Wand mullein, a non-native plant for #YellowThu It doesn't appear on any invasive lists for Florida, although I have seen it growing in the wild in numerous places. #bloomscrolling #flower #yellow #macro 🌿 🌼

For #redwed a hummingbird favorite, coral honeysuckle. #nativeplant #nature #bloomscrolling #wildflower #vine 🌼 🌎

For #flyday a black swallowtail landing on a flower. Taken many moons ago. #butterfly #bugsky #insects #swallowtails #nature #wildlife #eastcoastkin 🦋 🌎

My contribution for #birdoftheday is a Great Crested Flycatcher, surveying part of its kingdom(a backyard) by itself. #solitude #birds #nature #eastcoastkin #wildlife 🐦 A beautiful bird.

The native wildflower, bitterweed, has drama unfolding on its flower. Not sure who the aggressor is, but a wasp has the attention of a green lynx spider. #nativeplant #nature #wildflowers #yellow #spiders #bugsky #arachnids 🌎 🕷️ 🌻 #wildlife See ALT for details.

Another wetland plant that became a favorite of mine: the carnivorous Hooded Pitcherplant, this one in bloom. All of the leaves they produce turn into pitchers. #wildflower #nativeplant #nature #wetland 🌎 #Florida #eastcoastkin #carnivorous #pitcherplant

Since I only normally post plants and animals, I'm using this as an excuse to show the Atlantic Ocean from A1A in Palm Beach. These are sea grapes, a native Florida plant found frequently along the beaches. #nativeplants #nature #ocean #beach #Florida #sky

Another plant I found yearly in bog/wetland conditions is the Orange milkwort. #nativeplant #wildflowers #bogs #wetlands #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #orange

Candyroot, a plant I found in bog/wetland conditions year after year. #wildflowers #bogs #nativeplants #nature #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #yellowThu 🌼 🌎 🌿

We had a very powerful storm which knocked down several trees in my neighborhood. I noticed a yellow leaf on one of the trees. It was an imperial moth female still hanging on to the fallen tree branch. Look closely for its antennae. #mothmonday #bugsky #nature #moths #inverts #insects

Fiery Skipper on a turkey tangle fogfruit blossom. Fogfruits are important larval host plants to several species of butterflies. They are a great perennial groundcover in a yard. 🦋 🌿🌼 #butterflies #nativeplant #nature #wildlife #bugsky #insects #naturephotography

For #flyday here's a damselfly on the leaf litter of a forest floor. It was watching me closely. #bugsky #insects #nature #damselfly #wildlife

A first for me, a Seminole Texas crescent visiting climbing asters a few weeks ago. Some butterfly taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the Texas crescent. #butterfly 🦋 #nature #wildlife #bugsky #insects #invertebrates #naturalscience

Perennial beach sunflower next to my walkway, photo taken a few hours ago. I highly recommend this pollinator friendly native plant. It's been blooming all year and requires little care. #sunflower #nativeplant #bloomscrolling #nature 🌻🐝🦋

Coral bean flowers and seeds. A native deciduous and perennial plant whose tubular flowers attract hummingbirds and bumblebees. The vivid red seeds are poisonous. #redwed #nativeplants #wildflowers #nature #bloomscrolling #seeds

This wheel bug was seen last week. It's a crested species of predaceous assassin bug that can spew noxious liquid and its bite is worse than a wasp's sting. Otherwise, it's a beneficial insect. #bugsky #insects #invertebrates

My contribution to #smallbirdsaturday a barn swallow seen very up close. According to literature, it is a widespread species. #birds #nature #wildlife 🪶 🐦 #photography

Bee fly visiting a native evening primrose. #flyday #bugsky #insects #nativeplants #nature 🪰 #invertebrates

A six-lined racerunner that I found in conjunction with gopher tortoises (well-drained sandy soils). I was fortunate to get this shot, as they are extremely fast. 🦎 #herps #reptiles #nature #wildlife #lizards

In bloom in my yard this week: Billbergia, an epiphytic bromeliad from South America 🌼 #epiphyte #bromeliad #nature #bloomscrolling

For #redwed , Jatropha, a non-native shrub planted in my yard that originates from Cuba. It's flower is not that showy, but blooms throughout the year. Not considered to be an invasive plant, and is growing with very little care. It's my kind of plant. Euphorbia plant family. #bloomscrolling 🌼

Because climbing asters were still in bloom as of last week, I was still seeing numerous insects that were new to me. One of the most photogenic was this hover fly. #bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature 🪰

A false foxglove flower, native wildflower in Florida. Common buckeye caterpillars (see previous posts) feed on the narrow leaves of this plant, but oddly, I have never seen them visit the flowers. #nativeplants #wildflowers #macro #nature 🌼🌿 #bloomscrolling

