I am currently at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, in Jupiter, Florida, but I wanted to share some of the Florida fauna I encountered during my recent visit to the Keys. Portuguese Man-of-War Jellyfish (Physalia pysalis, with a warning posted on the beach because a lot of them had washed ashore), a beetle on a flower (UPDATE: See comments section for correct identification by Vasha), Gulf Fritillary butterflies (Agraulis vanillae), a pelican feeding frenzy, a Silver Argiope spider (Argiope argentata), and a hermit crab (who we saw actually climb a tree) are just a few of the interesting specimens I encountered either at the Winter Star Party or at Bahia Honda (pronounced BAY ee ah Onda) State Park:
5 comments:
Did you pick up any specimens, especially of the bipedal kinds?
Nope -- my policy:
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos -- and a few sneaky glances.
I want to see the photos of the upright primate in your photo selection. You go girl!
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The insect in your second photo is a halfwing (Hemiptera, a.k.a. bug) rather than a beetle. The photos at the bottom of this page show the difference pretty clearly.
That link seems not to be working, so here it is in plain text: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~grange/Insects.html
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