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Project Noah Nature School
I'm not a scientist, but always had a passion for the natural world. Looking forward to sharing this hobby with like-minded individuals.
Miami-Dade County, FL
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Cloudless sulfur, I think at first glance.
There are a ton of these passing by now. I saw a whole bunch at Fairchild Tropical Gardens over this last couple of weekends here in Miami.
This spotting was EDITED following a workshop attended at Fairchild Tropical Garden in part given by "Lizards on the Loose" project. This spotting was originally posted as a bark anole, however due to white stripe down spine, white eye ring, and pale area on shoulder along with absence of line across head from eye to eye and mottled pattern I am fairly confident that it is a young or small female crested.
The plant should be Trema micrantha (Jamaican Nettletree)
These are Swallowtail caterpillars. Either Pipevine Swallowtail or My guess: Florida Polydamas Swallowtail
http://bugguide.net/node/view/659789
http://bugguide.net/node/view/412
I think it's in the Altica species of flea beetles. http://bugguide.net/node/view/39785
The closest guess I have (I'm not great at plants) is Hydrolea corymbosa (I believe common name sky flower. https://www.google.com/search?q=Hydrolea...
The plant looks a little different but I think that's because your plant is still young and small.
loarie Thank you so much. Great link. Will definitely check it out over this weekend.
It is almost certainly one of the Largus species nymphs. Probably not IDable to species from this pic. Scroll gown through these FL samples:
http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch....