A photo from a few falls ago of the common buckeye butterfly caterpillar. This one is on a false foxglove plant. They gain some degree of negative taste or toxicity to predators by consuming these plants. 🦋🌱 🐛 #butterflies #nature #caterpillar #bugsky #invertebrate #insect

Common buckeye showing a little late-season wear, but still brilliant colors. This was taken earlier this week in a patch of climbing asters in my yard that has proven to be a pollinator-magnet. #butterflies #insects #pollinator #bugsky #nature #wildlife🦋

This rose is entirely self-sufficient where I live. It was sold by a local nursery as having been sourced from old local homesteads that were long abandoned. I have provided no care and it has actually multiplied via runners. #roseWednesday #RedWed 🌹 #rose #bloomscrolling

Hairstreaks are small butterflies with big personalities. This is a red-banded hairstreak on a snow squarestem. #nature 🦋 #butterfly #hairstreak #bugsky #insects #pollinators #Florida

#Penstemon multiflorus, manyflower beardtongue, one of hundreds found growing in a well-drained, sandy area of north Florida. Readily showing why it's called a beard tongue. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #macro 💮 #bloomscrolling #Florida

Harlequin larva seen in south Florida. My best guess is it's the juvenile of the invasive Asian lady beetle. See the ALT text for more. #bugsky #insects #nature #beetle

Infrequently seen and very wary variegated fritillary #butterfly #nature 🦋 #wildlife #bugsky #insects #butterflies #naturephotography

Still seeing lots of butterflies, including this monarch on a native wetlands plant, Elliott's aster. 🦋 🌼🌻. #butterfly #nature #nativeplant #wetland #monarch #naturephotography

American sycamore with plenty of blue sky above it. Just beginning to shed its large leaves. Adjacent is a slash pine. #blueskymonday #trees #lookingup #nature

Most roses where I live don't do well because of the climate. People that manage to grow them must use a lot of fertilizer and pesticides/fungicides, which I am loathe to do. In spite of my neglect, this drift rose had a beautiful blossom that I decided to share. #stunday #rose #bloomscrolling 🌹

There's a lot going on here. I first saw the praying mantis on a Bidens plant and noticed the sulfur butterfly too. When I looked at the photo closer, I noted the appendages of a spider appearing over the white blossom to the left. 🐛🦋 #bugsky #mantis #butterfly #spider #nature #insects #wildlife

A very interesting looking katydid nymph perched on a bee balm. 🐛 #bugsky #insect #nature #Wildlife #macrofriday #katydid #invertebrates

Yoyo loach from one of my aquariums. A freshwater ornamental #fish I've had for several years. For #fishyfriday. #fish #aquarium #fishkeeping 🐟

After a 28 degree low the night before, bumblebees are back pollinating flowers, in this case a climbing aster. #🐝 #bumblebee #nature #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #pollinators #insect

Skyblue clustervine for #blueskymonday . An endangered evergreen vine found only in extreme southern portions of Florida. Pollinated by sphinx moths. #nativeplant #nature #bloomscrolling 🌼 #macro #florida

Gray hairstreak sharing a Bidens flower with a swallowtail #butterflies #hairstreak #nature 🦋 #bugsky #insects

Florida leaf-footed bug on a Walter's viburnum. #bugsky #insect #nature #entomology 🐛

Leafcutter bee snoozing on a narrow leaf sunflower approaching dusk today.🐝 🌻 #bees #nature #flower #pollinator #bugsky #insects

Most appropriate spider photo I have for #arachtober. Lurking spotted orb weaver #spooktober #spiders #nature #bugsky #inverts #macro

Another jumping spider for #arachtober. Regal jumping spider with prey. #macro #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife 🕷️

I was looking through my photo files to see what I could contribute to #arachtober and I ran across this giant lichen orbweaver. This beauty is straddling the tines of a plastic leaf rake. #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife

Ripening drupes of the native shrub, Walter's viburnum.This is a great evergreen plant to have in your yard, as the white flowers attract pollinators in the spring and the fruits attract birds in the fall. #nativeplant #nature 🐝 🐦 #gardening

Unidentified spider that made a home on a Lobelia wildflower. I never realized how common this is until I started macro photography of wildflowers. It makes sense: let the prey come to you. #arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro

For those of you that can't get enough bumblebee, here's one of many on a snow squarestem his morning. All of them are in for a pleasant surprise next week when the climbing asters bloom. #bumblebee #insect #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #nature 🐝

Frogs 🐸 seem to be more popular than ever. Here's a squirrel tree frog on a window screen this morning. #frog #nature #wildlife #amphibian #herps #treefrog #macro

You can't say you weren't warned! 🪶 #birdoftheday #raptor #hawk #nature #wildlife

Barking tree frog waiting for the right moment to strike.🐸 #frog #nature #wildlife #amphibian #herps #treefrog #macro