First Species Documented in Hernando County!
On October 20, 2018, at Chassahowitzka WMA, I photographed an insect that I have never seen before and again on March 20, 2020. Most likely, not the same insect but […]
On October 20, 2018, at Chassahowitzka WMA, I photographed an insect that I have never seen before and again on March 20, 2020. Most likely, not the same insect but […]
A new species added to my iNaturalist observation! I don’t know how many times I have driven by this thinking it was sawgrass. Surprisingly there is not a voucher specimen […]
What’s blooming over at Chassahowitzka WMA… skyblue lupine! Just one of many of my favorite sandhill flowering plants. The first day of Spring is March 19th, and it seems everything, […]
This is a native wildflower I haven’t seen at Chassahowitzka WMA before, as it was in a location many just look and drive by. They are well hidden in this […]
Just one of many sweat bees… the Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee is another Florida important pollinator. There are over 44 species of this sweat/ halictid bees, I am still searching […]
Well, this one isn’t on the friendly snail list. Apparently, this carnivorous snail was introduced into Hawaii to control Giant African Land Snails. But that plan didn’t work because this […]
So this is an ant… a Camponotus socius and a very cute one! Just look at that face! As you know, extremely challenging to photograph… I managed to get a […]
The Palm Warbler is one of the nine varieties of Wood Warblers. After the recent burn at Chassahowitzka, there were plenty of insects for these little warblers to forge on. […]
It’s is amazing how wildlife kids transform, how this juvenile little blue heron is pure white and within a year will turn all blue. The photo above is one of […]
Ribbons snakes are non-venomous, however just like every living creature they still bite, even with a cute face like that! I see a lot of these snakes killed as a […]
Osmia Chalybea- Mason Bee… or as I call it, a blue metallic mason bee. These are bigger than the little sweat bees you see. https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature-Wildlife/Nature-Videos/Bees/i-G2K58mq/0/de056241/1280/AMH_0459-1280.mp4 What trip watching […]