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...are now at Pollywog Creek with the beautiful in it's time label.

Thank you so much for reading and enjoying beautiful in its time. I hope you will visit us on Pollywog Creek.

Painted Bunting

Painted Bunting (male)
Passerina ciris



More painted bunting photos here.

Rusty Lyonia

Rusty Lyonia
Lyonia ferruginea

Yellow - Barred Yellow (Eurema daira)

Barred Yellow
Eurema Daira

Regal Jumping Spider

Regal Jumping Spider
Phidippus regius

Winged Sumac

Winged Sumac
Rhus copallinum

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus

Wood Stork - Endangered Species

Click Photo for Wood Stork Slide Show

Wood Stork
Mycteria americana

Eastern Yellow Jacket

And the food chain...

Eastern yellow jacket eating an insect larva...







Eating a dead baby bird...



Being eaten by a Green Lynx Spider




I took the first three photographs this morning, keeping in mind the warning I read in the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida regarding yellow jackets:

"Stings repeatedly if bothered."

I kept my distance.

Caesar's Weed

Caesar's Weed
Urena lobata

St. Peter's Wort

St. Peter's Wort
Hypericum tetrapetalum
Syn: Ascyrum tetrapetalum

Flowers throughout Florida year-round in damp, sandy soils.
May grow to 3 ft. tall.

Robber Fly

Family Asilidae: Robber Fly

Creeping Oxeye - Yellow

CREEPING OXEYE
Wedelia trilobata

Click on photo above for a yellow wildflower slide show

Stinging Nettle - Tread Softly

Stinging Nettle
Cnidoscolus stimulosus