house, sometimes it’s...
Tiny Little Crab Spiders are Powerful Hunters
Hidden Northern crab spiders (Mecaphesa asperata) are interesting, and rather devious little hunters. Unlike a lot of spiders, they don’t...
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