White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae
More White Peacock photos here and here.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Bee Fly, Part III
I promise imagine that this will be my last bee fly post, but my fascination with this tiny insect drew me back out to the field where spermacoce prostrata - a false buttonweed that I think looks like a tiny wedding bouquet - grows in abundance and I first discovered the bee fly.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Bee Fly, Part II
I was fascinated by my bee fly discovery, so as soon as I could grab my camera late this afternoon and head out to the field nearest the road where I had found the bee fly on Saturday, I did, and I was not disappointed. I'm still not satisfied that I've captured the best photos, but at least it is a bit more than what I had posted before.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Esmeralda Longtail Butterfly
(Photographs updated 07-18-07)
Esmeralda Longtail Butterfly
Urbanus esmeraldus
Friday, July 13, 2007
Delta Flower Scarab Beetle
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Trigonopeltastes
Species: delta
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Common Nightshade
Common Nightshade
Solanum americanuum
Family: Solanaceae (nightshade)
POISONOUS - foliage and fruit. The green berries contain solanine and can be fatal if eaten in sufficient quantities. Some sources state that the fully ripe berry which is shiny black is edible, but most sources recommend avoiding ingesting the berries at all.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Leafless beaked orchid or Frost-flowered Neottia
LEAFLESS BEAKED ORCHID
Sacoila lanceolata
Family: Orchidaceae (orchid)
The reddish orange native (Florida) terrestrial orchid grows on leafless spikes 3 feet tall.
This orchid is an unusual find, but can be found throughout central Florida (and Pollywog Creek in SW Florida) in wet, pine flatwoods and sandhills - flowering in the spring and summer.
Day-flower
Commelina erecta
Family: Commelinaccae (spiderwort or day-flower)
The day-flower has 2 lateral blue petals and 1 smaller white petal, 3 greenish and equal sepals, 6 stamens (3 fertile, 3 unfertile).
The leaves are alternate, lanceolate or elliptic and succulent.
The flowers can be found through Florida in late winter, spring, summer and fall, on dry, sandy soil and cultivated sites.
Florida Wildflower Coloring Book (PDF)
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