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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Observer
jmeermanDescription
Very dark aberrant individual
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Sea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!
It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.
Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.
Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!
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Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Hello Delta-1 — I’m a bit lost!
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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)Observer
kevin_wcDescription
Just a really fun bird that hung out at this boat ramp this winter. LAGU.
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Eastern Coralsnake (Micrurus fulvius)Observer
chaseybDescription
Old Miakka Preserve
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Danepteryx barbaraeObserver
kuedaDescription
Apparently planthoppers in the family Issidae have these insane tufts emerging from their backsides when they're nymphs. How crazy is that.
ID provided by Andy Hamilton on BugGuide.
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Family Anatidae)Observer
seaheart88Description
Posting with hopes some of the bird experts out there might know the gillions of ducks? migrating south in Florida last night? Got a cool full moon shot with them going by, inadvertently. I was thinking maybe scaups.
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Live Oak Metria Moth (Metria amella)Observer
fubb4257Description
A caterpillar well blended in with the tree
Shot in the dark ID
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Spinola's Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus spinolae)Observer
billprantyDescription
With Valeri Ponzo and Don Fraser; a successful visit for Val's lifer adult Yucca Giant-Skippers -- and we got other lifers as well. I am submitting here 132 records, including 11 beetles, 6 dragonflies, 14 caterpillars, 8 grasshoppers, 5 moths, 21 butterflies, and several plants. The weather at the start was partly sunny and 73 degrees, with a light breeze; by the end, it was sunny and 83 degrees. We left around 1500 after having walked 6.03 miles.
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Subgenus NeoxylocopaObserver
poma_caDescription
Presenta Ginandromorfismo, en el mismo individuo se muestran características de macho y hembra.
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Pink Star Moth (Derrima stellata)Observer
tpalmerDescription
3 individuals came to sheet
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Isopod Iridescent Virus (Invertebrate iridescent virus 31)Observer
gvboxDescription
Very intense blue color, and especially sluggish, even for iridovirus.
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Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)Observer
mackenzieatnkuDescription
Disney World
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
sebastiandoakDescription
Well away from private properties, seems to have paired up and stays closely with the weka in the pic. Appears quite used to getting fed/begging.
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
kerrywiningerDescription
Wild feral chicken flock
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joemdoDescription
Video: https://youtu.be/Ry4IRjS_miE
Long Pine Key
Had to look through many pineland crotons (Croton linearis) before I finally one and then a second one nearby on a separate plant. This was very exciting for me as I 've been wanting to see this species for a while. Next challenge is finding an adult :-)
Second observation of a slightly larger individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55833248/
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markhollysalvatoDescription
Late instar A. t. floridalis larvae on a NKDR firebreak across from Palm Ave.
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joemdoDescription
Video: https://youtu.be/Ry4IRjS_miE
Long Pine Key
Had to look through many pineland crotons (Croton linearis) before I finally one and then a second one nearby on a separate plant. This was very exciting for me as I 've been wanting to see this species for a while. Next challenge is finding an adult :-)
First observation of a slightly smaller individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55833245
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Maybe he should read the front of the sign ...
Dumped rooster in a native bush layby.
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Globular Cacti, Moonlight Cacti, Torch Cacti, and Allies (Subfamily Cactoideae)Observer
casieopea
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Giant Orchid (Orthochilus ecristatus)Observer
jeff1962Description
Oscar Scherer State Park - in mesic flatwoods
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Giant Orchid (Orthochilus ecristatus)Observer
jeff1962Description
Curry Creek Preserve - in northern area of preserve growing in longleaf pine flatwoods
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
gemini13Place
Private
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
allie_kaneDescription
I found this rooster in Ybor City. It is all white and I think it was a male.
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Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata)Observer
scottsimmonsDescription
Immature male. Identified by plumage and song (see https://www.xeno-canto.org/307241). Obviously exotic. Pin-tailed Whydah ruled out by bill color, leg color, and the dark feathers coming in that don't match the feathers of a whydah.
