The Incredible Pine Cone
Now and then, my husband and I enjoy taking walks around the neighborhood, and at times we can find something very interesting. I remember one day we encountered a coral […]
To Look Upon a Flower
To look upon a flower, I mean really look at a flower. Every single species of a flowering plant is different. They have different colors, shapes, sizes, scents, and actually […]
Two Cool Stink Bugs
Two Cool Stink Bugs: Just because they arm themselves with a stink bomb doesn’t mean they aren’t cool! Let me introduce you to two very cool looking stink bugs- the Conquistator mucronatus and […]
An Orchid with a Witchy Name
I couldn’t end October without posting something referring to Halloween, and I think this Hairy Shadow Witch (Ponthieva racemosa) fits perfectly. There are 25 species of these orchids, and only […]
Creepy Critters: Stinkers and Slimmers
Creepy Critters: Stinkers and Slimmers There’s nothing like taking a mild walk on the trails and get head bomb by a stink bug and then you realized why they are […]
Creepy Critters: Crab Spiders
Crab spiders have a unique body shape and coloration. It’s their front pair of legs that quickly identify them because they are much longer and larger than the rest of […]
Creepy Critters: Warrior Beetle
Nature Photographers, I have a question for you. Have you ever taken a photo that actually brought tears in your eyes? If you have experienced that, I would love to […]
Can I have a little Pink with Green, Please
The Spotted Horse Mint (Monarda punctata) is one of many, many favorite flowering plants that I really enjoy photographing. Discovering how beautiful this flower color palette is is also the […]
Margined Calligrapher
This is a uniquely designed fly, in fact, it’s a good fly to have around according to insectidentification.org, because of two things. One: they are a pollinator and two they […]
Small Butterwort
Most of the ‘worts’ I have seen are yellow, this is the first time I had seen a small lilac butterwort. While driving around getting landscape photos for an upcoming […]
Eastern Silver Aster
I first saw this flower it was in the Withlacoochee State Forest working on an article about wildflowers. I didn’t take much notice then until I saw it at Big […]
