There are Two Awesome Types of Vultures in Florida shows readers images of both the black vulture and the turkey vulture. These are the only two types of vultures in the United States and both can be found in central Florida.
There’s an Exciting Diversity of Life in Central Florida describes how the author found five separate species to photograph within a quarter mile stretch in her own front yard. This is just a simple example of the surprising diversity of life in the sandhills of Florida.
Watch This Amazing Spider Get All Cleaned Up introduces a video of a white banded fishing spider cleaning itself after getting wet.
A Nearly Perfect Afternoon with Some Beautiful Dragonflies shows readers the little blue dragonlet. It is a very small, usually about one inch long, dragonfly. It tends to be shy and flies and perches low to avoid predators.
Let’s Celebrate a Belated Earth Day! was supposed to be Let’s Celebrate Earth Day, but due to internet issues that couldn’t happen, so instead it’s being published today. After all, shouldn’t we really be celebrating Earth Day every day?
The Great Golden Digger Wasp is Wonderful for Gardens introduces readers to these fascinating, nonaggressive wasps and explains why they are fantastic to have around. It also shows readers several images of these colorful wasps.
Sometimes a Bad Shot Can Become a Beautiful Artwork show readers how the author/artist took a very imperfect photograph and used it to create an unusual and artistic image.
The Girls of the Interesting Hibernaculum Continue to Thrive gives readers an update on the hibernaculum that the author monitored all winter. It shows images of one of the wasps beginning her nest.
The White Tipped Black is a Colorful, Day Flying Moth is an unusual since most moths are fairly drab in color and fly at night. It does have those beautiful fuzzy antennas, though which is part of what makes them moths and not butterflies.
The Salt Marsh Caterpillar Comes in Various Interesting Colors shows readers a very active and athletic salt marsh caterpillar as it moves around in a coral honeysuckle bush. It also gives readers some interesting information about these cool caterpillars.
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