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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Resources for Bird Beaks Talk
April 25, 2024
Because our flight pattern is crazy and unwearied
We are sexually dimorphic
And our color can be somewhat varied.
Sources: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/125/whirlabout
Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024
I am known as a Palatka Skipper
Sawgrass is my only caterpillar host
I am one of the largest skippers
And I mostly live near the coast.
Sources: https://www.vararespecies.org/specie/Euphyes%20pilatka
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
April 23, 2024
Munching on some kind of ant
It's like a nightmare nature Turducken
We're both inside a carnivorous plant!
(Shout out to Heather Stapleton for the Turducken inspiration.)
Location: Apalachicola National Forest
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misumena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken
https://www.fnps.org/plant/sarracenia-flava
Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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Monday, April 22, 2024
April 22, 2024
I'm not carrying much pollen so I'm probably male
Females have long hairs on their hind tibias
I'm thinner and sometimes have yellow details.
Location: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Titusville
Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN897
Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
April 21, 2024
You might mistake me for a Bumble
But they have a hairy abdomen
Mine is glossy without any stubble.
Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/xylocopa.htm
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Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
April 20, 2024
When the sun hits me right I am sparkly and green
And pink and blue
And a little maroon
And even some aquamarine!
Location: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, TitusvilleSources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Glossy_Ibis/id
Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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